Clinical Support Worker - Theatres
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 22/09/2026
- Closes
- 24/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for a Clinical Support Worker in the Operating Department at Westmorland General Hospital. You will work under the direction of a Registered Nurse or Operating Department Practitioner, providing perioperative care and assistance to patients. The position involves basic patient care, documentation, and contributing to the on-call service. The department is undergoing upgrades and offers continuous education and professional development.
Key responsibilities
- Provide perioperative care and assistance to patients within defined parameters.
- Work in support and under direction of a Registered Nurse (RN)/Operating Department Practitioner (ODP).
- Provide basic patient care and document that care in the patient records.
- Contribute to the on-call service.
- Ensure all aspects of patients' individual care needs are met in a safe, effective and efficient environment.
Essential criteria
- Maths and English (GCSE/CSE/NVQ/Functional)
- Care Certificate (Willingness to undertake, as this is a requirement for all non-registered clinical support workers)
- Previous experience in a care environment
- Manual handling of patients, using lifting aids
- Previous experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
- Evidence of ongoing training and mandatory courses
- Knowledge and understanding of manual handling policies and procedures
- Understanding of surgical care
- Ability to communicate effectively
Desirable criteria
- NVQ Level 2 in Care or equivalent
- Prepared to work towards NVQ Level 2/3
- Experience within a theatre environment
- Understanding and knowledge of relevant National Service
- Understanding of the clinical areas
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 3 at £24,625 – £25,674 a year, across England.
This advert: £25,760 – £27,476 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust
Clinical Support Worker - Theatres
The closing date is 24 September 2026
Job summary
A unique opportunity has arisen, due to service expansion and development in the Westmorland General Hospital (Kendal) Operating Department, to join the existing theatre team.
Work in support and under direction of a Registered Nurse (RN)/Operating Department Practitioner (ODP) providing perioperative care and assistance to patients within defined parameters specified by the RN/OPD.
Provide basic patient care and document that care in the patient records.
Contribute to the on-call service
Main duties of the job
The six theatres undertake a variety of surgical specialties including orthopaedic joint surgery, general surgery, breast, urology and ophthalmology. The Theatres in Kendal are at present being upgraded and we are recruiting inline with this.
We are looking for clinical support workers with an interest in working within the theatre environment, ensuring that all aspects of the patients individual care needs are met in a safe, effective and efficient environment. The department is committed to appraisal, to support continuous education and professional development.
About us
We operate from three main hospitals - Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General
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