Job summary
- Main area
- Theatres
- Grade
- Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 392-RNOH-1501
- Employer
- Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- RNOH
- Town
- Stanmore
- Salary
- £30,142 per annum.
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/08/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Theatre support worker (HCA)
Band 2
Please note in order to progress your application, your data will be processed by our 3rd party recruitment providers – North London Partners Shared Service, who conduct recruitment activities on behalf of Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust.
The Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust is the largest orthopaedic hospital in the UK and a global leader in our field. We provide a dynamic working environment where we support frontline staff to implement improvements so that we can realise our vision of being a world leading neuro musculoskeletal hospital providing the best patient care and staff experience in the NHS, delivering world leading research, and offering a strong foundation of education, training and career progression. Our dedicated staff come from diverse backgrounds, and our patients benefit from the wide range of experience they bring to the Trust. The RNOH brings unrivalled expertise together in one place allowing us to deliver some of the world’s most complex and innovative care to our patients
- Rated Good by the CQC
- Two sites, one in central London and one in Stanmore - which has recently opened The Stanmore Building, a new, state-of-the-art inpatient facility
- Our Research and Innovation Centre works closely with our main academic partner, University College London
- Recognised as a centre of excellence, leading on national initiatives, such as the Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) Programme
- Further major redevelopment underway across the Stanmore site – improving and modernising our facilities to maintain our position as the UK’s leading centre for orthopaedic medicine
- In the NHS staff survey, over 90% of our staff were satisfied with the quality of care they are able to give to patients - the best result of any NHS Trust in the country
- Our staff also indicated that they had the best experience of appraisals as compared to all other NHS Trusts.
This is a great time to join us and play a critical role in the next stage of RNOH’s journey to achieving an outstanding CQC rating.
Our aim is to remain a world-leading orthopaedic hospital with the best patient care and staff experience in the NHS. To do this, we have four core values that underpin everything that we do. We use our values to help ensure that we are always focused on the things that our staff and patients believe are most important:
- Patients first, always
- Excellence, in all we do
- Trust, honesty and respect, for each other
- Equality, for all
Our annual staff survey results have been improving year on year, with our staff telling us that their experience of working at the Trust is getting better and better. They also indicate that our staff feel very loyal to the RNOH and committed to its role in providing the very best care to our complex patient group. We hope that we can welcome you to our growing team soon.
Visit our Work with us page to learn more about our culture, values and also hear directly from staff in a short video sharing their experiences of working at RNOH
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Job overview
To assist in the care of the patient in theatre.
To assist the surgical team within the theatre environment.
Main duties of the job
To assist the surgical team within the theatre environment.
To assist in the care of the patient in theatre.
To help clean, restock and maintain a sterile environment.
To assist in the transport of patients to the operating theatre.
Working for our organisation
At the Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital (RNOH), we are committed to achieving the best staff experience in the NHS. In the 2023 NHS Staff Survey, we proudly:
- Scored above the national average for the People Promises: "We are recognised and rewarded," "We are always learning," "We work flexibly," "We are a team," and for staff engagement.
- Ranked #1 among all Trusts in North and Central London for all People Promises and themes.
- Ranked #1 among all Acute Specialist Trusts for "We work flexibly."
At RNOH, we’re committed to being actively anti-discriminatory and actively inclusive. We recognise our brilliant people do brilliant work, and we offer rewarding careers, no matter what their background. We continue to strive to break down barriers to be the Trust where people come together because what they do matters, makes a difference and where they can thrive.
Joining our organisation means enjoying a wide range of staff benefits, including:
- 24/7 access to wellbeing support through our Employee Assistance Programme.
- A Rewards & Recognition platform, offering opportunities to thank colleagues, send gifts, and access exclusive discounts.
- A dedicated Staff Wellbeing Hub, providing a space to relax and recharge away from the work environment.
