Gastrointestinal Physiology Assistant - Liverpool, United Kingdom - Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

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Liverpool, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

We are seeking to recruit an assistant to work within the Paediatric Gastrointestinal Physiology Department. This advert is for a full time Fixed Term/Secondment Post for 12 months.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and well-motivated individual with good communication skills and attention to detail.

Working as part of a team across disciplines you will contribute to the provision and further development of a high-quality diagnostic service.

The post holder will be required to complete a range of administrative and clinical duties. administrative duties will include booking appointments, answering telephone calls and supporting staff booking patients in other departments in the hospital (e.g. inpatients and theatre patients).

Clinical duties will include setting up equipment for a range of investigations, downloading test results after investigations, supporting and chaperoning patients in difficult and invasive procedures as well as removing naso-gastic tubes and supporting with breath testing investigations.

The post-holder will be required to work independently and sometimes under mínimal supervision.

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care to over 275,000 children and young people each year.

In addition to the hospital site located in the West Derby area of Liverpool, Alder Hey has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients' homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man.

The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Alder Park building in the nearby borough of Sefton.

We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites.

We're also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.

You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Childrens NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours.

Administrative Duties

Book patients and send standard letters to patients.
Answer telephone calls, take messages, rebook appointments, answer basic queries
Support PCOs with booking theatre patients.

Clinical Duties

Help with clean up and set up of the GI Physiology room and equipment.
Chaperone and advocate for the patient during investigations.
Link up with play specialist team for some patients.
Carry out stock check and ordering.
Set up, check calibration, and download a range of clinical equipment.
Collect equipment from wards following study, may include removing nasogastric tubes
Support inpatient investigation
Take Wireless Capsule Endoscopy equipment to theatres and support Gastroenterology Consultants
Phone patients and check capsules have been passed.
Perform a range of Breath test
Check patient has complied with requires prior to test.
Give the patient the preprescribed test meal.
Give the patients instructions on how to perform the breath test.
Take breath samples and record data on data sheet.
Perform C13Urea breath tests (nonradioactive isotope breath test)