Nursing Assistant

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Job overview
Are you interested in nursing within urology and in ensuring patients receive safe and quality care? If yes, then this could be the job for you.
We are currently looking for a Nursing Assistants to join our enthusiastic team on Urology Outpatients at Westmoreland Street. This is a great opportunity for Band 2 development, gain experience and progression to a Band 3 role or for a Bnad 3 to develop their skills in a new environment.
Urology Outpatients is where consultations and procedures take place for complex urological patients our teams include Uro-Oncology, Andrology, Adolescent, Female Functional Restoration, Reconstruction and Stones.
The unit comprises of over 20 rooms including treatment rooms. The treatment rooms are used to carry our various procedures such as Flexible Cystoscopy, Urethral Dilatation and Prostate Biopsies.
We have a strong multidisciplinary team working closely with the medical, surgical, theatres and allied professionals. We can provide excellent opportunities for professional development.
Applicants will have excellent communication skills; have a willingness to receive training in preparing patients for procedures and assist during the procedure.

Main duties of the job
HCA role in oupatients is very varied and allocations within th department change on a daily basis. As part of the role you wil be trained to assist in many different procedure clinics such as,
Flexible cystoscopy
Urethral Dulitatation
Bladder Botox
Prostate Biopsy
Majority of our procedure clinics take place in our specially adapted procedure rooms. The procedure clinics require staff to be trained in ANTT, have a good understanding of infection control.Staff are required to work at a high standard.
A major part of the role is preparing patients for their appointments. This is done by carrying out various tasks such as Flow rates, Urinalysis, Observations and Chaperoning also assisting patinet with any question or quiries.
Good communication skills are a key part of working in Outpatients, staff are required to liase with clinicians, admin staff and other deaprtments.

Working for our organisation
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.
We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites: University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital
Eastman Dental Hospital
Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
University College Hospitals at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.
At UCLH, we have a real 'One Team' ethos, and our values - safety, kindness, teamwork and improving, are central to the way we work. This is supported by our staff, who voted us as the #1 NHS Acute Trust to work for in the whole of England.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For more information regarding the main responsibilities of the role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
Person specification

Knowledge & Qualifications

Essential criteria NVQ Level 3 or equivalent relevant experience / HSC Diploma level 3 Advanced / Higher apprenticeship level 3
Experience and Information Processing

Essential criteria Experience in carrying out assigned duties after training
Working in a team
Working in a Health Care or related setting
Good standard of written and spoken English
Able to use a computer/ learn how to use a computer to record information.
Communication

Essential criteria Able to deal with the public in person and on the ****

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