As an integral member of the Endoscopy Unit (EU) team, the post holder will provide support to the medical and nursing team. A major part of the role will be providing a decontamination service to the EU, internal wards/departments and to peripheral outpatient clinics,
* To check and inspect used instruments ready for manual cleaning and report any defects or discrepancies to the decontamination lead or nurse in charge.
* To manually clean flexible endoscopes according to national decontamination guidelines and record the details
* To load and unload flexible endoscopes from the washers/disinfectors and report any issues to decontamination lead/manager.
* To do water test weekly and report any as per guidelines.
* To report any damaged endoscope and return to appropriate company for repair.
* To undertake training appropriate to role and all trust wide mandatory training
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