Endoscopy Healthcare Support Worker

3 weeks ago

Northampton, United Kingdom Northampton General Hospital Full time

Job summary

The post holder is responsible for actively participating as part of the Multi-disciplinary Team (MDT) within the ward/department, to provide a seamless service to patients.

To provide effective evidence-based care for patients referred to the service under the indirect supervision of qualified clinicians.

To implement, organise and deliver clinical programmes of care as agreed with supervising clinician in line with clinical governance and professional standards.

To use personal effectiveness and knowledge to contribute to the development and delivery of a high-quality, cost-effective service.

To ensure effective communication with patients, carers, and the referrers to the service.

The post holder will undertake the defined responsibilities appropriate to the role whilst complying with Trust policies, protocols, and guidelines they will ensure efficient and effective service delivery.

Main duties of the job

To monitor the patient delegated assessment responsibility, developing individual plans of care to meet the immediate and ongoing needs of the service user and carers .

Implement and progress patient interventions with autonomous assessing and planning and evaluation on a daily basis with indirect supervision of qualified practitioner.

Prioritise and effectively times manage clinically and other responsibilities. To implement, organise and prioritise the workload of junior member of staff.

To participate with the induction of staff new to the clinical area.

To co-ordinate activities around accurately document patient observations and early warning scores informing the registered nurse/midwife of any abnormalities.

Demonstrate clinical competency and high standards of nursing practise to other staff.

Coordinate and undertake the safe admission, transfer, and escort patients in accordance with bed management and Trust Policies. Perform effective and timely discharge planning.

Assist and support patients/clients in the activities of daily living.

To assist the registered nurse/midwife in the delivery of direct and indirect patient care ensuring that they are regularly updated on the patient's condition and progress throughout a span of duty.

Enable and support the patients in all areas of their activities of daily living.

About us

Northampton General Hospital is one of the largest employers in the area and we are on an exciting journey. All of our divisions are committed to doing things better, with more efficiency as we update, modernise, and advance. We have also entered into a Group Model with neighbouring Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and become University Hospitals of Northamptonshire.

Our Excellence Values

Compassion

Accountability

Respect

Integrity

Courage

We want to recruit the best people to deliver our services across the University Hospitals of Northamptonshire and help to unleash everyone's full potential. As an organisation, we value how we communicate and promote our vacancies to all communities.

We are a Defence positive trust, supporting our reservists, veterans, spouses and partners.

The Hospital Group encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups, especially those from BAME, Disabled and LGBTQ+ backgrounds as these are underrepresented in our hospitals.

We understand that we need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and make sure the environment they work in is inclusive and collaborative.

We have active Networks that promote and support colleagues from all ensures everyone feels supported and has a sense of belonging working for Kettering and Northampton General Hospitals.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To assist the registered nurse/midwife, by undertaking activities relevant to ensure the safe and timely discharge of patients.

Adhere to Trust Uniform policies.

To ensure the environment is clean and tidy.

To work independently.

To assist in the delivering of the Bowel Screening Programme.

o support qualified staff in the direct and indirect care of patients and other departments related to duties within all areas within the unit.

Monitoring patients observations during procedures and escalating and recognising any deteriorating in patients observations.

Maintain the patient mouth guard during upper endoscopy procedure once assessed and completed competence.

Support necessary patients positioning during procedures.

Prepare and support patients pre and post endoscopic procedure, following training and assessment you will be required to support the endoscopist/staff nurses with accessories during diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.

Prepare procedure rooms for endoscopic procedures ensuring that all necessary equipment is in good working order including scopes, endoscopic video equipment, diathermy plus argon, monitoring equipment and scope guide.

Ensuring safe checking and labelling of any specimens.

Ensure correct recording of any consumables items used during the procedure.

Carry out clinical intervention which is identified as part of the role and for which competency will be assessed, including ECGs Phlebotomy, cannulations, documenting and reporting results.

Use assessment tools to document pain score, sedation levels, pressure sores and nutrition.

To support staff nurses within the procedure room supervising sedated patients, performing routine observations, and ensuring safe recovery and assisting trained staff in taking of routine biopsies.

Accompany patients from and to other wards/departments as required.

Demonstrate basic cleaning and decontamination of equipment between patient use and storage.

To support within the decontamination of cleaning and storage of scopes.

Assist with the maintenance of department cleanliness as per daily and weekly cleaning list.

Assist with maintain stock level within the department.

Communicate effectively with all members of the endoscopy team and patients.

Take responsibility for own development learning and performance including participation in supervision.

Have a basic understanding of any long-term conditions that are diagnosed by endoscopy and the treatments and the principle of care and self-management.

Complete and document skills assessment for a wide range of therapeutic procedures that takes place during gastroscopy, colonoscopy, ERCP and Bronchoscopy in order to assist registered nurse.

Person Specification

Education and Qualifications

Essential

NVQ Level 3 GCSE's Maths and English CPD Portfolio showing professional advancement

Desirable

A Level or GCSE equivalent

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

Endoscopy Experience HCA Care Certificate

Desirable

Working towards Care Certificate Experience of working in more than one speciality within a health care environment

Skills

Essential

Able to assess, plan and deliver high standards of care Numeracy and Literacy Skills Ability to perform area specific core clinical competencies Able to communicate clearly at all times Able to reassure and empathise Ability to prioritise & organise workload under own initiative, following minimal direction by Registered Nurse/ Practitioner Ability to be flexible and work under pressure Ability to problem solve Basic IT skills

Desirable

Word processing skills Evidence of independent organisational skills (working unsupervised)

Key Competencies/Personal Qualities and Attributes

Essential

Able to relate well with patients/relatives/visitors and colleagues within the multi-disciplinary team committed to continued personal and educational improvement Passionate and committed to bring our Dedicated to Excellence values to life, improving the way we work with each other, particularly focusing on empowerment, equality diversity and inclusion of our staff, patients, and service users Professional presentation Frequent requirement to assist with patient handling & moving Frequent requirement to concentration when taking patient observations Occasions exposure to distressing circumstances Direct contact with bodily fluids

Desirable

Calm Under Pressure Good interpersonal and communication skills

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