Catheter Lab and Bronchoscopy Assistant (CLA)
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Job summary
Would you like to join to work in a fast paced, state of the art department, working alongside members of the multidisciplinary team to provide support with a variety of roles including:
Portering of patients in wheelchairs, or on trollies and beds to and from the Cath Labs and Bronchoscopy
Assisting with procedures and tasks specified by and under the direct and indirect supervision of registered nurses.
Monitoring of stable patients once recovered during their transfer back to the ward.
Keeping our clinical areas stocked with essential equipment and supplies by working closely with materials management team and Cath Lab nurses.
Keeping our clinical area clean, tidy and safe by assisting with cleaning of clinical equipment under supervision of the nursing team.
Main duties of the job
The role exists to provide a multi-skilled health care professional who supports clinical and non-clinical practices in the department aiming for high quality patient care and experience
This is an exciting and challenging role and we are looking for motivated self-reliant staff. In return we can offer you training and supervision to gain competencies.
You should be in receipt of a Care Certificate and have previous NHS care experience.
About us
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.
Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & interactions. Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.
The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.
For a street view tour: https://royalpapworth.nhs.uk/virtual-tour
Details
Date posted
27 January 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 3
Salary
£24,071 to £25,674 a year To commence on Band 2 salary 23615 until competencies complete
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
175-2425-1-CL1072
Job locations
Royal Papworth Hospital
Papworth Road
Cambridge Bio Medical Campus
Cambridge
CB2 0AY
Royal Papworth Hospital
Papworth Road
Cambridge Bio Medical Campus
Cambridge
CB2 0AY
Employer details
Employer name
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Royal Papworth Hospital
Papworth Road
Cambridge Bio Medical Campus
Cambridge
CB2 0AY
Employer's website
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