Healthcare Assistant - Urology

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our busy and progressive Urology Nursing Team with the opportunity in recruiting a Healthcare Assistant to our team (providing maternity leave cover)

Our team includes 6 Consultant Urologists, Nurse Specialists, Allied Health Professional and a Nursing team which delivers outpatient services to our local community.

The Urology Department at Salisbury District Hospital is dynamic, enthusiastic and forward thinking and provides high quality core and sub-specialist urology to our local population.

Innovative treatments are also offered within the Trust including Blue light cystoscopy, UROLIFT, REZUM, sequential BCG/EMDA Mitomycin-C in high risk non-muscle invasive bladder cancer, MP MRI and template precision-point prostate biopsies.

The Department is located within its own building and has dedicated clinic and treatment rooms, supported by our own administrative and nursing support teams.

Main duties of the job

The post will involve you working in some or all of the areas of the urology department assisting with outpatient procedures such as prostate biopsies, flexible cystoscopy and facilitating the smooth running of out-patient clinics.

Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.

About us

Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here were driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.

We are an acute Trust, rated Good by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.

We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.

Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Dont just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk