Theatre Assistant - Cardiff, United Kingdom - Cardiff and Vale University Health Board

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
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As a Cardiac Theatre Assistant you will contribute as part of the Operating Theatre team helping to deliver and maintain high standards of patient care.

As part of your role you will be assisting the scrub practitioner and undertake duties under the direction of the practitioner in charge of theatre


These duties will include:
collection and opening of instruments trays, packs etc, cleaning of the theatre between and after cases.

Taking part in swab, needle and instrument counts, labelling, handling and dispatching of specimens and maintaining stock levels within theatres.

The role is varied, diverse and situated in a busy environment so you will need to have be mental and physical stamina.

If you feel that this is the role for you, then we would love to hear from you, so why not start a new career in a friendly and multicultural team situated in our Cardiac Theatres.

Do you want to have an exciting and interesting job working with a team of like minded individuals?

Are you a hard working and conscientious?

Do you love a challenge on a daily basis?


If this describes you then come and join our Operating Theatre team as a Band 2 Theatre Assistant working in the Cardiac theatres at Llandough Hospital.


Working in our Cardiac operating theatres at Llandough Hospital you will be required to support Nurses, Doctors and technicians to look after patients during/after surgery.

This role will be varied and you will work in the operating theatre itself.

You will be required to carry out duties such as potering, moving patients, collecting and setting up equipment ensuring it is clean and in working order, stocking up shelves of items used during surgery, inputting information in the computer and cleaning the theatre in between operations and at the end of the day.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.


Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 15,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services.

Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer.

Serving around 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services.


Our mission is "Caring for People, Keeping People Well", and our vision is that every person's chance of leading a healthy life should be equal.

As an organisation we are unashamedly ambitious for our population's health, rising to the challenges of today and tomorrow through our 10-year strategy, Shaping our Future Wellbeing.

We are contributing to a healthier Wales with great emphasis placed on innovation and improvement, learning from around the world and leading the way in clinical research.

Partnership working is strong at Cardiff and Vale, and we work closely with our staff and our community.


Cardiff, the thriving Welsh capital, is a fantastic city to live and work in with an abundance of sports, arts and cultural attractions.

Situated to the west of Cardiff, the Vale of Glamorgan offers a combination of beautiful Welsh countryside and a dramatic natural coastline.

Whether city life or rural living, Cardiff and the Vale offers the best of both worlds.
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