# Health Care Support Worker/Theatre Nursing Assistant

**Company**: Barts Health NHS Trust
**Location**: London
**Salary**: £31554.00 to £33270.00
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are seeking enthusiastic individuals to join our team as a Health Care Support Worker/Theatre Nursing Assistant in the Perioperative Medicine Cardiothoracic Theatres. You will be providing support across the cardiac surgical programme delivered in a new 10 theatre complex, complex electrophysiology cases and the nationally recognised Heart Attack Centre which services North and East London.

The successful candidate will have theatre knowledge and experience, and will be able to develop practical skills in the operating theatre department. We offer a wide range of development opportunities including extensive mandatory training, Band 3 development programme, development courses and study days.

**Main duties of the job** The Health Care Support Worker will contribute to the care of patients in the Operating Theatre and associated areas by assisting the Registered Theatre Practitioners within the boundaries of the job description. In addition, the Health Care Support Worker is proactive in anticipating the needs of the patients and the required Service.

**Responsibilities**

- Assist the Registered Practitioner in the process of perioperative patient care

- Demonstrate safe use of medical devices and supplementary items

- Assist the theatre/surgical team in a non-scrubbed role

- Organise own workload

- Treat everyone with dignity and respect

- Clear verbal and written communication

- Caring attitude

- Ability to work flexible hours to meet service requirements

**Requirements**

- NVQ 3 in Perioperative Care Support or equivalent

- Level 2 Numeracy & Literacy (or equivalent)

- Experience of undertaking a role and working within a Team

- Experience of working in an operating Theatre environment

- Able to use own initiative within job description, knowledge & skills

- Understands the need for confidentiality

- Knowledge of need for and actions for prevention of cross infection

- Understanding of responsibilities under the Health & Safety legislation

- Can prove basic IT Skills

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## Skills

### Required
- Clear verbal communication
- Clear written communication
- Caring attitude
- Able to use resources efficiently & effectively
- Ability to treat everyone with dignity and respect
- Able to organise own workload
- Assist the Registered Practitioner in the process of perioperative patient care
- Demonstrate safe use of medical devices & supplementary items
- Assist the theatre/surgical team in a non-scrubbed role
- Store data/information safely and correctly
- Work flexible hours to meet service requirements

### Nice to have
- Infection Control Training

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