Job summary
- Main area
- Endoscopy Services
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 156-6380359
- Employer
- Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust
- Town
- Truro
- Salary
- £22,816 - £24,336 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 07/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
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Endoscopy Support Worker
Band 3
Job overview
Endoscopy Support Worker
We are looking for compassionate, motivated and enthusiastic individuals who are committed to delivering a high standard of patient care to join our team to delivery advanced Endoscopy Services.
As a Healthcare Support Worker you will be a valued member of the team and help support our nurses to look after patients. At our trust we strongly believe in patient care and want to attract like minded people to help build and maintain a supportive and enjoyable place to work.
As a vital member of our team, our Healthcare Support Workers are often the first person our patients talk with and trust. Becoming a member of RCHT we promise to help you develop by offering exciting career pathways to achieve your full potential and our outstanding learning and development facilities.
Main duties of the job
Healthcare Assistants will work as part of the Endoscopy team under the supervision of registered nurses and midwives and:
Participates in the delivery of patient care.
Contributes towards ward/department organisation.
Supports registered nurses in the provision of a safe and caring environment.
Working for our organisation
The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) is the main provider of acute and specialist care services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We serve a population of around 500,000 people - a figure that can increase significantly with
visitors during the busiest times of the year. We employ approximately 6,700 staff and have a budget of approximately £580 million.
We are a teaching hospital in partnership with the University of Exeter Medical School, University of Plymouth School of Nursing and Midwifery, and Peninsula Dental School.
The Knowledge Spa on the Royal Cornwall Hospital site is the base for medical and nursing as well as ongoing education for health professions in clinical and non-clinical roles.
Keeping at the forefront of medical advances, we are continually developing our clinical services as well as our facilities and are committed to maximising the range of specialist care that can be offered locally. Allied to this is a growing reputation for research and innovation.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
PLEASE NOTE: To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please click the supporting document on the right-hand side.
To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following:
- Identity Checks
- Professional registration and qualification checks
- Employment history and reference checks
- Work health assessments
- Criminal record check standards
- Right to work checks
For further information please visit:
https://www.nhsemployers.org/topics-networks/employment-standards-and-regulation
Many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways. Please talk to us at interview about any flexible working arrangements you would prefer or require. While we may not be able to fully accommodate all requests, such requests will not be referenced during the interview scoring process, and we will fully consider and try to accommodate them for successful applicants.
We reserve the right to close this advert early, or when the allocated number of applications has been reached. Please submit your application at the earliest opportunity.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GCSE Maths & English or Equivalent
- NVQ 2 in Health Care or Equivalent
- Clinical skills e.g. venepuncture, blood transfusion, aseptic non touch technique
Desirable criteria
- NVQ Level 3 in Direct Care
Experience
Essential criteria
- Previous experience in a care setting
- Previous hospital experience
Desirable criteria
- Previous endoscopy experience
Skills
Essential criteria
- Computer literate
- Competent in English Language – written and verbal
- Adaptability to cope with changing workload
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
- Lynsey Farrell
- Job title
- Endoscopy Unit Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01872252113
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