St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 2 Fit Tester to join the IPC team at St George's Hospital in South West London.
We are looking for an energetic and motivated individual who genuinely has a desire to work in the speciality of Fit Testing and Infection Prevention and Control. You must be passionate about staff and patient safety, enthusiastic about exploring new ways of working and be a team player.
We are looking for someone with good time management and organisational skills, is computer literate and is able to demonstrate autonomous working with the ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team.
Main duties of the job
The key role of the job will be undertaking fit testing for FFP3 masks to ensure staff are wearing the most suitable mask to keep them safe and maintaining electronic training records. The post holder will also undertake a range of Infection Prevention and Control support activities with clinical staff across the Trust including training and audit.
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached supporting document which contains a detailed job description and person specification about the role.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
* Educated to GCSE level or equivalent, with grades C or above in English and Maths.
* NVQ level 4 in business administration, customer service, healthcare support services or equivalent Qualification/Accreditation in Fit testing.
Experience
* Experience of working in an administrative, customer service, or patient focused role.
* Experience of working within a team, as well as autonomously.
* Experience of taking bookings and coordinating meetings and/or training sessions.
* Experience of working within the NHS.
Knowledge and Skills
* Excellent communication skills (written and verbal).
* Ability to work effectively in a busy environment.
* Excellent record keeping and data entry skills.
* Highly developed use of Microsoft Office software with particularly well-developed knowledge of Microsoft Excel.
* Willingness and ability to learn new systems, processes and ways of working.
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.
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