Job Description
The role is for a motivated, flexible individual working in a busy theatre/day surgery department supporting both the emergency and elective surgical pathway. The post holder will be required to undertake any portering roles required to ensure the smooth, efficient running of the department. Including transferring patients, specimens, medical records, mail, meals, linen and collect blood products.
The post holder will be expected to help within the theatre cleaning, positioning patients and assisting the scrub and operating department staff.
Working with the multidisciplinary team to ensure safety of patients and staff.
Cleaning and maintaining of theatres and equipment. Restocking areas as required
The post holder may be required to support in other areas or departments as required.
We are looking for a flexible hardworking orderly to join our busy theatre/day surgery department. The post involves night and weekend work and requires transporting patients and equipment between all wards and departments and theatres, together with many other tasks which are required to ensure safety for patients and staff, and efficient use of resources.
Previous theatre or theatre portering experience required.
North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Hospital Trust (NMUH) is one of London’s busiest healthcare providers, providing hospital care and community services for the 350,000 people living in Enfield, Haringey and beyond.
Our specialist services include HIV, cardiology, blood disorders, diabetes, fertility, sickle cell and thalassemia. In addition to a full range of cancer diagnosis and treatment services, the Helen Rollason Cancer Support Centre is based on-site and provides services to support cancer patients’ wellbeing.
We also provide community services and have a dedicated 0-19 service for children and young people in Enfield so that they can get the best possible start in life. This includes health visitors and school nurses who are delivering the national Healthy Child Programme, which provides a structured framework for the delivery of key interventions to support the health and wellbeing of children and families from 0 to 5 and school aged children from 5-19. The 0-19 service aims to improve pathways and partnerships with services in the hospital and deliver excellent care for the children and families.
For more information, please access the following link: https://www.northmid.nhs.uk/
- To help transport patients to and from the department, assist with manual handling and transferring of patients compiling with Trust policy.
- To help move and position patients as required within the department using the correct aids and procedures.
- To maintain patients’ trolleys ensuring they are clean and functioning, report any defects to the team leader.
- To maintain and change the oxygen cylinders on the patient trolleys ensuring they are functional.
- Communicate with patients in order to promote their comfort and well-being while transferring patients.
- Maintain patient’s dignity, comfort and confidentiality at all times.
- Communicate with other members of the organization and respond appropriately.
- All of the above should be performed with due consideration of patients privacy and dignity and complying with the Trust’s Infection Control Policy. This includes adherence to the hand washing policy and disposal of clinical waste.
- to complete any roles as directed by the senior staff within competencies both in and outside of theatre.