Job summary
- Main area
- Endoscopy Decontamination Technician
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Hours Worked Across 4 Days, Including Weekend Working)
- Job ref
- 388-7386999-PC&S
- Employer
- Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Endoscopy Unit - Torbay Hospital
- Town
- Torquay
- Salary
- £24,465 Per Annum + Weekend Enhancements
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Endoscopy Decontamination Technician
NHS AfC: Band 2
Job overview
Exciting opportunities are available to join the Endoscopy team at Torbay Hospital.
The department has recently opened it's new £5m Endoscopy Suite and dedicated training facility.
You will need a mix of skills including the ability to develop effective working relationships and effective time management. In return for your skills and commitment we offer a friendly working environment, role development and personal development plans supported by training opportunities.
The Endoscopy unit at Torbay Hospital has been recognised nationally for its high standards of patient care, recognised as an exemplar site for Endoscopy care, training and Bowel Cancer Screening.
The Endoscopy Unit delivers an extended service to include evenings and weekends.
Main duties of the job
- To be able to work as part of the decontamination team and the wider Endoscopy Unit team in a collaborative and respectful wa
- To assist in the decontamination process for use in direct patient care, in accordance with policies and procedure
- Working with soiled items returned from clinical procedures for Decontamination and Sterilisatio
- Book clinical items in and out of the Endoscopy Unit
- To adhere to the Trust’s policy on confidentialit
- To be aware and update knowledge of hospital policies and procedures from the Trusts intrane
- To be responsible for own knowledge of the Trust’s and Departmental Health & Safety Policy and Risk Register
Working for our organisation
We're an award-winning NHS Trust that has always proudly been at the forefront of delivering innovative health and care.
Our more than 7,000 people and volunteers deliver compassionate care from more than 15 sites across Torbay and South Devon, with our main acute hospital site at Torbay Hospital and a number of community hospitals and health and wellbeing centres across our geography.
We passionately believe that the best way to care for people is by focusing on what matters to them, putting them at the centre of everything we do and integrating services around them. We believe that care as close to home as possible benefits everyone.
South Devon is an area of exceptional natural beauty, with outstanding opportunities for both dry-land and water-based activities and has a very mild climate. Schools in the area are excellent in both state and private sector, with a selective grammar school system. Please see this short video. Click here!
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For the detailed job description and main responsibilities please refer to the job description attached to the job advert
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • No specific qualifications, but a good standard of education required
- • Attend mandatory training sessions
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- • Basic computer skills
- • Organisational skills
- • Able to prioritise unit and own workload
- • Good communication skills
Specific Skills
Essential criteria
- • Willing to develop knowledge of endoscopy and endoscopes to include the decontamination of equipment
- • Able to use own initiative
- • Manual dexterity
- • Commitment to learn new skills
- • Working with other team members, ensuring a safe environment
- • Able to work as part of a team
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Joshua Ford
- Job title
- Operational Manager - Gastroenterology
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07960 070520
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