Theatre Support Worker | Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust in Rochdale inRochdale PUBLISHED FRI 10 OCT 2025 Jump to job information section

Theatre Support Worker | Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust Job details Posting date: 10 October 2025 Salary: Not specified Additional salary information: £24,937 - £26,598 per annum Hours: Full time Closing date: 19 November 2025 Location: Rochdale, OL12 0NB Company: Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust Job type: Permanent Job reference: 7464444/236-RCO-CS345-25-PS Apply for this job Summary The Theatre Support Worker plays a crucial role in ensuring the smooth operation of surgical procedures by being a member of a theatre team, providing support and assistance to professionally qualified staff and other team members. Responsibilities will include participating in patient care, equipment care, infection control, ancillary and clerical duties. • Preparing the Theatre: Setting up surgical instruments and equipment, ensuring everything is ready for the surgery. • Patient Care: Moving patients on trolleys and preparing patients for anaesthesia. • Stock Management: Making sure the department has all the necessary supplies and managing stock levels. • Support During Surgery: Assisting the surgical team during procedures by providing the necessary instruments and equipment. • Post-Surgery Duties: Moving patients on trolleys to the ward, cleaning and tidying theatre areas after surgery, disposing of waste, and ensuring a sterile environment. • Administrative Tasks: Checking patients into theatre reception, receiving handovers from ward staff, and preparing patient records. The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives. As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values -care, appreciateandinspire– to join our team. In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance. Learn more about us in our Candidate Information Pack(opens in existing window) To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: https://jobsincare.com/job/jdwpb99Gk0wW Changes to the UK immigration policy introduced on the 9th April 2025, increased the minimum salary threshold for certificates of sponsorship applications for Health and Care Worker Visa from £23,200 (£11.90 per hour) to £25,000 (£12.82 per hour). For further information on the Health and Care Worker visa, please visit the Home Office website. As per Agenda for Change, if you are new to the NHS your starting salary would be £24,937 (minimum Band 3 salary point from 1st April 2025 in line with National Living Wage requirements). This salary point is below the new minimum threshold, and therefore not eligible for sponsorship. For further information please check the NHS Terms and Conditions of Service Handbook on the NHS Employers website. This advert closes on Sunday 26 Oct 2025 Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme Disability Confident About Disability Confident A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident .