Job summary
Transferring patients between ward and theatre, assisting in transferring patient safely on to operating table.
To carry out general duties inside and outside the Operating Department within LUHFT sites.
Work flexibly within the team when required to cover staff shortage due to illness or holidays.
Main duties of the job
Transferring patients between ward and theatre, assisting in transferring patient safely on to operating table.
Lifting patients and moving them between beds, trolleys and special tables.Preparing and maintaining patient trolleys.
Moving equipment between wards/departments and Theatres.
Receiving, sorting, and distributing appropriately, stock and supplies, including pharmacy, inline with stock rotation guidance.
Take active role in provision of a soiled/clean instruments and equipment collection/delivery service.
Assisting in the cleaning, packing and delivery of instruments and equipment within and outside the directorate, including TSSU in the theatre department.
Restock scrub rooms with gowns, towels and keep tidy.
Cleaning theatres and assisting with cleaning within the department.
About us
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.
The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.
The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.
To hear more about our achievements click herehttps://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/media/13089/1606-annual-report-booklet_final.pdf
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Job description
Job responsibilities
Transferring patients between ward and theatre, assisting in transferring patient safely on to operating table.
Wait with patients in the anaesthetic room until operating department practitioner or nurse receive the patient.
Lifting patients and moving them between beds, trolleys and special tables.Preparing and maintaining patient trolleys.
Moving equipment between wards/departments and Theatres.
Receiving, sorting, and distributing appropriately, stock and supplies, including pharmacy, inline with stock rotation guidance.
Disposing of sharps boxes and waste.
Providing messenger and delivery service for the Directorate.
Transporting bodies and amputated limbs to the mortuary.
Maintain the common room in tidy state.
Take active role in provision of a soiled/clean instruments and equipment collection/delivery service.
Assisting in the cleaning, packing and delivery of instruments and equipment within and outside the directorate, including TSSU in the theatre department.
Maintain a regular check on both changing rooms, ensuring that sufficient suits/dresses and footwear are available and dirty linen and rubbish bags are emptied.
Collect and wash dirty shoes in female and male changing rooms and give out shoes to doctors and visitors.
Give out new shoes to theatre personnel.
Allocate lockers to doctors, nurses, technicians and other theatre personnel, maintaining accurate records regarding locker allocation.
Restock scrub rooms with gowns, towels and keep tidy.
Sign as witness when goods received and work completed.
Taking an active role in the maintenance of equipment, ensuring that equipment for repair is taken out of commission and paperwork completed appropriately for medical engineering.
Cleaning theatres and assisting with cleaning within the department. This to include wall washing, operating lights and tables.
Changing and replacing medical gas cylinders.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Skills
Essential
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a team.
- Good communication skills.
Other
Essential
- Committed to high standards of patient care.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website .
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants .
Employer details
Employer name
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Royal Liverpool Hospital
Mount Vernon Street
Liverpool
L7 8YE