Job summary
- Main area
- THEATRES
- Grade
- Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week
- Job ref
- 362-A-24-6982288-A
- Employer
- Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Stepping Hill Hospital
- Town
- Stockport
- Salary
- £24,169 pro rata per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Theatre Runner
Band 2
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
There are lots of good reasons to choose to come and work at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. A dynamic integrated Trust with integrity and vision. Exactly the same qualities you’ll see in yourself. Stockport NHS Foundation Trust aims to be the organisation of choice for patients and an employer of choice for staff. In order to continually improve all aspects of our patient experience, we rely upon having a highly skilled, motivated, diverse, productive and patient focused workforce.
Stockport Foundation Trust is one of four ‘specialist’ hospital sites in Greater Manchester. Being a ‘specialist’ hospital will enhance our general surgery, anaesthetics, critical care and emergency medicine for the benefit of people in Stockport, High Peak, Cheshire and across Greater Manchester.
Our values ‘We Care, We Respect, We Listen’ are at the heart of everything we do, and come from our promise: ‘Making a difference every day.’ They drive the behaviour and actions for everyone in our organisation.
In your application for this post, please describe how your experience and skills align with 'Our values-based behaviours' ( see additional documentation) and provide examples.
Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment
As well as recognising previous NHS service, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust is a member of the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. If you are currently employed by Greater Manchester Local Authority, Combined Authority, GMFRS, TfGM as well as other public service organisations, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust will recognise your previous service for sickness and maternity/paternity/adoption entitlement and also for annual leave purposes (providing there has been no break in service). If you currently work for one of the above organisations and successfully apply for a post with Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, please ensure the Recruitment team are aware so that this service is reflected in your contract of employment.
Our Values:
We Care
About each other
Our patients and their families
The communities we serve
The environment
We support them and deliver on their promises
We Respect
Each other
Our patients and their families
Our partners
We are kind and helpful, and we expect the same in return
We Listen to
Each other
Our patients and their families
Our partners
We act and learn from what we hear
Job overview
We are looking for a highly motivated, hard working team player to join our runner/reception team at SHH main theatres. Applicants must be flexible and able to work as part of a larger team. The post will be full time and on the job training will be given. This role will be split between patient collection/return and reception duties.
Main duties of the job
To ensure accurate/quality controlled information is gathered together for the patient admission to Operating Theatres including ensuring timely preparation of Elective Theatre lists in readiness for the day’s activity.
- To ensure patients documentation is correct on arrival to reception and deal with any discrepancies in a timely manner to ensure patients are seen without delay.
- To ensure that patients are sent for in a timely manner in order to optimise the efficiency of Operating Theatres. This may mean the post holder will be required to retrieve patients from the ward in order to prevent elective lists being delayed.
- Assisting in the transportation of patients to and from the wards and within the Operating Theatres as required.
- Ensuring patient trolleys are in good working order and stocked accordingly.
- Daily checking and replacement of empty oxygen cylinders within theatres and under patient trolleys.
- Participate in routine cleaning and maintenance of patient trolleys and replacement of linen.
- Effective communication on the telephone, directing enquiries appropriately.
- Dealing with the patients, general public and relatives of patients attending the reception area, giving a polite and professional service. Responsible for keeping and maintaining a clean and tidy reception area at all times.
- Distributing post, photocopying, sending and receiving faxes and directing as appropriate in a timely manner.
Working for our organisation
We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.
If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.
We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.
Benefits we offer to you:
• Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• NHS pension scheme membership
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
• NHS Staff discounts
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary finance – for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
• Stockport Credit Union– for local financial advice
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Main Duties
- To ensure accurate/quality controlled information is gathered together for the patient admission to Operating Theatres including ensuring timely preparation of Elective Theatre lists in readiness for the day’s activity.
- To ensure patients documentation is correct on arrival to reception and deal with any discrepancies in a timely manner to ensure patients are seen without delay.
- To ensure that patients are sent for in a timely manner in order to optimise the efficiency of Operating Theatres. This may mean the post holder will be required to retrieve patients from the ward in order to prevent elective lists being delayed.
- Assisting in the transportation of patients to and from the wards and within the Operating Theatres as required.
- Ensuring patient trolleys are in good working order and stocked accordingly.
- Daily checking and replacement of empty oxygen cylinders within theatres and under patient trolleys.
- Participate in routine cleaning and maintenance of patient trolleys and replacement of linen.
- Effective communication on the telephone, directing enquiries appropriately.
- Dealing with the patients, general public and relatives of patients attending the reception area, giving a polite and professional service. Responsible for keeping and maintaining a clean and tidy reception area at all times.
- Distributing post, photocopying, sending and receiving faxes and directing as appropriate in a timely manner.
- To receive and register patients on arrival to the Operating Theatre reception, following the agreed procedures and obtaining relevant and accurate information and utilising ORMIS. Escalation of any changes that are made to operating list to the appropriate team/practitioners.
- To support the nursing staff with any clerical/administrative duties.
- Liaison with other departments.
- Responsible for booking minor maintenance jobs to ensure quality service delivery and continuity.
- Facilitate the emergency service (with a high degree of urgency).
- To communicate and liaise effectively with the multi-disciplinary team to ensure Operating Theatres run without disruption.
- To deal with telephone enquiries in a polite and professional manner. Ensure that all queries are attended to as soon as possible and conveying any messages to the appropriate personnel.
- To undertake any other duties which is deemed appropriate to the band when requested by Senior Staff.
- To deal with enquiries and take necessary action on behalf of and in the absence of work colleagues.
- To undertake departmental audits as and when required.
- The Post Holder will take responsibility for ensuring work is prioritised and agreed standards are met.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust’s policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.
If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £54.50. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary.
In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £16.
Person specification
Education
Essential criteria
- Good general education
Desirable criteria
- IT/skills/qualification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Health care background desirable but not essential
Desirable criteria
- Worked as part of a team/work with the general public
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Excellent organisational skills/Able to prioratise workloads
Desirable criteria
- A team player
Work related circumstances
Essential criteria
- Flexible approach to work and able to respond to the needs of the service
Desirable criteria
- Take instructions from colleagues and act on them with care and diligence
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
- Marie Browning
- Job title
- Senior sister
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01614192054
- Additional information
Please contact Marie Browning (Anaesthetic and recovery manager) for further details or informal visit on:
[email protected] or 01614192054Monday/Friday 08:00 --18:00
If you have problems applying, contact
- Address
-
Aspen House
Stepping Hill Hospital
Poplar Grove
Stockport
SK2 7JE
- Telephone
- 01614194720 ext.117081
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