Theatre Healthcare Assistant - Ascot, United Kingdom - Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

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Ascot, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Description

A Healthcare assistant in operating theatres works as part of the multidisciplinary team. They assist setting up theatres and preparing the theatre and patient for surgery. The HCA assists the theatre practitioners and surgical team during surgical procedures with equipment, instruments and patient care.

Applications are for full time at Heatherwood theatres which consists of 3 weeks of 3 days x 07:30-19:30 and 1 week of 4 days x 07:30-19:30, this equals 150 hours per month.

The theatres are modern, well designed and have the latest equipment. Orthopaedic theatres are busy and efficient and team work is vital to the care of the surgical patient.

For a full list of responsibilities and tasks associated with this role, please refer to the job description/person specification attached to this vacancy.

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.

As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.

We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.

Our threecore values, and the behaviors that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other,Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.

We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical, and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties.

The role of the Healthcare assistant in the operating theatres is vital and full training will be given.

Preparation of operating theatres for surgery. Setting up equipment, instruments, inputting data onto computers.

Cleaning and maintaining the theatres and store areas.

Assisting the theatre practitioners during theatre lists.

Assisting in the anaesthetic room prior to surgery.

For a full list of responsibilities and tasks associated with this role, please refer to the job description/person specification attached to this vacancy.