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Locum Theatre Support Worker - Weekends only Glasgow Royal Infirmary

Are you a dedicated Theatre Support Worker with experience in Orthopaedics, Paediatrics, Urology, or General Surgery? Medacs Healthcare is offering an exciting locum opportunity in Glasgow.

Pay: 190 - 250 per day
Shifts: Saturday - Sunday
Location: Glasgow Royal Infirmary
Weekly Pay: Fast, reliable weekly payments

Note: We are unable to process applications from candidates who cannot provide evidence of UK right to work or are non UK based.

Key Responsibilities:

As a Theatre Support Worker, you will play a vital role in supporting the smooth and safe running of surgical procedures. Your responsibilities will include:

• Assisting in the preparation of operating theatres before procedures, ensuring all equipment and materials are available and sterile.
• Supporting the surgical team during operations by providing instruments, maintaining cleanliness, and ensuring patient safety.
• Transporting patients to and from the operating theatre, ensuring dignity and comfort throughout.
• Maintaining high standards of infection control and adhering to health and safety protocols at all times.
• Cleaning and restocking theatres post-procedure, ensuring readiness for the next case.
• Handling specimens and documentation in line with clinical guidelines.
• Collaborating with nurses, surgeons, and other healthcare professionals to deliver high-quality patient care.
• Providing reassurance and support to patients before and after surgery.

Essential Qualifications:

• Minimum 1 year Theatre Support Worker experience
• At least 6 months recent UK experience within the last 3 years
• Valid PVG membership

Benefits of working with Medacs Healthcare:

• Online CPD training opportunities
• Access to Health Assured employee well-being support
• Dedicated consultant support and guidance
• Comprehensive compliance support
• 24/7/365 service availability
• Holiday pay and pension scheme
• Online CPD training opportunities

• Flexible Working: Create a work-life balance with shifts that suit your schedule
• First Access to Shifts: Secure roles across multiple NHS trusts
• Unwavering Support: Dedicated consultant, revalidation support, and 24/7 service
• Wellbeing Matters: Access to Care4Carers, our employee well-being programme

With your skills and passion for patient care, you'll be a vital part of the theatre team at one of Scotland's leading NHS hospitals.

How to Apply

Please apply online using the form below and attach a copy of your up-to-date CV.

For more information, contact:

• Danielle Houghton - Senior Recruitment Consultant
• (phone number removed)
• (url removed)

Note: We are unable to process applications from candidates who cannot provide evidence of UK right to work.

Medacs Healthcare is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and welcomes applications from all backgrounds.

Locum Theatre Support Worker IRH, Glasgow

Are you a dedicated Theatre Support Worker? Medacs Healthcare is offering an exciting locum opportunity at the Inverclyde Royal Hospital - Glasgow

Pay: 190 - 250 per day
Shifts: Saturday - Sunday
Location: IRH - Glasgow
Weekly Pay: Fast, reliable weekly payments

Note: We are unable to process applications from candidates who cannot provide evidence of UK right to work.

Key Responsibilities:

As a Theatre Support Worker, you will play a vital role in supporting the smooth and safe running of surgical procedures. Your responsibilities will include:

• Assisting in the preparation of operating theatres before procedures, ensuring all equipment and materials are available and sterile.
• Supporting the surgical team during operations by providing instruments, maintaining cleanliness, and ensuring patient safety.
• Transporting patients to and from the operating theatre, ensuring dignity and comfort throughout.
• Maintaining high standards of infection control and adhering to health and safety protocols at all times.
• Cleaning and restocking theatres post-procedure, ensuring readiness for the next case.
• Handling specimens and documentation in line with clinical guidelines.
• Collaborating with nurses, surgeons, and other healthcare professionals to deliver high-quality patient care.
• Providing reassurance and support to patients before and after surgery.

Essential Qualifications:

• Minimum 1 year Theatre Support Worker experience
• At least 6 months recent UK experience within the last 3 years
• Valid PVG membership

Benefits of working with Medacs Healthcare:

• Online CPD training opportunities
• Access to Health Assured employee well-being support
• Dedicated consultant support and guidance
• Comprehensive compliance support
• 24/7/365 service availability
• Holiday pay and pension scheme
• Online CPD training opportunities

• Flexible Working: Create a work-life balance with shifts that suit your schedule
• First Access to Shifts: Secure roles across multiple NHS trusts
• Unwavering Support: Dedicated consultant, revalidation support, and 24/7 service
• Wellbeing Matters: Access to Care4Carers, our employee well-being programme

With your skills and passion for patient care, you'll be a vital part of the theatre team at one of Scotland's leading NHS hospitals.

How to Apply

Please apply online using the form below and attach a copy of your up-to-date CV.

For more information, contact:

• Danielle Houghton - Senior Recruitment Consultant
• (phone number removed)
• (url removed)

Note: We are unable to process applications from candidates who cannot provide evidence of UK right to work.

Medacs Healthcare is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and welcomes applications from all backgrounds.

Locum Theatre Support Worker Glasgow

Are you a dedicated Theatre Support Worker with experience in Neurosurgery, Orthopaedics, Paediatrics, Plastics, Urology, or General Surgery? Medacs Healthcare is offering an exciting locum opportunity in Glasgow.

Pay: 190 - 250 per day
Shifts: Monday - Sunday
Location: Glasgow
Weekly Pay: Fast, reliable weekly payments

Note: We are unable to process applications from candidates who cannot provide evidence of UK right to work.

Key Responsibilities:

As a Theatre Support Worker, you will play a vital role in supporting the smooth and safe running of surgical procedures. Your responsibilities will include:

• Assisting in the preparation of operating theatres before procedures, ensuring all equipment and materials are available and sterile.
• Supporting the surgical team during operations by providing instruments, maintaining cleanliness, and ensuring patient safety.
• Transporting patients to and from the operating theatre, ensuring dignity and comfort throughout.
• Maintaining high standards of infection control and adhering to health and safety protocols at all times.
• Cleaning and restocking theatres post-procedure, ensuring readiness for the next case.
• Handling specimens and documentation in line with clinical guidelines.
• Collaborating with nurses, surgeons, and other healthcare professionals to deliver high-quality patient care.
• Providing reassurance and support to patients before and after surgery.

Essential Qualifications:

• Minimum 1 year Theatre Support Worker experience
• At least 6 months recent UK experience within the last 3 years
• Valid PVG membership

Benefits of working with Medacs Healthcare:

• Online CPD training opportunities
• Access to Health Assured employee well-being support
• Dedicated consultant support and guidance
• Comprehensive compliance support
• 24/7/365 service availability
• Holiday pay and pension scheme
• Online CPD training opportunities

• Flexible Working: Create a work-life balance with shifts that suit your schedule
• First Access to Shifts: Secure roles across multiple NHS trusts
• Unwavering Support: Dedicated consultant, revalidation support, and 24/7 service
• Wellbeing Matters: Access to Care4Carers, our employee well-being programme

With your skills and passion for patient care, you'll be a vital part of the theatre team at one of Scotland's leading NHS hospitals.

How to Apply

Please apply online using the form below and attach a copy of your up-to-date CV.

For more information, contact:

• Danielle Houghton - Senior Recruitment Consultant
• (phone number removed)
• (url removed)

Note: We are unable to process applications from candidates who cannot provide evidence of UK right to work.

Medacs Healthcare is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and welcomes applications from all backgrounds.

Theatre Nurse

As part of a multidisciplined team, you will assist in all clinical areas of our three London based clinics.

You will be responsible for performing the tasks of a registered nurse, working flexibly across three main clinical areas, using your specialisms to undertake a variety of tasks across anaesthetics, surgery and recovery.

Working with our skilled clinical team and within our wider theatre team, you will be passionate about patient care, working co-operatively with others to support continuous improvements and ever safer surgery standards whilst being developed and nurtured by those around you to progress and develop your skills.

This is an extremely rewarding role for individuals who have experienced a day-case setting, who enjoy learning, and who can work flexibly and productively with others, playing a significant role in every patient s life changing story.

This is a full-time permanent post but we would be open to hearing from candidates seeking to negotiate a part-time hours opportunity.

Pay: 225 - 250 per day
Job type: Contract / Temporary
Company: Sirona Medical
About the role
Sirona Medical is recruiting experienced Theatre HCAs for a range of NHS hospital Insourcing contracts across Scotland. You'll support the theatre team through the whole perioperative pathway, helping to deliver safe and efficient patient care in a fast-paced clinical setting.
Assignments may include weekend cover in theatres, endoscopy, decontamination and day surgery units.
What you'll be doing

• Preparing theatres, equipment and instruments before, during and after procedures
• Helping move and position patients safely, using correct manual handling techniques
• Supporting scrub, anaesthetic and recovery teams as directed
• Restocking and checking theatre supplies and consumables
• Following infection prevention and control standards at all times
• Taking patients to and from wards, recovery and theatre
• Keeping accurate records in line with local policy

• At least 6 months' NHS experience as a Theatre HCA (essential)
• Good knowledge of theatre etiquette, sterile fields and infection control
• A current PVG scheme membership, or willingness to apply
• Up-to-date mandatory training (BLS, manual handling, infection control, safeguarding)
• Right to work in the UK
• Two recent clinical references, including one from an NHS theatre manager or supervisor
• Flexibility to travel to sites across Scotland
• Endoscopy or decontamination experience is an advantage

• 225 - 250 per day, depending on site and experience
• Weekends Only
• A dedicated consultant who knows the contracts
• Fast compliance and onboarding

As a Family Practitioner, you'll play a vital role in supporting children and families to achieve positive and lasting change. You'll manage a varied caseload, delivering tailored interventions that respond to each family's unique circumstances. Working closely with Social Workers and other professionals, you'll contribute to assessments and help develop family plans that put children's needs at the heart of decision-making.

You'll join a dedicated team using the strengths-based Hampshire Approach to empower families and keep more children safely at home. Through practical support, relationship-building, and solution-focused interventions, you'll help families build on their strengths and overcome challenges, making a real difference to their lives.

What you'll do:

• Work directly with children, parents, and carers to provide practical and emotional support.
• Arrange resources and help families access services such as transport, care, and housing.
• Build positive relationships and work collaboratively with professionals.
• Use mediation and negotiation skills to improve family relationships.
• Undertake assessments and Children in Need visits alongside Social Workers.
• Prepare clear reports and maintain accurate records.

What we're looking for:

• Experience supporting children, young people, and families.
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills.
• Skilled in mediation and managing challenging situations.
• Ability to produce clear reports and use IT systems confidently.
• Flexible, adaptable, and committed to inclusive practice.

To learn more about this role, please review our Candidate Pack available on our website. Please click on the Apply button for details.

Why join us?

• Join a supportive team that values collaboration and professional development.
• Flexible working options, including a 9-day fortnight and hybrid working.
• Access to Health Assured's comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme to support your physical and mental wellbeing, including 24/7 telephone support, a suite of online resources, and legal and financial advice.

Applicants can expect to hear from us within two weeks of the advertised closing date.

Please note: We are unable to offer sponsorship for this role and therefore it is essential that you already have the right to work in the UK.

Other job titles you may be searching for: Family Support Worker, Family Support Practitioner, Children's Services Practitioner, Early Help Practitioner, Family Intervention Worker, Case Worker.

Family Practitioner - Refugee Safeguarding Team

Contract: 3 months (rolling)

Rate - 23 (umbrella)

Location: Havant

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a supportive and forward-thinking team dedicated to improving outcomes for children and families.

As a Family Practitioner, you'll be at the heart of early help and intervention work - building strong, trusting relationships with families, empowering them to overcome challenges, and helping them thrive. You'll work closely with children, parents, and professionals to provide practical, emotional, and tailored support that makes a lasting difference.

As a Family Practitioner, you will be a key member of a dedicated and supportive team working to improve outcomes for children and families. You will manage a small caseload of settled children, providing tailored support and interventions that respond to each family's unique circumstances. Working closely with social workers and other professionals, you will contribute to assessing needs and developing comprehensive family plans. Your role will involve delivering a variety of tasks and interventions within the strengths-based Hampshire Approach, helping families build on their existing strengths and achieve lasting positive change.

This is a hybrid role, where the office is based in Havant and visits are required locally along with some home working.

Responsibilities

• To arrange appropriate resources and help in assisting families to access other resources under supervision and within the Departments agreed priorities and resource
• framework. This could include arranging transport, domiciliary care, accommodation; appropriate voluntary sector resources, accessing play groups; liaising with housing colleagues etc
• To carry out direct work with service users and carers as allocated by supervisor/ Manager
• To work in partnership with service users, carers, relatives, children and other professionals at all times
• To use mediation/negotiation skills to support young people and their parents/carers in improving their relationships
• To undertake some statutory tasks as described within The Children Act 1989, Sec 17, such as assessments of need and CIN visits when deemed appropriate by the Team Manager and with a Qualified Social Worker where appropriate
• To write and present good quality, coherent reports based on work activity
• To deliver services and interventions within the framework of the Hampshire Approach in order to keep more children safely at home and support families to achieve positive and sustained change
• To provide a service to children and their families as assessed to be appropriate to their needs
• To present to internal panels only (e.g. re: Funding) for Children In Need Cases
• Ensure all information/visits/contacts are recorded on child's electronic record system in line with departmental policies/requirements/standards
• To prepare reports for court, serve court notice, and placement forms in consultation with social worker

Desirable Qualifications, Knowledge, Experience, Skills and Behaviours

• NVQ Level 3 or equivalent
• Knowledge of child development
• Direct experience of specific work with children and young people
• An understanding of the impact of social deprivation and disadvantage in children, young people and their families

About us:

Connect2Hampshire is a managed service agency owned by Hampshire County Council providing temporary, contract and interim opportunities into the Council. Our service is built on our values of ethical, trustworthy, and caring, and our profits are returned to our Local Authority shareholders.

Connect2Hampshire is a trading style of Hampshire & Kent Commercial Services LLP - A joint venture between Hampshire County Council & Commercial Services Kent Ltd. Connect2Hampshire is an equal opportunities Employment Agency & Business. It positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates.

Empower Lives. Build Confidence.
At Hft, a leading Social Care provider, we stand alongside learning disabled adults, empowering them to live life their way. As a Support Practitioner specialising in Autism, you ll play a vital role in creating opportunities, building confidence, and helping people achieve their goals in everyday life.
Every day will be different: from cooking meals and planning weekly shops, to outdoor adventures, live gigs, or simply building confidence in public transport. What matters most is that you ll be there to enable choice, dignity, and independence supporting people to live the life they choose.

What You ll Be Doing
Every day is different, but your role focuses on empowering independence, choice, and dignity:

• Enable people to live with independence and dignity, offering support that builds skills, confidence, and achievement.
• Provide thoughtful, person-centred care; from daily routines and personal support to helping people take on new challenges.
• Create meaningful opportunities for people to discover hobbies, learn new skills, and stay connected with family, friends, and community life.
• Support individuals to manage everyday tasks like cooking, shopping, budgeting, and travelling, so they feel in control of their own lives.
• Use your experience with Autism and behaviours that challenge to create safe, supportive environments where people can truly thrive.
• Role model Hft s values; kindness, respect, and inclusion; and inspire others to do the same.
• Work flexibly, including sleep-ins, ensuring people have the right support whenever they need it

Who you are

• You re passionate about standing alongside learning disabled adults and supporting them to live life their way. You ll bring:
• Experience supporting individuals with Autism and behaviours that can challenge
• Patience, supportiveness, and respect for people s choices
• A positive, encouraging approach that celebrates achievement
• Strong communication skills to build trusting relationships
• Willingness to learn and work towards a Health and Social Care qualification
• Confidence providing personal support when it s needed
• Flexibility to work evenings, weekends, waking and sleep-in shifts

Life at Hft

• Joining Hft means becoming part of a warm, inclusive team that values both your wellbeing and the impact you make. We believe every learning disabled adult should have the chance to live the best life possible, and that begins with supporting our colleagues.
• Our values guide everything we do: we re diverse and inclusive, kind and compassionate, positive and solution-focused, and visionary about what the best life possible can look like. Here, your work has real purpose. You ll be part of a welcoming team that values what you bring, supports your growth, and ensures you feel included and appreciated every step of the way.

What We Offer

• A role with real impact, where your work empowers others.
• A warm, supportive, and inclusive team culture.
• A role with real impact, where your work empowers others.
• 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays)
• Access to award-winning training and career development
• Flexible pay options via Wagestream
• Wellbeing support including Digital GP, counselling, and mental health services
• Discounts on mobiles, life assurance, and referral rewards
• Family-friendly policies and return-to-work bonuses
• If this sounds like the kind of role where you can thrive, we d love to hear from you. Apply today and play a vital role in empowering learning disabled adults to live the life they choose.

Accessibility: We believe everyone should have the support they need to succeed. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the application process or in the role itself, Hft - proudly a Disability Confident Employer - is committed to ensuring disabled people can apply, succeed, and thrive with us.

Background checks: We re committed to keeping the people we support safe, so this role requires a satisfactory DBS and background checks. Don t worry; we ll guide you through the process.

Previous experience in supporting individuals with Autism is essential.

Description:

Connect2Kent recruit exclusively for Kent County Council. We recruit for a range of Social Work position's both Locum and Permanent.

About you

Professionally registered with a degree in social work - CQSW, DipSW or equivalent - you will have a variety of post-qualification experience of working with children and families. Your experience should cover systemic practice, and you will need an in-depth understanding of legislative and policy frameworks.

Along with a willingness to learn and develop as a practitioner, being a team player is essential in any social work team. You will build relationships with colleagues, as well as statutory, voluntary and private sector agencies.

If you share this vision of excellent Social Work practice, we want to hear from you.

Rewards

In return for helping us achieve our aims, there is a strong commitment to supporting your professional development. As a qualified Social Worker we know that you want to make a difference and working at Kent County Council you will be given every support and opportunity to do so.

We offer an attractive benefits package and a commitment to ensuring that you achieve a healthy work life balance with flexible working arrangements and an emphasis on health and well-being.

Benefits

A competitive starting salary, including an annual market premium payment of up to 5,000 subject to eligibility.

A supportive team working environment with regular supervision.

Access to a wide range of formal and informal CPD activities underpinned by a performance appraisal scheme and career progression pathway.

An annual appraisal linking your learning and development needs.

Generous annual leave allowance.

Local Government pension scheme.

Access to smarter working / flexible working.

Relocation Package.

You will also have a range of professional development opportunities including the exciting social care academy and routes for progression.

What Kent County Council Offers:

• Up to 8,000 relocation support
• 3,000 retention bonus
• 2,000 annual car premium
• Flexible working arrangements
• Strong professional support, training, and career progression

Main duties and responsibilities:

Manage a caseload of complex cases involving high levels of risk and needs to a high standard to ensure resources are utilised effectively

• Provide a high quality resource of professional social work knowledge and expertise to a team of Social Workers, to include student supervision, chairing complex meetings, assisted fieldwork, attendance in court, case audits and reviews etc, to assist the team in ensuring that it carries out its core tasks to a high standard.

• Provide coaching and mentoring support to Social Workers, including those undertaking social work training, to support and further their professional knowledge and development to impact upon the overall quality of practice within teams.

• Attend court, where appropriate, to assist the team in ensuring that key professional input and expertise is provided to high profile and sensitive cases.

• Act as Practice Assessor to support student placements/ASYE.

• Liaise regularly with colleagues throughout the Council to ensure social work staff deliver existing and new practices consistently and to a high standard.

• Contribute to the development of new initiatives through attendance or leadership on working groups, multi agency forums, training courses etc and acting as lead for identified service initiatives, i.e. planning for permanence and research work, to develop current and new ways of working that meet service requirements.

• Maintain awareness of changes in legislation and related policies and practices and ensure all social work staff are also informed of these changes to enable consistent and timely implementation.

Connect2Kent is a trading style of Commercial Services Kent LTD - A company wholly owned by Kent County Council. Connect2Kent is an equal opportunities Employment Agency & Business. It positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates.

The starting salary for this full-time, permanent position is 34,660 per annum based on a 36 hour working week.

The Safer Team provides rapid and intensive support to vulnerable children who go missing, are at risk of, or are experiencing extra-familial harm, and in situations where safer context work is required within local communities. The team also works across and supports the wider functions of the Central Hub within Surrey's Adolescent Service.

We support hybrid working with the right balance; supporting a mixture of working from home, in the office, and working with children and their networks for the rest of the time.

Our Offer to You

• 26 days' holiday, rising to 28 days after 2 years' service and 31 days after 5 years' service
• Option to buy up to 10 days of additional annual leave
• A generous local government salary related pension
• Up to 5 days of carer's leave and 2 paid volunteering days per year
• Paternity, adoption and dependents leave
• An Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) to support health and wellbeing
• Learning and development hub where you can access a wealth of resources
• Wellbeing and lifestyle discounts including gym, travel, and shopping
• A chance to make a real difference to the lives of our residents.

About The Role

The Safer Team supports young people and their families through a strengths based, trauma informed approach, delivering intensive interventions for those at risk of or experiencing extra familial harm. This includes Return Home Interviews, contextual safeguarding work within communities, group work in schools and other settings, as well as one to one work with children and carers.

Working alongside Social Workers, Early Help practitioners and wider Children's Services teams, the Safer Team helps ensure support plans are effective in increasing safety for a child, and young people receive the right help at the right time. The team also provides specialist guidance across locality hubs, promoting consistent and effective contextual safeguarding practice.

The biggest impact you will have will be on the lives of children. If you are passionate about wanting to work with children and young people to achieve positive change, then being an Adolescent Practitioner within the Safer Team will provide you with opportunities to support some of the most vulnerable young people in Surrey.

Your Application

In order to be considered for shortlisting, your application will clearly evidence the following skills and align with our behaviours:

• An understanding of the roles and responsibilities of practitioners working with vulnerable young people
• Experience of working in a social work, youth justice, youth work, teaching, or probation environment
• Basic awareness of relevant legislation affecting working with children, including the Children Act (1989) and the Children and Adoption Act (2002)
• IT skills, including use of databases, email, Word and Excel
• Ability to prioritise and work effectively under pressure with minimal supervision
• Willingness to learn and undertake training relevant to the role

The job advert closes at 23:59 on 25/10/2025 with interviews planned to follow.

Local Government Reorganisation (LGR)

Surrey County Council is undergoing Local Government Reorganisation and will move to new authorities in April 2027. This role is currently employed by Surrey County Council and will remain so until then. If you are employed by Surrey County Council on 1 April 2027, your employment will transfer under TUPE arrangements to one of the new councils, with your current terms and conditions protected. The provisional allocation for this post is East Surrey subject to final confirmation through the wider transition process later this year.

Our Commitment

We are a disability confident employer which means if you have shared a disability on your application form and have evidenced you meet the minimum shortlisting criteria, as displayed on the advert, we guarantee you an interview.

Your skills and experience truly matter to us. From application to your first day, we're committed to supporting you with any adjustments you need, we value inclusion and warmly welcome you to join and help build a workplace where everyone belongs.