Theatre Care Assistant

Are you looking for a new challenge and career progression? Working with multi-professional colleagues, become part of an exciting Head and Neck team, working across sites as required and gaining a vast knowledge base within this specialty. Experience in theatres is desirable but not essential. The trust offers a wider variety of specialties including – Trauma and Orthopaedics, general, head and neck, Obstetrics, day surgery, vascular, Ophthalmology, urology, anaesthetics, and recovery. We encourage career progression for all our staff and training will be given to facilitate development. Your peers, surgeons, and senior staff will support you to learn new skills and expand your practice.

We pride ourselves on our friendly working environment and our desire to lead on Best Practice in the operating Theatre setting. If you have skills and drive, although not essential, that we are looking for to join our friendly and supportive team, then University Hospitals Dorset theatres are the place for you.

Band 2 development role with the opportunity to progress to Band 3 within 12 months if specific criteria achieved and supported by line manager.

Base Location: Poole Hospital

Interview Date: TBC

Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.

UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme. This means that some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have about this at interview. Read more