Healthcare Assistant - Theatre & Endoscopy

Theatre / Procedure Suite HCA LOCATION: JACE Private Hospital / Day Procedure Unit, GREYSTEEL HOURS:30-37.5hrs per week SALARY:£25,000-£27,000 per annum depending on experience CLOSING DATE:29th May 2026 Essential Criteria Minimum 1 year experience working as a Healthcare Assistant in a theatre, procedure room, endoscopy, or acute clinical environment. Demonstrated ability to prepare theatres/procedure rooms, including setting up trolleys, equipment, and sterile consumables. Proven competence in checking, cleaning, and maintaining clinical equipment, including daily, weekly, and pre-procedure safety checks. Strong understanding of infection prevention and control, including aseptic technique, decontamination processes, and waste segregation. Ability to monitor stock levels, rotate stock, check expiry dates, and escalate shortages. Experience using stock management systems or manual stock logs. Ability to follow SOPs, checklists, and safety protocols consistently. Good communication skills with the ability to support the theatre team and interact professionally with patients. Physically able to assist with patient positioning, transfers, and manual handling. Up-to-date mandatory training: BLS, manual handling, infection control, safeguarding. Desirable Criteria Experience in a private hospital or day-procedure setting. Knowledge of theatre equipment such as diathermy, suction, patient warming devices, and monitoring equipment. Experience assisting with specimen handling and labelling. Training in theatre runner duties, including supporting scrub staff and maintaining sterile fields. Experience with ordering systems (e.g., PECOS, Omnicell, or similar). NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care or equivalent. Please note:An Access NI enhanced disclosure check (including information held by the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)) will be required for this job role. The DBS barred lists are maintained by the Disclosure and Barring Service. There are two of them one is a list of people who have been barred from working with children, and the other is a list of people who have been barred from working with vulnerable adults. A criminal record will not necessarily be a bar to obtaining the position. JACE Medical adhere to internal policies on the recruitment of ex-offenders and on the secure handling, use, and storage and retention of disclosure information. All checks are processed in line with the Access NI code of practice. JBLE1_NI