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Job summary

Main area
Main Theatres
Grade
Band 2
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
37.5 hours per week
Job ref
251-HOCTP
Employer
Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Hampshire Orthopaedic Centre Royal Hampshire County Hospital,
Town
Winchester
Salary
£23,615 per annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
04/06/2025 08:00

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Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Hampshire Orthopaedic Centre Theatre Porter/ General Assistant

Band 2

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

 

Job overview

We are excited to announce the opening of our state-of-the-art Orthopaedic Centre in Winchester, scheduled for July 2025. This new facility is a testament to our Trust’s ongoing commitment to enhancing healthcare services in the region and working collaboratively with orthopaedic services across Hampshire and Isle of Wight to serve patients across our communities. 

We are seeking a theatre porter/general assistant to provide a range of support duties across the HOC theatres and ward area. If you would like to join the team, please do apply. We look forward to hearing from you. 

Theatre Porter for Operating Theatres. The role includes a good amount of moving and handling. There is also some patient contact and some stores responsibilities. Assisting in the maintenance of a clean and uncluttered environment.

Main duties of the job

Come and join our enthusiastic, dynamic, flexible and professional team  at the Hampshire Orthopaedic Centre, Royal Hampshire County Hospital. 

We are seeking a theatre porter/general assistant to provide a range of support duties across the HOC theatres and ward area. You will need to be flexible over a range of shift patterns.

Your main duties will include assisting with both patient and non-patient manual handling, patient transfers, cleaning duties and waste management and ensuring the department is tidy. There are also Stores responsibilities, ensuring that stores are moved, put away and collected as necessary.

You must have good interpersonal, communication and organisational skills and be able to remain calm in a busy environment. This is a demanding role which requires a good level of physical resilience. 

If you are  a  team player with good communication and organisational skills and have the motivation and desire to help others, then please consider applying.

Working for our organisation

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

 

 

·         To safely position patients and equipment within the peri operative environment, under the direction of the theatre staff using appropriate manual handling techniques.

·         To transport patients by means of bed, trolley or wheelchair, ensuring that this is carried out in a safe and courteous manner using the correct manual handling techniques.

·         To push out, clean and push back theatre equipment at the end of each listed theatre session.

·         Blood and blood products to be collected / returned as required, under the direction of the medical / nursing staff.

·         Deliver specimens to the appropriate laboratory at regular intervals.

·         Mops / buckets to be cleaned and changed daily.

·         To stock and clean patient trolleys and beds daily within the peri operative environment.

·         Collect and dispose of healthcare waste and specialist hazardous waste in line with trust policy and procedure Collect and dispose of in line with trust policy and procedures.

·         Soiled linen and slide sheets to be sent for laundering each morning and fresh collected daily.

To support patient transfers between the day case, ward and theatre areas including supporting with transfer to X-ray.

Person specification

Training & Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • • Good standard of education including numeracy and literacy skills
Desirable criteria
  • • Customer care training or similar experience.

Experience & Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • • Experience of working in a busy environment with conflicting demands
Desirable criteria
  • • Experience of working in an NHS environment or public sector.

Skills & Ability

Essential criteria
  • • Good verbal and written communication skills, including excellent telephone manner.
Desirable criteria
  • • Problem solving skills.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardVeteran AwareApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyPositive about disabled peopleAge positiveWe offer Wagestream - A financial wellbeing benefit which lets you access your pay as you earn it.Disability confident employerDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - GoldArmed Forces Covenant

Applicant requirements

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Ann Trinidad
Job title
Team Leader, Anaesthetics and Recovery
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01962 825088
Additional information

Martha Knapman

Clinical Matron 

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