Theatre Administrator

Part Time - 30 hours To ensure the smooth running of all theatre sessions across hospital sites through effective list planning, scheduling and utilisation of the theatre system (currently OPERA), you will carry out your duties in such a way as to make a direct and positive contribution to the organisation of the work within Theatre. It is essential that you should exercise initiative commensurate with the role and it is vital that confidentiality be maintained at all times.,

• Update the theatre system to accurately reflect all changes or additions to theatre sessions.
• Make any real time amendments to theatre session as and when requested.
• Printing off theatre lists and call cards for each theatre the night before and deliver copies to Bed Management Department.
• Provide and collate the theatre lists and theatres schedules for the weekly list planning meeting.
• Attend List Planning meeting to ensure all lists fully up to date and notes circulated for action.
• Full utilisation of the roll locks management on the theatre system to unlock any staff on the system. Requesting smartcards for all theatre and unlocking of smartcards in real time.
• Liaise with I.T., theatre staff and operational theatre manager regarding any system failures and making sure all problems are logged. On notification from I.T. test the system prior to informing staff to re-use.
  
  Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 10,500 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
  
  Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.
Primary Care Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital. Community Services Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre. Specialist Regional Services We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales. Achievements:
• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme.