Healthcare Assistant

Job summary
Endoscopy Assistant: Fixed Term/Secondment 12 months (37.5 hours)

This is a full time position 37.5 hours a week over 4 days.

We have opportunities for a health care assistant within our endoscopy team at Stepping Hill Hospital. You will be a motivated team player with a flexible attitude and be able to demonstrate commitment to your own professional development.

As a trust we provide excellent training and development opportunities in a friendly and supportive environment.

Main duties of the job
As a health care worker you will be expected to work within our dedicated multi-disciplinary teams and be fully involved in an individual's care from admission to discharge, assisting with patient in the endoscopy room, their personal hygiene, feeding, maintaining dignity and respect, keeping the environment clean and tidy and keeping good documentation.

In addition our health care workers are expected to support the registered staff nurses in meeting the required targets both at local and national level. Stockport NHS Foundation Trust provides elective endoscopy and procedures include: Gastroscopy; Colonoscopy; flexible sigmoidoscopy; Bronchoscopy; PEG insertion/removal and ERCP.

The post holder is required to undertake training to enable them to carry out a wide range of tasks in support of clinical professionals, including activities directly related to patient care.

About us
We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.

If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.

We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

Benefits we offer to you

• Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• NHS pension scheme membership
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
• NHS Staff discounts
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
• Stockport Credit Union - for local financial advice

Details
Date posted: 21 October 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 3
Salary: £25,760 to £27,476 a year Pro rata per annum
Contract: Secondment
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 362-ACS3HCEND-10-26

Job responsibilities
The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification focusses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded.

The person specification below is not the full person specification but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.

If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £54.90. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary. In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £16.

Person Specification
Education & Qualifications
Essential

• Completed the National Care Certificate or equivalent experience
• Functional skills minimum Level 2 Maths and English or GCSE equivalent or working towards.
• Working towards or prepared to work towards obtaining an Apprenticeship in Clinical Healthcare

Knowledge
Essential

• Awareness and understanding of importance of confidentiality
• Knowledge of Infection Control & Safeguarding processes

Skills & Abilities
Essential

• Good communication skills (written and verbal).
• Accuracy and attention to detail
• Caring/supportive attitude
• Able to work in a team.
• Able to carry out routine duties, adapt and reprioritise according to patients needs as necessary
• Able to work on own initiative in delivery of patient care.
• Able to build effective relationships with patients/relatives/visitors/Colleagues/the multi-disciplinary team and wider Trust staff.
• Basic computer skills with ability / willingness to develop further IT skills

Experience
Essential

• Experience working in a healthcare setting.
• Worked at a band 2 Health Care Assistant level or equivalent
• Experience of working with the multidisciplinary team.
• Experience of caring for patients.

Desirable

• Experience of support and supervision of junior staff
• Experience of supporting Quality Improvement / audits / research and development activities

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

Employer details
Employer name: Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Stepping Hill Hospital, Endoscopy, Stockport, SK2 7JE, United Kingdom
Employer's website: http://www.stockport.nhs.uk/

For questions about the job, contact:
Endoscopy Unit Manager Roshni Gopalakrishnan Nair
Roshni.Nair@stockport.nhs.uk