About this role
Job summary
To work in a collaborative and supportive environment with members of the multidisciplinary team. To carry out care and treatment tasks, delegated from professionally qualified staff, requiring a wide range of technical ability, numeracy and literacy skills as well as a significant level of interpersonal skills and manual dexterity.
Main duties of the job
How would you like to come and work in a dynamic and forward thinking Endoscopy Decontamination Unit St. George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust?
We are looking for Band 3 Endoscopy Decontamination Technicians, with or without experience, to come and join our team. Training and full induction will be provided.
You will work with the friendly multidisciplinary team in a unit which provides patient centred care for patients undergoing gastroscopy, flexible sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy, EMR, Spyglass, ERCP and Bronchoscopy procedures.
We are looking for a highly motivated, enthusiastic person to work in the role of an Endoscopy Decontamination Technician. You will be responsible for reprocessing instruments and providing high quality support to the registered nurses, multidisciplinary team and patients.
You will be expected to demonstrate excellent communication and organisational skills with a strong sense of initiative and the ability to prioritise a workload in the face of competing demands. You will be a strong team player, self motivated and able to keep a level head in a demanding and constantly changing environment
About us
St. George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Tooting - one of the country's principal teaching hospitals - is shared with St George's, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George's Hospital also hosts the St George's, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.As well as acute hospital services, they provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2010.St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people.The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases. The trust also provides a nationwide state-of-the-art endoscopy training centre.
Job description Job responsibilities
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Person Specification
Knowledge training and experie Essential
Basic computer experience
Desirable
Knowledge of endoscopes Decontamination technician experince
Skills: Planning &Organisation Essential
Ability to communicate in written form Ability to work as part of a team as well as on own initiative. Able to carry out assigned task with fine motor movements
Shared values (The PtoP 6PG) Essential
Maintain a friendly, caring, safe environment for staff, patients and visitors Treat patients, their families and visitors as we would like to be treated ourselves Support colleagues with teamwork Provide a polite and helpful telephone service Be an excellent role model for St George's NHS Trust
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details Employer name St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address St. George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Endoscopy Unit
Blackshaw Road Tooting
London
SW17 0QT
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.stgeorges.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)