Job overview

Healthcare Assistant – Theatres

Are you looking to take the next step in your healthcare career and gain valuable experience in a specialist environment? We’re looking for a Healthcare Assistant to join our Theatre team, working under the direct supervision of Registered Nurses and Operating Department Practitioners (ODPs).

In this role, you’ll play a vital part in delivering safe, effective, and patient-focused care across a wide range of surgical specialities. You will primarily support Oral-Maxillofacial, ENT/Head & Neck (including Laser) and Robotics, while also contributing to Gynae-Obstetrics, emergency surgery, and other specialities as needed.

As a key member of the Theatre team, you’ll assist qualified staff in preparing for and supporting surgical procedures, ensuring that every patient receives high-quality, compassionate care. You’ll also be expected to work flexibly across different specialities, gaining diverse skills and knowledge that will support your professional growth.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a dynamic, multi-disciplinary team in a fast-paced environment where teamwork, communication, and patient safety are at the heart of everything we do. If you’re motivated, adaptable, and passionate about delivering the best care, we’d love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

To support the registered Nurse in the assessment of a patient

Follows a plan of care, reports any changes in the patient’s condition.

Maintains appropriate documentation and records.

To maintain stock levels as necessary

To be involved in collection of data for audits

Ensure 100% compliance with hand hygiene and high impact intervention protocols.

Be responsible for ensuring the highest possible standards of cleanliness within the clinical area and ensure all staff are familiar with escalation procedures for additional cleaning.

Be accountable by making sure you can answer for your actions or omissions.

Promote and uphold the privacy, dignity, rights, health and well-being of people who use health and care services

Work in collaboration with your colleagues to ensure the delivery of high quality, safe and compassionate healthcare, care and support

Working for our organisation

The Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System (ICS) brings together key health, care, community, and voluntary sector organisations from across our area. Our aim is to work together in partnership to join up health and care services, improving our populations health and wellbeing and reducing health inequalities. One such example of this collaborative work is the launch of our HCA Academy, an ICS initiative between Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (EPUT) and Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust (MSEFT) to support the incoming Health Care assistant (HCA) workforce. The academy models a ‘one workforce’ cross system approach to the onboarding, induction, education, and experience of Healthcare Assistants.

Successful candidates to this role will be able to access the additional support provided by the HCA Academy following their induction with MSEFT. This includes development opportunities, pastoral support, staff rewards and access to HCA exclusive resources such as HCA App.