Health Care Support Worker/Theatre Nursing Assistant | Barts Health NHS Trust

The new Barts Heart Centre has brought together the services of some of the best cardiovascular experts in the country who will work together to create a single specialist centre for cardiovascular disease to cover all our local communities.

You will be joining us at an incredibly exciting time, as we realise a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to improve services for today’s patients and future generations and create a world class cardiovascular service.

We are looking to recruit enthusiastic individuals who are looking for a new challenge. Theatre knowledge and experience are essential for this post. They will be providing support across the cardiac surgical programme delivered in a new 10 theatre complex, complex electrophysiology cases and the nationally recognised Heart Attack Centre which services North and East London. There is the opportunity to develop practical skills in the operating theatre department.

We offer a wide range of development opportunities including extensive mandatory training, Band 3 development programme, development courses and study days. If you like the sound of this exciting opportunity we would like to hear from you. Previous candidates need not apply.

The Health Care Support Worker will contribute to the care of patients in the Operating Theatre and associated areas by assisting the Registered Theatre Practitioners within the boundaries of the job description. In addition, the Health Care Support Worker is proactive in anticipating the needs of the patients and the required service.

As part of the recruitment process for this post, candidates will be required to complete an online literacy and numeracy test and only if they pass this, will they be invited to a formal interview.

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers. The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required.