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Health Care Assistant - Mile End Early Diagnostic Centre, London
Client:
Barts Health NHS Trust
Location:
London, United Kingdom
Job Category:
-
EU work permit required:
Yes
Job Reference:
ebdb7d852176
Job Views:
3
Posted:
13.04.2025
Expiry Date:
28.05.2025
Job Description:
Job overview
The Mile End Early Diagnostic Centre (MEEDC) is a brand new service for North East London (NEL) officially opened in March 2021, hosted by Barts Health NHS Trust, to support early diagnosis of cancer for the local population, and the first of its kind nationally.
The MEEDC will operate as a system resource for the three main providers within NEL covering the 7 Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCG), providing additional capacity in-hours, consisting of two endoscopy rooms, two ultrasound rooms and a decontamination unit. This capacity will be used primarily for cancer surveillance; however, any remaining capacity will be used to support urgent referrals. The key aim for the MEEDC is to provide person-centred care, reducing variation across NEL and ensuring a high-quality diagnostic service for the local population.
There are a number of exciting opportunities arising within this brand new service at Mile End Hospital, for highly skilled, knowledgeable, dynamic and innovative individuals.
Main duties of the job
* Assist the registered nurse to provide nursing care for endoscopy patients.
* Demonstrate the department / directorate philosophy of care.
* Work under the supervision of the registered nurse with continuing responsibility for the department.
* Work as part of the MEEDC endoscopy Team.
* To work as part of the decontamination team on a rotational basis; working on the clean and dirty decontamination areas of the MEEDC unit, RLH and at St Barts.
Working for our organisation
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers. The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Person specification
Qualifications
* General Education to include English (written and oral) and basic Maths.
* GCSE (2 grades A-C) or equivalent.
* Ability to demonstrate enthusiasm towards teaching and sharing knowledge.
Experience
* Work experience to include dealing with people on a regular basis.
* Experience in a caring role.
* Experience of caring for patients.
* Experience in caring for patient’s relatives, family members and public.
Knowledge
* Expert knowledge of dealing with broken equipment and liaising with clinical engineering/ companies to facilitate minimal down time.
* Expert knowledge of cold disinfection/decontamination of endoscopic equipment.
* Expert knowledge of different types of endoscopes and equipment.
* Expert knowledge of Automated Endoscope reprocessors.
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