Heath Care Support Worker

Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:

Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.

With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.

We are an NHS Trust of approximately 14,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.

We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.

With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.

We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.

Job overview

Are you looking to work within a challenging and changing service?

Are you motivated to develop your clinical skills working in a multi-disciplinary team?

Are you keen to make a difference?

Join our ever-growing Endoscopy team and be a part of the newly refurbished Endoscopy unit with modern technology equipment to deliver excellent service to our patients.

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country.

Our 3 Endoscopy departments based on Hammersmith Hospital, St Marys Hospital and Charing Cross Hospital . All our departments offer a wide range of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures including; Upper and Lower GI Endoscopy – Gastroscopy, Colonoscopy, Flexi Sigmoidoscopy, and Bronchoscopy.

Specific to Charing Cross we have four procedure rooms and it’s a newly refurbished and we are recruiting to meet the increase demand of Endoscopy and Bowel Screening Services.

There are opportunities for you to progress within our teams and we will provide training to the highest standard.

Applicant must have completed Care Certificate .Recent experience within an acute area is essential: previous Endoscopy experience would be advantageous. Full training in accordance with National Competencies will be provided.

• Enables effective patient care and undertakes important clerical, and housekeeping tasks to support the delivery of Endoscopy services
• Provides educational support to their junior team members
• Provides patient care and support before, during and after Endoscopy procedure

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required.

For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.

Person specification

Education/ qualifications

• Level 3 qualification or equivalent levels of experience
• Completed Care Certificate

• Other health related qualification

Experience

• Previous experience in Endoscopy

• Experience working within the Endoscopy department

Skills/knowledge/ abilities

• Interpersonal and Organizational skills
• Accuracy and ability to understand protocol
• Ability to perform technical skills specific to speciality (endoscopy)

• Cannulation skills