- Salary sacrifice schemes for transport (season ticket loans, car and bike), electrical goods, and childcare
At RNOH, we are more than a workplace—we are committed to patients, to excellence and the wellbeing of our staff.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To assist the surgical team within the theatre environment.
To assist in the care of the patient in theatre.
To help clean, restock and maintain a sterile environment.
To assist in the transport of patients to the operating theatre.
1. Communicate with patients and their families to include patients with learning difficulties and paediatric patients, in order to promote their comfort and well-being by supporting them in a pre-operative or anaesthetic room whilst awaiting surgery.
2. Communicate with other members of the organisation and respond appropriately.
3. Assist with patient transfer to and from the department if required.
4. Assist with transfer of patients within the department.
5. Assist with manual handling and transferring of patients complying with the Trust Moving and Handling policy.
6. Report accidents/incidents to nurse in charge and complete appropriate Trust documentation.
7. Report defective equipment and take necessary steps to ensure safety of staff and patients.
8. Chaperone Medical Staff.
9. Obtain and label specimens from within the sterile field as delegated by a scrub nurse (e.g. body fluids, wound swabs, tissue).
10. Assist with last offices for deceased patients.
11. Adhere to the Trust uniform policy and maintain a professional image.
12. Carry out designated tasks as part of the team for which appropriate training has been given.
13. Maintenance of appropriate patient records and Trust documentation.
14. Use the theatre computer system for patient administration.
15. May be requested to take photographic images of patients wounds to add to patient documentation.
16. To assist in the maintenance of the sterile field during operative procedures.
17. To perform circulating duties and provide the scrub team with sterile consumables, accurate, effectively and in a safe manner.
18. To set up specialist surgical equipment i.e. lasers, camera systems, microscopes, operating tables and fluid management systems.
19. Assist the team in maintaining the privacy and dignity issues of patients and staff, and ensure all known cultural beliefs are adhered to.
20. Maintain absolute confidentiality in respect of all medical and nursing records and also interpersonal issues with colleagues.
General Tasks
1. Adhere to the Trust policy for the safe keeping of patients’ personal possessions.
2. Follow agreed Trust Guidelines and Policies.
3. To positively contribute to a happy and efficient environment for the physical, social and psychological well-being of both patients and colleagues.
4. Undertake cleaning and correct storage of equipment at the direction of the Scrub nurse.
5. Assist with unpacking and checking of stores as required.
6. Answer telephone and bleeps in the correct manner and take messages as appropriate.
7. Assist in the general cleanliness and tidiness of theatre area including sluice and storerooms.
8. Following appropriate training and when deemed competent use equipment within own department at the direction of nurse in charge.
9. Participate in an annual performance review.
10. Understand the importance of fire precautions and is aware of hospital policy regarding emergency procedures for example fire, cardiac arrest and major incident.
11. Attend in-service Training and other training programmes as required.
12. Attend departmental meetings.
Addendum
· Participate in circulating duties under the supervision of trained theatre staff
· To undertake working shifts as agreed with the sister in charge
· Collect sets and instruments for operating lists
· Make requests to the Sterile Services Department for instrumentation required.
· Work as a member of the theatre team
· To maintain stocks of specimen containers
· Carry out date checks on sterile instruments and report any discrepancies
· To assist with the calculation of blood loss for patients in theatre and report promptly to the scrub nurse excessive loss
· Frequent exposure to distressing or emotional circumstances whilst participating as a member of the theatre team
· Able to stand for long periods of time and engage in frequent moving and handling of patients, equipment and instrument trays.
Person specification
Written
Essential criteria
- Previous working within a team environment
Desirable criteria
- Previous health care experince.
written/verbal
Essential criteria
- Good communication skills
Desirable criteria
- Good written english.
verbal
Essential criteria
- ability to add up basic figures.
Desirable criteria
- Ability to count to 5
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mark Ashwell
- Job title
- Theatre Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07941574946
- Additional information
Within normal working hours.
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