About this role
Job summary
To work as part of the theatre orderly team within operating theatres, to contribute in providing an efficient and effective operating department with high standard of patient care and dignity.
The role requires empathy, good communication and the ability to work under pressure. The post holder will be required to work unsocial hours including weekends.
Main duties of the job
- Assisting in the transfer of patients to and from ward areas
- Maintaining privacy and dignity throughout
- Maintaining stock levels
- Transferring items to and from the theatres including drugs, specimens, equipment, instruments and beds.
- Attend regular team meetings
- Undertake all such reasonable other duties as may be required as part of the role
- Disposal of rubbish and clinical waste within Trust protocols.
- Collecting blood when required from Path Lab
- Answer and take telephone messages for surgeons and theatre staff.
- This role requires moving patients and heavy trays and standing for long periods of time.
This job description is an outline only and is not definitive or restrictive in any way. It will be regularly reviewed and may be amended in the light of changing circumstances following consultation with the post holder.
About us
We employ more than 6,500 staff who deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals, Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary as well as in community sites, health centres and in patients' homes. We also are incredibly proud to have almost 150 volunteers here at CHFT.
We provide a range of services including urgent and emergency care; medical; surgical; maternity; gynaecology; critical care; children's and young people's services; end of life care and outpatient and diagnostic imaging services.
We provide community health services, including sexual health services in Calderdale from Calderdale Royal and local health centres. These include Todmorden Health Centre and Broad Street Plaza.
We continue to modernise and invest in our health services to build on our strong reputation. Foundation trusts are public leaders in improving quality in health services. They are part of the NHS - yet decisions about what they do and how they do it are driven by independent boards. Boards listen to their Council of Governors and respond to the needs of their members - patients, staff and the local community.
Foundation trusts provide what the health service wants, yet are also free to invest quickly in the changes to the local community needs, in striving to be the best, and in putting their patients first.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the job description and person specification below for full details about the role.
If youre interested in applying or would like to learn more about working in our team, wed be happy to hear from you.
Please contact the vacancy lead listed in the Further details / informal visits section.
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS / TRAINING
Essential
- Willingness to undertake any training or development relevant to the role
- English & Maths GCSE grade 9-2 (A*-E) or equivalent OR a pass at pre-employment assessment
Desirable
- Moving and handling training
- Infection control training
- Resuscitation training
KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE
Essential
- Experience of working in a customer service setting
- Insight into the roles and responsibilities of the post
- Demonstrate a commitment to a caring profession
- Understand the importance of record keeping
- Ability to position patients
Desirable
- Experience in a hospital setting
COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS (INCLUDING MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES)
Essential
- Good communication skills
- Ability to work as a team member
- Ability to work in a busy environment
- Able to work under direction
- Caring and Compassionate
- Able to work shifts
- Ability to stand for long periods of time
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details
Employer name
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Calderdale Royal Hospital
Salterhebble
Halifax
HX3 0PW
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.cht.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)