Health Care Support Worker - Endoscopy

NHS; Bournemouth; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a dedicated team at University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust as a Health Care Support Worker in Endoscopy. You will provide essential care throughout the endoscopy process, supporting patients and working alongside a multidisciplinary team. Training is provided, and flexibility in shifts is required. Ideal candidates will have experience in healthcare and a commitment to high standards of patient care.

Qualifications

• Minimum 12 months experience in an acute setting.
• Experience working in a healthcare setting as an HCSW.

Responsibilities

• Provide quality care for patients across the endoscopy pathway.
• Participate in out-of-hours on-call services when competent.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Flexibility

Education

Care Certificate

Tools

Olympus endoscopes

Job description

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Health Care Support Worker - Endoscopy

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Job summary

If you are looking for a new challenge, come and join our growing team providing quality care for patients across the whole endoscopy pathway including pre, peri and post endoscopic procedural care.

Endoscopy is a constantly evolving area delivering a wide range of upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopy, bronchoscopy and thoracoscopy, and is the centre for the Dorset Bowel Cancer Screening Programme.

You will need to be a hardworking and motivated team player committed to delivering high standards of patient-centred care, with excellent communication skills, a flexible attitude, and a commitment to your own personal development. The successful applicant will ideally have a minimum of 12 months experience in an acute setting.

While previous endoscopy experience may be advantageous, it is not essential as we provide training and competency assessment.

The post holder will play an important role in this large and dynamic team that includes Nurse Endoscopists, Gastroenterology Consultants, Colorectal/Upper Surgical Consultants, senior doctors, and a large nursing and HCSW team.

You will need to be flexible to work a range of shifts and participate in out-of-hours on-call services when competent.

Please note that we do not offer sponsorship for this role

This post is based at Royal Bournemouth Hospital, but there may be a requirement to work across sites at Poole and Wimborne.

Interview Date: TBC

Main duties of the job

To understand the role in more detail, please read the full job description and person specification documents attached to this advert.

About us

Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.

UHD is investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.

This means some services may move sites this year or next, either temporarily or long-term. Recruiting managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions at interview.

Note that if the role or service relocates as part of a planned move, employees will not be eligible for excess mileage reimbursement. Travel from the postholder's home to the new work base will be considered a normal commute. Other changes not related to relocation will be managed according to relevant Trust or national terms and conditions.

Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please read the full job description and person specification documents attached to this advert.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Care Certificate
• Care and maintenance of Olympus endoscopes

Experience

• Experience working in a healthcare setting as an HCSW
• Experience working within a multidisciplinary team
• Understanding of confidentiality concepts
• Previous experience in endoscopy, with a proven record of developing new ways of working
• Experience with/exposure to acutely ill patients and caring for them as an HCSW

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, requiring a DBS check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer name

University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust