Theatre Healthcare Assistant - Middlesbrough, United Kingdom - South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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Middlesbrough, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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37.5 Hours per week


We are looking for a Healthcare Assistance (HCA) with suitable theatre experience or willing to learn the role of a HCA.

The successful applicant will work within our busy operating theatre department atJames Cook University Hospital which has 19 theatres in the main operating department, with a 10 bed recovery suite.

Within the theatre suite there are 2 emergency theatres and a dedicated paediatric theatre.


In addition to main theatres there is a Surgical Day Unit which has a 23 hour male and female ward and 3 day surgery operating theatres.

We also have a paediatric day unit where children are admitted and discharged on day of surgery. A further 2 theatres are located within the Redcar Primary Care Hospital.


The succcesful applicant will be working within the Neuro, spines, pain and interventional neuroradiology portfolio assisting and caring for patients undergoing spinal and cranial surgery, chronic pain patients and Neuro angio patients but will have theopportunityto emergency theatre lists covering more specialities.

The role of a healthcare assistant within the theatre department is a specialised and extremely interesting and rewarding role.

As a healthcare you will be directly impacting on the quality of care we provide to patients undergoing a surgical procedure.


As a HCA working within a team you will set up and ensure theatre is ready for the day, setting up for elective procedures, checking equipment and ensuring theatre is prepared for the patient.

During a procedure the scrub Practitioner and Surgeons will be scrubbed and therefore will rely on your knowledge and skills to circulate the theatre alongside a theatre practitioner.

You will be expected to gain good understanding of the surgical procedures and the neuro and spinal speciality as a whole.

You will be fully supported by the theatre sisters and theatre manager and we will endeavour to bring the best out of you and this role will promise to be challenging and demanding but very rewardable.


We would like to hear from suitable experienced theatre HCA's or those looking for a new challenge and would like to learn this role.

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