• Job Description

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  Job summary

  • How would you like to come and work in a dynamic and forward thinking Endoscopy & Minor Ops Unit at the Nelson Health Centre, as part of St George's NHS Trust?
  • You will work with the friendly multidisciplinary team in providing patient centred care for patients undergoing oral gastroscopy, flexible sigmoidoscopy, transnasal endoscopy, cystoscopy and plastic surgery day case procedures.
  • As a Unit which has received 'Platinum' in Trust accreditation, we pride ourselves on putting our patients first and provide a supportive environment for staff training.
  • You will be based at The Nelson Health Centre, but you can have the opportunity to work at Queen Mary's Hospital, Roehampton and St George's Hospital in Tooting.
  • The primary aim of the Endoscopy & Minor Ops Unit is to provide an effective, comprehensive, high quality endoscopy and minor operations service for those patients assessed as suitable for day case treatment in a community setting.
  • The Unit was designed around the patient's experience, providing a relaxed and calming environment for patients, staff and visitors.

  Main duties of the job

  We pride ourselves on putting our patients first and provide a supportive environment for staff for training. We are looking for a highly motivated, enthusiastic person to work in the role of an Endoscopy Decontamination Technician. You will be responsible for reprocessing instruments and providing high quality support to the registered nurses, multidisciplinary team and patients.

  You will be expected to work in a collaborative and supportive environment with members of the multidisciplinary team. The post holder will need to carry out care and treatment tasks, delegated from professionally qualified staff, requiring a wide range of technical ability, numeracy and literacy skills as well as a significant level of interpersonal skills and manual dexterity.You should have either previous health care assistant experience or level III NVQ in Care or show a willingness to learn. You will be expected to demonstrate excellent communication and organisational skills with a strong sense of initiative and the ability to prioritise a workload in the face of competing demands. You will be a strong team player, self motivated and able to keep a level head in a demanding and constantly changing environment.

  About us

  St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey.Our sites include St George's Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).

  After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.

  Details

  Date posted

  28 July 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 3

  Salary

  £30,546 to £32,207 a year Per annum

  Contract

  Permanent

  Working pattern

  Full-time

  Reference number

  200-NN-7325516-CA-A

  Job locations

  Endoscopy & Minor Ops Unit, Nelson Health Centre

  Kingston Road

  London

  SW20 8DA

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Please see attached job description for details of the main responsibilities for this role. Candidates are welcome to have an informal visit ahead of interview if they wish. Email Sister Chris Finn to arrange.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Please see attached job description for details of the main responsibilities for this role. Candidates are welcome to have an informal visit ahead of interview if they wish. Email Sister Chris Finn to arrange.

  Person Specification

  Knowledge training and experie

  Essential

  • Basic numeracy
  • Basic literacy
  • Basic computer experience
  • Health Care Assistant experience
  • Level III NVQ in Care or equivalent experience

  Desirable

  • Knowledge of endoscopes

  Skills: Planning &Organisation

  Essential

  • Ability to work with people
  • Ability to communicate both in written and verbal forms
  • Ability to work as part of a team as well as on own initiative.
  • Able to carry out assigned task effectively in a busy, ever changing environment.
  • Can discuss and apply knowledge and experience to patient care.
  • Able to use technology and equipment to assist in patient care.

  Shared values (The PtoP 6PG)

  Essential

  • Maintain a friendly, caring, safe environment for staff, patients and visitors
  • Treat patients, their families and visitors as we would like to be treated ourselves
  • Support colleagues with teamwork
  • Provide a polite and helpful telephone service
  • Be an excellent role model for St George's NHS Trust
  • Be an excellent role model to all our patients their relatives and friends

  Person Specification

  Knowledge training and experie

  Essential

  • Basic numeracy
  • Basic literacy
  • Basic computer experience
  • Health Care Assistant experience
  • Level III NVQ in Care or equivalent experience

  Desirable

  • Knowledge of endoscopes

  Skills: Planning &Organisation

  Essential

  • Ability to work with people
  • Ability to communicate both in written and verbal forms
  • Ability to work as part of a team as well as on own initiative.
  • Able to carry out assigned task effectively in a busy, ever changing environment.
  • Can discuss and apply knowledge and experience to patient care.
  • Able to use technology and equipment to assist in patient care.

  Shared values (The PtoP 6PG)

  Essential

  • Maintain a friendly, caring, safe environment for staff, patients and visitors
  • Treat patients, their families and visitors as we would like to be treated ourselves
  • Support colleagues with teamwork
  • Provide a polite and helpful telephone service
  • Be an excellent role model for St George's NHS Trust
  • Be an excellent role model to all our patients their relatives and friends

  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.

  Employer details

  Employer name

  St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Endoscopy & Minor Ops Unit, Nelson Health Centre

  Kingston Road

  London

  SW20 8DA

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.stgeorges.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

  Address

  Endoscopy & Minor Ops Unit, Nelson Health Centre

  Kingston Road

  London

  SW20 8DA

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.stgeorges.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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