Theatre Healthcare Assistant (HCA)

As a Theatre Support Assistant, you will be an integral part of the patient's perioperative journey by:
+ Working within Orthopaedic Theatres to support the care of our patients.
+ Supporting the interprofessional team in the patient's perioperative journey.
+ Working within the multi-professional team.
+ Using excellent communication skills to enhance care and efficiency.
+ Opening sterile packs to ensure Infection Prevention and Control.
+ Assisting counting Instruments, Swabs and Sharps.
+ Completing designated theatre documentation, digital and paper formats.
+ Assisting with the setup of a Theatre Suite.
+ Maintaining a clean and usable department.
+ Completing E-Learning and regularly organised training.
+ Having the willingness to learn and grow.
+ Reporting to the Team Leaders to complete daily theatre orientated tasks.

If you are passionate about surgery and have a desire to work in a supportive, compassionate, and dedicated team, then this is the job for you!
We are looking to recruit a highly motivated and enthusiastic Theatre Support Assistant to join our Captain Sir Tom Moore Building Elective Orthopaedic Theatre service. We welcome applications from both experienced Theatre Support Assistants and Healthcare Assistants who are wishing to expand their skills into the Theatre environment.
We are an elective orthopaedic department, with 5 Theatres, and 1 Procedure Room. We have recently completed our expansion, and successfully constructed our 5^th Theatre and Procedure Room.

Working for our organisation
Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a caring and compassionate organisation that is both ambitious and innovative. We are committed to delivering the best outcomes for our patients and providing a positive experience of our staff. We aspire to be outstanding for our patients, our communities and our staff and are committed to being a great place to receive healthcare, work and learn.
Straddling the neighbouring boroughs of Warrington and Halton we are part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care system. Our hospitals are ideally situated to meet the growing healthcare needs of the 330,000 population of these boroughs.
Warrington Hospital is home to our emergency, critical care and maternity services, Halton Hospital is focused on elective procedures and the Runcorn Urgent Treatment Centre, although many services are offered at both sites and in community hubs.
A CQC-rated 'good' organisation with 'outstanding' features, we are working towards university hospital status, having achieved teaching hospital status in 2019.
Our workforce of nearly 5,000 across both sites comprises more than 50 nationalities. We strive to be an equal, diverse and inclusive employer, which is recognised as a pioneer in its equality, diversity and inclusion work. The Trust is proud to have achieved numerous external accreditations and is working towards achieving the Anti-Racist Organisation Framework, recognising the importance of anti-racism in all that we do.