Decontamination technician/Health Care Assistant

Job summary

• We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual to join our team of highly skilled nurses and decontamination technicians working in the Day Case Unit at Queen Mary's Hospital in Roehampton.
• This is a dual role to work as a decontamination technician cleaning and decontamination scopes for Endoscopy and working as a Health Care assistant supporting the nursing staff admitting patients pre procedure for endoscopy and surgical procedures.
• Also working in the procedure rooms supporting the nursing staff and assisting with the recovery and safe discharge of patients. Full training will be provided for both roles.
• You must be able to work as an effective team member.
• Youmust have completed an NHS Care certificate and have worked a minimum of 6 months as an HCA in order to apply for this post.
• We care for patients undergoing procedures for Colonoscopy, Gastroscopy and Cystoscopy. Plastic, Dermatology and Podiatric Surgery.

Main duties of the job

• Once fully trained, your role will involve working in all areas of the unit including the recovery area admitting and recovering patients post procedure, working in the procedure rooms supporting patients during endoscopy and cystoscopy procedures and working in the decontamination area of the unit.
• Your roles in the recovery area will include the following, completing a full admission, taking a set of observations including blood pressure, heart rate, blood sugar, urinalysis, and weight recording. Post procedure recovery observations.
• Organisation of discharge documentation and general support of nursing staff which may include bed cleaning and changing, escorting patients to X-ray or phlebotomy or general stocking up.
• In the procedure rooms, the role will be to support the patients and nursing staff throughout procedures with what is required.
• In the decontamination rooms scopes required a manual leak test, a manual clean before a chemical clean in a machine. clean scope are then provided back to the procedure rooms or stored in the drying cupboards.
• Full training will be provided.
• Please applicants noted: No sponsorship is provided at this position.
• Please applicants noted: Care Certificate is required in order to apply for this role.

About us

St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey.Our sites include St George's Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).

After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.