Perioperative Healthcare Assistant

Salary: £27,878 per annum

At New Victoria Hospital, we want to reward our staff for the amazing job that they do.

As part of the team, you will have access to a range of benefits for your work and home life.

We offer a variety of benefits that take into consideration how you commute to work, your health and well-being and recognising your service and any staff referrals you make to the Hospital.

Take a look at the full range of benefits on offer when working here:

• Annual leave entitlement of 25 days + bank holidays increasing with length of service
• In-house training for all staff
• Company pension scheme
• Life assurance
• Employee Referral Scheme
• Access to subsidised staff restaurant
• Interest free travel loan
• Private healthcare (T&Cs Apply)
• Bicycle Loan Scheme
• Retailer discounts
• Employee Assistance Programme

New Victoria Hospital (NVH) in Kingston upon Thames is a well-established private hospital offering a wide range of elective surgical services. The theatre department consists of 3 operating theatres and 1 dedicated endoscopy unit, supporting specialties including Orthopaedics, ENT, General Surgery, Gynaecology, Urology and Endoscopy, providing staff with exposure to a varied and high-quality surgical caseload.

Under direct supervision, you'll assist the multi-disciplinary theatre team in providing high-quality care for patients in the theatre department, ensuring patient dignity, privacy and an excellent patient experience.

• Participate in the direct care of patients in support of a registered nurse or operating department practitioner, prior to, during and following surgery.
• Able to develop a good rapport with patients, responding to patient distress and anxiety appropriately.
• Scrub and circulate for procedures as allocated by qualified peri-operative practitioner and prepare for lists as per departmental procedure.
• Maintain safe systems of practice, familiarise themselves with risk assessments and any procedures designed to promote safe systems of practice.
• Ensure that all equipment and surgical instruments are used in accordance with manufacturer instructions, taken out of service when faulty and promptly repaired.
• Help maintain stock levels within the department.
• Ensure the department is clean and tidy and well stocked at all times.
• Assist with the moving and handling as well as the positioning of patients for surgery.

Location: New Victoria Hospital, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 37.5

Shifts: Monday- Saturday. 5 days per week. (Alternate Saturdays 07:30-4pm)

Early: 07:30-4pm

Late: 12:30-9pm

Half day: 07:30-1pm

• Planning and organising skills
• Exceptional communicator
• Ability to work as part of a team

Time Type: Full time

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Locations: New Victoria Hospital