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This post holder will work with the Theatre team to deliver direct and indirect patient case and at all times to work under the direction of a qualified member of Nursing/ODP staff.
To escort surgical patients to and from the operating theatre and work alongside theatre staff to provide excellent patient care.
Please note that due to significant interest, this position may close early if a sufficient number of candidates apply.
Direct Patient Care:
1. To facilitate the smooth and safe transfers of patients throughout their anaesthetic, surgical and recovery and procedure periods between wards or departments and the operating theatres and recovery.
2. Contribute to the ongoing support of patients and their family members during the transfer to theatre.
3. Undertake standard checking procedure when collecting patients from wards and departments.
4. Communicate in a manner and pace appropriate to the patients ability, personal beliefs and preferences within trust and legal constraints
5. To be aware of the safeguarding guidelines for vulnerable patients
Indirect Patient Care
6. Support, welcome and assist visitors to the department
7. Liaise with other professionals as required within the boundaries of the role
8. To undertake domestic duties as required e.g. cleaning floors in theatres, moving clinical rubbish and sharps bins as required and in line with current infection control guidelines.
9. Assist with stocking of unit – sterile supplies and pharmacy
10. Assist in stocking theatre hats, blue slide sheets, oxygen masks and oxygen tubing.
11. Emptying of sterile instruments and putting away in appropriate storage place
12. Assist the materials managements team in putting away stock
13. To assist with putting away of IV fluid/pharmacy stock when delivered
14. Transport soiled instruments and clinical rubbish to designated collection points
15. To handle and transport specimens in line with trust policy
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.