Endoscopy Technician

Transformation Unit; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 24,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust’s Endoscopy Unit is seeking an Endoscopy Support Worker to join a busy team. The role requires theatre experience and an NHS care certificate, with responsibilities spanning decontamination, traceability and supporting the MDT in delivering high-quality patient care.

The unit provides bowel cancer screening with multiple procedure rooms and is expanding to meet increasing workload. The candidate should work well under supervision and be willing to learn.

Qualifications

• Good standard of general education.
• Completion of the National Decontamination Training and Endoscopy Training (e-learning)
• Must have NHS care certificate

Responsibilities

• Assist with the Decontamination and reprocessing of Endoscopy equipment in accordance with local and national guidelines.
• Maintain accurate traceability records of all endoscopes and endoscopic accessories and ancillaries.
• Assist with quality assurance checks.
• Participate in testing of rinse water
• To assist qualified staff in monitoring agreed standards of practice within the unit.
• To participate in the Trust’s Individual Performance Review process and demonstrate commitment to ongoing professional development by working towards the objectives agreed within an annual Personal Development Plan.
• To participate in local Clinical Supervision.
• Attend designated Study Days, and complete relevant training activities and assessments.

Skills

Good communication

Teamwork

Infection control awareness

Computer literate

Education

National Decontamination Training (e-learning)

Endoscopy Training (e-learning)

NHS care certificate

General education standard

Tools

IT literacy

Job description

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, (LGT), is a community-focused provider of local and acute care, delivering high-quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich, and Bexley. We provide whole-life care and are here to support our communities to live healthier lives as well as taking care of them when they need us the most.

Employing almost 7,500 colleagues, affectionately known as Team LGT, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham, and at over a dozen community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup.

We have recently launched our new vision and values to mark the LGT10 – the tenth anniversary of our Trust forming in 2013. Our trust vision is to be exceptional. In the quality of our patient care; our support for colleagues; and in the difference we make through our partnerships and in our communities.

Our hospitals and community sites provide a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services, as well as emergency and planned care. The Trust is rated as “good” or “outstanding” in over three-quarters of the services inspected by the Care Quality Commission.

Every year our work includes performing 10,000 procedures in our theatres; bringing seven and a half thousand new lives into the world; carrying out 570,000 visits to patients in their homes or communities and providing emergency care for more than 300,000 patients arriving in our busy Urgent and Emergency Departments.

LGT is a centre for the education and training of medical students enrolled with King’s College London’s GKT School of Medical Education. We are a training centre for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals. We are pioneering new roles that will support the changing needs of our patients and are one of the largest employers of physician associates in the country.

We are committed to working with our partners to deliver the best outcomes for our local communities. This means playing an active role in the South East London Integrated Care System (ICS), and in formal partnerships including the South East London Acute Provider Collaborative, provider partnerships with our local mental health trusts and borough-based boards of the IC S in Bexley, Greenwich and Lewisham.

Job overview

Only applicants with Theatre experience will be considered.

Must have NHS care certificate .

Please note: We are unable to offer sponsorship for this post.

We are looking for an innovative motivated Endoscopy Support Worker (ESW) to join our friendly Endoscopy team

We are a JAG accredited unit providing Bowel Cancer screening for South East London. We have 4 procedure rooms and will be expanding the unit due to increase work load.

We are a busy unit providing therapeutic, diagnostic and emergency service for both Inpatients as well as outpatients.

The successful candidate will have an excellent interpersonal relationship and communication skills and the ability to use their initiative.

Main duties of the job

The Endoscopy Support Worker will participate in the decontamination, traceability and maintenance of endoscopes and other specialised equipment used in endoscopic procedures.

The Endoscopy Support Worker will also work under the supervision of the qualified nursing staff to participate and support the members of the multi-disciplinary team in delivering high quality patient care.

Working for our organisation

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:

• Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
• Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
• Improving the experience of staff with disability
• Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
• Making equalities mainstream

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Assist with the Decontamination and reprocessing of Endoscopy equipment in accordance with local and national guidelines.

Maintain accurate traceability records of all endoscopes and endoscopic accessories and ancillaries.

Assist with quality assurance checks.

Participate in testing of rinse water

To assist qualified staff in monitoring agreed standards of practice within the unit.

To participate in the Trust’s Individual Performance Review process and demonstrate commitment to ongoing professional development by working towards the objectives agreed within an annual Personal Development Plan.

To participate in local Clinical Supervision.

Attend designated Study Days, and complete relevant training activities and assessments.

Person specification

Education and Qualifications

• Good standard of general education.
• Completion of the National Decontamination Training and Endoscopy Training (e‑learning)
• must have NHS care certificate

Work/Experience

• Experience working within Endoscopy Unit
• Ability to work as part of a team and use own initiative.
• Able to work under supervision and independently under guidance
• Aware of principles of Infection Control/Decontamination or a similar Environment
• Experience of working in the NHS

Skills, Knowledge and Ability

• Computer literate. - Knowledge and use of basic IT
• Able to demonstrate good numeracy and literacy skills. Written, Numerical, Verbal, Analytical, etc
• Verbal and written communication skills
• Manual dexterity with an aptitude to work with complex equipment

Personal Characteristics / Disposition

• Willing to learn and take instruction
• Demonstrable knowledge of equipment used in healthcare and ensure that they are compatible and in good working order and elevate any concerns to a registered professional
• Ability to work calmly under pressure and prioritise work and meet deadlines

Circumstances

• Flexibility to meet the needs of the services (late evening duties) Unsocial Hours, Shift Patterns, etc

As a local employer and anchor institution we work closely with our community to recruit locally and we welcome applications from the widest variety of people to ensure our workforce are reflective of the local communities which we serve. We encourage all suitable candidates to apply including if you are Black, Asian or other ethnic minorities, live with a disability (visible or not) or are LGBT+. We have a number of active staff networks including Disability, LGBT+, Multicultural Inclusion and Women’s staff networks to bring staff together and celebrate diversity across our whole workforce.

Please note: Information provided during recruitment and pre‑employment checks must be accurate. Misrepresentation may be investigated as fraud and could lead to withdrawal from the process, professional sanctions, or criminal action.

Please note: that sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route is subject to Trust allocation and UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) approval.

Use of AI in recruitment: We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support the initial review of applications against the essential criteria for this role. Where AI is used, it will support rather than replace human decision-making, and applications will remain subject to appropriate human review.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Application numbers

To ensure fairness and manageable shortlisting processes, some vacancies may have an application cap. This means the vacancy will close once a set number of applications have been received even if this happens before the advertised closing date. We recommend applying as early as possible to avoid missing out. All applications received before the cap is reached will be considered equally and assessed against the person specification.