Healthcare Assistant - Endoscopy

Job summary

Join Our Team as a Band 3 Healthcare Assistant (Dependent on Qualifications and Skills)

Are you passionate about providing compassionate care and making a meaningful impact in patients' lives? We are looking to recruit Healthcare assistants in the specialised department of Endoscopy.

You will be responsible for providing the highest standard of individualised holistic patient care in conjunction with the multi-disciplinary team.

Endoscopy is a specialised and highly skilled area within the Surgical Unit, with approximately 18,000 therapeutic and diagnostic procedures carried out annually across three Endoscopy units. A sound understanding of Endoscopy is essential; however, comprehensive training will be provided. Previous experience in Endoscopy would be a significant advantage.

Endoscopy has three units: Doncaster Royal Infirmary, Bassetlaw Hospital and Montagu Hospital. This is a 7 day service and you will be required to rotate across all 3 sites.

What We Are Looking For

• Level 2 Intermediate Healthcare Support Worker Apprenticeship(or equivalent),ora minimum of12 months' experienceworking as a Healthcare Assistant
• Completion of the Care Certificate, or a willingness to complete this within3 months of commencing employment
• Clinical skills and competencies relevant to the department. (Applicants who do not yet hold these competencies may be appointed as aBand 2 Trainee Healthcare Assistant, with progression toBand 3upon successful completion of training)

Main duties of the job

Your key responsibilities

• Provide essential personal care.
• Monitor patients' conditions, including vital signs and NEWS (National Early Warning Scores).
• Support patients during diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy procedures. Whilst working as a second assistant in a procedure room. This will include taking simple gastric biopsies
• Support the nurse in preparing the procedure room prior to list commencing, between patients.
• Discharging patients and explaining post procedure care (under nursing supervision)
• Adhere to infection control measures at all times.
• Prepare the decontamination department for use daily. Follow procedures for cleaning and disinfecting endoscopes and accessories at all times.
• Perform daily/weekly testing within the decontamination department in line with national guidance standards
• Ensure that endoscopes held in the Storage cabinets are swabbed weekly and disinfected every 31 days if unused.
• Organise own workload to ensure the effective running of lists. Identify correct endoscopes for all lists are processed.
• Provide technical support to all members of the nursing team.

Is This Role Right for You?

Healthcare work is incredibly rewarding, but it also requires resilience. You'll assist with personal care tasks, communicate compassionately with patients and their families, and support individuals facing challenging health conditions.

If you're ready to join a dedicated team and play a vital role in delivering exceptional patient care, apply today

About us

DBTH is one of Yorkshire's Leading acute trusts, serving a population of more than 440,000. Our services are based over three main hospital sites and several additional services employing over 7,000 colleagues.

At DBTH we have a comprehensive framework of behaviours that guide us in our daily working lives, these form the DBTH Way. We pride ourselves on our commitment to the values of We Care and now the DBTH Way builds upon these foundations, providing further clarity on what it means to embody these values in our everyday interactions.

As an organisation that supports flexible working, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applicants from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including those with disabilities, members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities.

We offer a range of benefits to support our people including:o Extensive range of learning opportunitieso NHS Pension Schemeo Generous holiday entitlement in line with Terms & Conditionso Comprehensive health and wellbeing supporto NHS Car Lease schemes and a range of salary sacrifice schemeo Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping and finance through external providers.