Theatre Support Worker - Dorchester, United Kingdom - Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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Dorchester, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

FAMILY SERVICES AND SURGICAL DIVISION
Day Surgery Unit (Band 2 with potential progression to Band 3)

Permanent Posts up to 37.5 hours per week*Band 2

We are looking for Band 2 Theatre Support Workers to compliment and expand our busy team. There is the possibility of progression to Band 3 on completion of competencies which could take between 6-12 months.

We are looking for staff to work in both the theatre area as well as supporting the nurses on the ward.

Working in Day Surgery will help you maintain a good work life balance, enjoy the structure of elective procedures along with day case trauma and emergency procedures and the support to develop personally and professionally.

We are an innovative and busy Day Surgery Unit being part of the Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

The unit consists of two theatres in Dorset County Hospital, the Eye Day Case unit (also based in Dorset County Hospital) as well as a satellite unit at Weymouth Community Hospital.

The unit provides for a variety of procedures and strives to provide exceptional levels of patient care in order to meet the expanding needs of the local community.

Rotation will be required to work across all sites. You may also be required to support in other theatre areas as required.

Our patient feedback is consistently outstanding which makes us a team you will want to be part of. We currently cater for patients undergoing General/Breast Surgery, Gynaecology, Colorectal surgery, Orthopaedic surgery, Urology, Maxillo

Facial surgery and Special Dentistry in the Day Surgery theatres. We also provide postoperative care to patients that are on the day case pathway having received Ophthalmic surgery, ENT surgery, orthopaedic/trauma surgery, Gynae surgery, General surgery and procedures performed in Interventional Radiology (IR).

We currently provide a service from Monday to Friday, 7am until 8pm.

If you are not sure what we do or if the Day Surgery Unit is for you, please call us to arrange a visit we would love the opportunity to show you around, meet the team and see the great work we do.

At DCHFT, we pride ourselves on the care we provide for our patients, and on the culture, we are creating for our staff.

We work hard to create a fair, inclusive environment for our staff

Our Mission is to provide outstanding care for people in ways which matter to them, and our vision is Dorset County Hospital, working with our health and social care partners, will be at the heart of improving the well-being of our communities.

For all our roles, we are looking for staff who hold our Trust Values of Integrity, Respect Teamwork and Excellence, and who are passionate about providing the best patient care.

To read more about our Trust and our Values search Dorset County Hospital online.