Job Role
Theatre support officers form an integral part of our diverse perioperative services team. They provide support and assistance to their clinical team members with patient care, manual handling, and transportation of patients.
Ensuring an effective patient journey throughout the healthcare setting with a focus on the movement of patients between wards and departments.
Our hospital has eight state-of-the-art digitally integrated theatres that accommodate everything from day procedures to complex surgery with surgical specialties such as pain, general surgery, bariatrics, gynaecology, minor & major orthopaedics, urology, occulo-plastics, ophthalmology, endoscopy, and dental.
Key Responsibilities
* Providing support and assistance to clinical team members with patient care, manual handling, and transportation of patients.
* Ensuring an effective patient journey throughout the healthcare setting.
* Coordinating the movement of patients between wards and departments.
Requirements
Mandatory
* Valid Working With Vulnerable People (WWVP) registration.
* Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
* COVID-19 vaccination is a mandatory requirement unless assessed exempt.
Highly Desirable
* Ability to be flexible and receptive to new ideas and changing work demands.
* Capacity to cooperate and share information with others, supporting different working styles.
* Ability to undertake patient transfers and manual handling tasks in accordance with hospital policy and safe work practices.