Job overview

An exciting opportunity is available working within the Endoscopy Decontamination Unit for the Humer Health Partnership.

If you are hardworking, dedicated and like to care for patients behind the scenes this maybe the job for you!

Our busy Endoscopy Decontamination Unit is set at three sites (Castle Hill Hospital, Hull Royal Infirmary and at Sterile Services on Harrow St) and supports the care provided to patients within the Endoscopy Units.

Full training on how to process endoscopes for use in a medical setting is provided and you must hold a clean driving licence.

Main duties of the job

      The post holder will participate in the decontamination and processing of flexible endoscopes and the operation of machinery to ensure the safe and effective production of all goods received and dispatched from the reprocessing units.  

This will involve the safe and secure transportation of contaminated devices into the department and the timely despatch of processed products to the procedure suits. The post holder will require a full driving license in order to drive a Trust vehicle to deliver and transport scopes within working hours. The post holder will be responsible for ensuring that all data is collected, in accordance with the units documented procedures and results processed and stored on a daily basis, work supervised and be accountable to the Senior Endoscopy Supervisor.

Working for our organisation

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.