Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
This is a 20-hour post and your weekly shift pattern will include 2 x 7.45 to 18.15 10 hour working days. One of these days will be Thursday and the other day can be negotiated at appointment to fit the needs of the service. You will have a supernumerary period and within this you will be trained in the scope coordinator role. Ideally, the applicant will have some knowledge of the daily running of an Endoscopy Unit, but this is not essential as full training will be given. If you are interested in this post, you are encouraged to visit before application.
This is an exciting time to join Endoscopy; you will be part of a large established team of committed professionals who are proud to deliver the very best care to all patients that need the services of the unit. Successful applicants will become part of an inclusive team with an ethos of civility, kindness, and respect. We encourage learning from excellence in an environment that embraces individuals' freedom to speak up in a listening environment. We work hard and support hard and believe that a happy workforce will deliver the very best care to our patients. If you would like to join our team, we encourage questions and visits before you submit your application. This will enable you to get more understanding of the role and meet the team.
Main duties of the job
The role will include working closely with the Endoscopy Unit, its staff (MDT), and the Centralised Endoscopy Decontamination Unit. You will coordinate the endoscopes that are needed to fulfill the demands of 6 busy scoping lists with the addition of theatres, ERCPs, and emergencies. You will also be responsible for keeping track of all endoscope repairs, the requesting of necessary loan scopes, and the receipt of endoscopes back from repair. You will have excellent communication skills and the ability to problem solve as the demands of the scoping lists change, such as late cancellations, emergencies, and in-patients. You will be involved in the hanging and removal of endoscopes from the drying cabinets, and within this you will need to use the computerized track and trace system. You will also learn how to set scopes up in the endoscopy rooms and take down and perform bedside cleaning to enable optimum patient flow through the scope rooms.
There will also be occasions when you assist the nursing staff in transferring endoscopes and endoscopy equipment to theatres, farage unit, and the centralised decontamination unit.
You will also be trained to cross-cover the endoscopy porter and stock and environment support role to enable sustainability of service in times of other staff being absent.
Job responsibilities
You will be required to attend in-service training courses as required.
You must be willing to undertake all required mandatory training and any necessary role training as defined by the nursing or centralised decontamination unit managers.
You will be expected to input various data onto the computer on the Unit and utilize the track and tracing system for endoscopes.
You will be expected to attend team meetings and team briefings as required.
Liaise with the decontamination department; this may involve transportation of scopes to the decontamination unit or other areas in the hospital.
Some of the duties, in support of the nursing team, will include:
* Answering the telephone, relaying messages to the appropriate person.
* Continual close communication with the supervisors in the centralised decontamination unit.
* Filling in and maintaining cleaning records and keeping records of scopes sent for repair.
* Implement a track and trace contingency if the IT systems fail; you will be given full training for this.
* Receive into the unit scopes returning from repair.
* Be responsible for the maintenance records of available scopes to the unit.
* Be responsible for ensuring scopes are tagged appropriately and correct accessories and buttons retain with the correct scope always.
* To liaise with unit coordinating sisters to know what scopes are needed on each endoscopy list.
* To problem solve as lists change communicated to you.
* To liaise with stock and environment lead on materials needed.
* Photocopying as required.
Please ensure you have read the attached Job Description & Person Specification before applying for this role, and for further information.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* English and Maths Qualification
* IT Qualification
Experience & Knowledge
* Experience in organisation and prioritisation of workload
* Ability to work in a pressurised environment
* An enthusiasm to learn
* Previous experience of working in Endoscopy and/or Decontamination
* Previous experience of working in an NHS team
Skills and Abilities
* Ability to communicate effectively in written and spoken English
* A positive attitude to the role and others
* Ability to use own initiative
* Ability to prioritise workload within description of role
* Ability to ask for help when needed
* Ability to work with Olympus endoscopy and decontamination equipment
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.
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Part-time
Reference number
382-SACT113-24
Job locations
Endoscopy Unit Blackpool Teaching Hospitals
£22,383 a year per annum, pro rata (Pay Award Pending)
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