Job summary
Are you passionate about patient care and looking to make a difference in a dynamic healthcare setting? Join our Endoscopy Department as an Endoscopy Assistant, where you will support our team of registered nurses and endoscopists in delivering the highest quality of care.
As an Endoscopy Assistant, you will play a crucial role in supporting the Endoscopy Department's day-to-day operations and ensuring that patients receive the highest standard of care throughout their diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. You will work alongside a highly skilled team of registered nurses and endoscopists, assisting in the delivery of endoscopic examinations, biopsies, and treatments.
Your responsibilities will involve directly supporting clinical teams with a range of duties, from performing venepuncture and ECGs to ensuring the decontamination of equipment. You will be entrusted with important tasks that contribute to both patient safety and the smooth operation of the department, all while maintaining a compassionate approach to care.
You will also be responsible for maintaining cleanliness and orderliness in clinical areas, in line with infection control protocols, and helping with the management of stock and supplies to ensure that the department runs efficiently.
Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail, please read the attached job description and person specification
About us
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
Not all of our roles are eligible for sponsorship to find out which roles are eligible for sponsorship please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:
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Home Office guidance has changed as of the 9th April, anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.
Details
Date posted
18 February 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 3
Salary
£24,937 to £26,598 a year per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time
Reference number
214-MED
Job locations
Kings Mill Hospital
Mansfield Road
Sutton in Ashfield
NG17 4JL
Job description
Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please read the attached job description and person specification
Job description
Job responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail, please read the attached job description and person specification
Person Specification
Knowledge Requirements
Essential
* Demonstrate clear and robust communication skills.
* Understand requirements for personal care.
Desirable
* Ability to decontaminate endoscopes.
Qualifications/Academic/Craft/Professional
Essential
* NVQ 3 in care
Further Training
Essential
* Mandatory update and customer care
Experience
Essential
* Can demonstrate recent experience in a care setting
Contractual Requirements
Essential
* Flexible working to accommodate the department opening hours to cover 7 days a week service
Person Specification
Knowledge Requirements
Essential
* Demonstrate clear and robust communication skills.
* Understand requirements for personal care.
Desirable
* Ability to decontaminate endoscopes.
Qualifications/Academic/Craft/Professional
Essential
* NVQ 3 in care
Further Training
Essential
* Mandatory update and customer care
Experience
Essential
* Can demonstrate recent experience in a care setting
Contractual Requirements
Essential
* Flexible working to accommodate the department opening hours to cover 7 days a week service
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
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Kings Mill Hospital
Mansfield Road
Sutton in Ashfield
NG17 4JL
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Employer details
Employer name
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Kings Mill Hospital
Mansfield Road
Sutton in Ashfield
NG17 4JL
Employer's website
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