Job summary

We're hosting a recruitment event on 22nd October 2026 for Band 3 Theatre Care Assistants to join our team at Whiston Hospital and St Helens Hospital!

Candidates will be required to hold an NVQ Level 2 qualification/equivalent or demonstrable experience within a theatre setting at the time of application. This event is by invitation only and candidates must be able to attend in-person on the day.

Due to current service demands, we are only able to consider applicants who have relevant UK experience. Candidates must also be available to commence employment immediately or within a very short timeframe. We regret that we cannot progress applications that do not meet these essential requirements.

Main duties of the job

• Communicate with a range of people on a range of matters
• Develop own knowledge and skills and provide information to others to help their developments.
• Monitor and maintain Health, Safety and Security to self and others.
• Maintain quality in own work and encourage others to do so.
• Support equality and value diversities.
• Monitor and maintain environments, buildings and items.
• Monitor patients vital signs as directed by qualified members of staff.
• Complete patient documentation and care plans, ensuring clinical pathways are followed.
• To provide assistance with patient care to all members of the theatre team.
• To assist direct patient care by monitoring vital signs in the recovery room, reporting back to the registered practitioner

About us

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.

Our services:

Acute Care

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.