Job summary
- Main area
- Theatres
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (inclusive of unsocial hours, weekends, on calls and occasional nights)
- Job ref
- 326-7517470-MH
- Employer
- Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- East Surrey Hospital
- Town
- Redhill
- Salary
- £24,937 - £26,598 per annum plus high cost allowance
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 19/10/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 03/11/2025
Employer heading

Nursing Assistant - Theatres
NHS AfC: Band 3
Job overview
We are looking for Theatre Assistants that will thrive in a fast-paced operating theatre environment. The successful candidates will be supporting all stages of the patients journey through theatre and will be an asset to supporting the theatre team.
Are you dedicated, work well within a multi-disciplinary team and want to enhance and learn new skills, if so then come join us?
Prior experience is not essential but a love for operating theatres is. All training will be provided. This role will provide the successful candidates with a work life balance as this theatre suite currently runs Monday to Friday and an on-call out of hours service.
As a Theatre Assistant you will aid all members of the Theatre team by supporting the registered staff and clinicians in activities undertaken in the Operating Theatre environment, this will include contributing as part of the Operating Theatre team to deliver and maintain high standards of patient care and will maintain cleanliness inside the theatre operating suite and the ancillary areas.
Main duties of the job
For further information, please see the attached job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.
Working for our organisation
We are a leading local employer with a diverse workforce of approximately 6,000 staff, dedicated to providing healthcare services to a growing population of around 780,000 individuals.
Our Trust provides both emergency and planned healthcare across East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon – covering towns like Crawley, Horsham, Reigate, and Redhill. Our main hospital, East Surrey in Redhill, offers a full range of acute and specialist services and is also the closest trauma unit to Gatwick Airport. We also provide outpatient, diagnostic, and planned care services at sites including The Earlswood Centre, Caterham Dene Hospital, Oxted Health Centre, Crawley Hospital, and Horsham Hospital.
We are proud to be an inclusive employer, and we work hard to create an environment where everyone feels valued and supported. At our Trust, we strive to be the best place to work and receive care. We are dedicated to supporting you in your current role while helping you grow and develop your career. As part of our team, you will have access to excellent training opportunities, flexible working, dedicated support networks, and a strong emphasis on health and wellbeing to ensure a thriving and positive work environment.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information regarding the role please read the attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
criteria
Essential criteria
- Evidence of a good standard of written English appropriate to the role
- A complete and accurate application
- Suitability for role evidenced in supporting statement
- Evidence of essential experience for role
- Meet the essential education/qualifications required for the role
- Evidence of the Trust values and behaviours
- Evidence of any other essential criteria outlined in the person specification
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Donnalene Cumabatch
- Job title
- Senior Practice Development Practitioner
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01737768511
- Additional information
For further information please contact:
Donnalene Cumabatch - Theatre Practice Development Pracitioner ([email protected])
or
Sarah Stock - Senior Practice Development Practitioner (sarah.stock2@nhs)
01737 768511 x 1341
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