Patient Environmental Assistant

Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

We are looking for a highly motived and friendly individual to join our team. You will need to be able to demonstrate you can work as a team as well as on your own initiative and you must have excellent communication skills. You should enjoy working in a busy environment where your role is varied and you will need to be able to flex according to clinical demand.

You will be working alongside the nursing team to ensure the clinical environment is clean and safe for our patients. You will responsible for cleaning equipment used in the ward area and assisting the nursing team in the preparation of the bed areas.

Main duties of the job

The role will also involve helping the team support over 1500 patients who are on home ventilation and whose equipment needs servicing and repair. Training will be given so that you can troubleshoot some technical issues but you will also work closely with Technical support services to ensure technical problems are resolved and the servicing of this equipment is maintained. Stock management will also be required to ensure adequate supply of ventilation equipment is maintained.

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.

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Date posted

24 January 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£22,383 a year This is a part time post working on Monday, Wednesday and Fridays

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

175-2324-2-TW363

Job locations

Royal Papworth Hospital

Papworth Road

Cambridge Bio Medical Campus

Cambridge

CB2 0AY

Job description

Job responsibilities

On this page you will find a Role Profile which provides information about the hospital and full details about the role. We recommend that you review this and refer to it as you complete your application. Please include how you will meet the Trust Values Compassion, Excellence and Collaboration. If you would like more information about the role or working at Royal Papworth Hospital, please get in touch with the contact for this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Non-required

Experience

Essential

Recent experience of working with the general public communicating with a range of different people
Understanding the role of a PEA and the tasks required to undertake the role
Ability to plan, organise and prioritise workload
Ability to achieve work under pressure
Proven communication skills including ability to record relevant information
Able to work collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary team, patients and their relatives.
Ability to treat all information confidentially.

Desirable

NHS care experience in a hospital environment
Basic IT skills
Good understanding of English both written and verbal.

Additional Criteria

Essential

Please provide evidence of your commitment to uphold the Trust's values: Compassion, Excellence, Collaboration

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Non-required

Experience

Essential

Recent experience of working with the general public communicating with a range of different people
Understanding the role of a PEA and the tasks required to undertake the role
Ability to plan, organise and prioritise workload
Ability to achieve work under pressure
Proven communication skills including ability to record relevant information
Able to work collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary team, patients and their relatives.
Ability to treat all information confidentially.

Desirable

NHS care experience in a hospital environment
Basic IT skills
Good understanding of English both written and verbal.

Additional Criteria

Essential

Please provide evidence of your commitment to uphold the Trust's values: Compassion, Excellence, Collaboration

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.