Job summary
The endoscopy department at the Royal United Hospital is looking for part time Health Care Support Workers to join the team to expand and deliver high quality care in an outpatient endoscopy setting . This role will provide you with new skills, competence and development opportunities as well as being part of a knowledgeable, friendly and supportive team.
Patient satisfaction surveys show us to be dedicated to providing our patients with knowledge-based explanation and information for a wide range of investigations in a caring an compassionate environment
The unit has five busy endoscopy theatres offering a range of investigations and therapies. We have close links with outpatients and Specialist nurses who help us make the patient experience valuable
We are a nationally accredited endoscopy unit and Bowel Cancer Screening Centre; we want to expand the nursing team in order to support this and our existing services to the high standard our patients have come to expect.
Endoscopy services are advancing. Would you like to be a part of this exciting and innovative service? Training will be provided.
You should be keen to learn and develop and understand the national quality and safety standards that affect and inform endoscopy services.
Main duties of the job
- Support the Registered Nurse's
- Make endoscopy theatres ready for the session with equipment
- Admit patients to the department as they arrive; check for compliance with pre procedure instructions. Complete pre procedure health checklist
- Take physiological measurements as instructed
- Support patients and their families with care and compassion at all stages of their procedure
- Assist with therapeutic endoscopic procedures following training
- Discharge patients post procedure with post procedure advice and simple results
About us
At the RUH we're proud to put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone's contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.
We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks - celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.
A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.
We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We've even got a pool!
We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we're providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please find attached to the vacancy a detailed person specification and job description for further information about this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please find attached to the vacancy a detailed person specification and job description for further information about this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications and training
Desirable
- Working towards a level 2 apprenticeship or NVQ
Knowledge and experience
Essential
- Experience of working as a health care support worker
- Understands the need for strict confidentiality
- Understands and committed to a caring approach to patients and their families
Patient Care
Essential
- Able to prioritise own workload
- Able to work under own initiative within the boundaries of the role
- Demonstrates awareness of the importance of working as part of a team
- Able to demonstrate an empathetic, caring approach to patients and families
- Importance of privacy, dignity and respect
- Able to communicate information effectively both in writing and verbally to staff, patients and relatives
Values
Essential
- Motivated to be genuinely kind and caring
- Helps and cooperates with colleagues
- willing to learn
- Respects others and treats everyone as an individual
- Takes a pride in themselves, their appearance, their role and where they work
Desirable
Physical skills and emotional effort
Essential
- Physical skills to manually handle a patient using appropriate lifting aids
- Manual dexterity
- good concentration
- Able to deal with patients and their relatives being told bad news as well as difficult patients and families
working environment
Essential
- able to deal with direct contact with body fluids, products, blood, sputum and vomit
- able to deal with exposure to cleaning materials and chemicals
Person Specification
Qualifications and training
Desirable
- Working towards a level 2 apprenticeship or NVQ
Knowledge and experience
Essential
- Experience of working as a health care support worker
- Understands the need for strict confidentiality
- Understands and committed to a caring approach to patients and their families
Patient Care
Essential
- Able to prioritise own workload
- Able to work under own initiative within the boundaries of the role
- Demonstrates awareness of the importance of working as part of a team
- Able to demonstrate an empathetic, caring approach to patients and families
- Importance of privacy, dignity and respect
- Able to communicate information effectively both in writing and verbally to staff, patients and relatives
Values
Essential
- Motivated to be genuinely kind and caring
- Helps and cooperates with colleagues
- willing to learn
- Respects others and treats everyone as an individual
- Takes a pride in themselves, their appearance, their role and where they work
Desirable
Physical skills and emotional effort
Essential
- Physical skills to manually handle a patient using appropriate lifting aids
- Manual dexterity
- good concentration
- Able to deal with patients and their relatives being told bad news as well as difficult patients and families
working environment
Essential
- able to deal with direct contact with body fluids, products, blood, sputum and vomit
- able to deal with exposure to cleaning materials and chemicals
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
