Job summary
- Main area
- Endoscopy
- Grade
- Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 290-MIC-1239
- Employer
- Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Trustwide
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £58,698 - £65,095 pa inclusive
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 17/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
GI Nurse Endoscopist
Band 8a
Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:
Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.
With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career. We are an NHS Trust of approximately 14,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year. We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.
With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.
Job overview
The Endoscopy Service at Imperial Hospital NHS Trust has an exciting opportunity for a highly experienced, talented, passionate, and forward-thinking Nurse Endoscopist to join our team to join us in our growing service.
We have a busy and growing JAG-accredited department which continues to expand following the refurbishment and expansion of our site at Charing Cross Hospital.
We are seeking an experienced Nurse with a minimum of 2 years post JAG certification experience in upper and lower endoscopy, ideally with a non-medical prescribing qualification but an absence of this should not prevent you from applying.
You will be working cross-site at St Marys', Hammersmith Hospital, and Charing Cross. You will be a skilled communicator with a passion for patient care, education, and staff development.
You will place a high priority on maintaining a supportive and caring environment for patients and staff developing the highest standards of evidence-based practice and achieving key quality metrics.
Main duties of the job
This post is a dual role that has been specially designed for a clinical endoscopist with relevant experience bowel cancer screening.
As a Clinical Endoscopist, the post-holder will undertake diagnostic and therapeutic lower GI endoscopies, and will work with the MDT to ensure the development, management and delivery of a high quality endoscopy service. The post-holder is expected to undertake 5 service lists a week, and also support the service with clinical audits.
Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care. Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification
Education/ qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse (level 1)
- Educated to postgraduate diploma/degree level or equivalent experience
- Train the trainers in endoscopy (upper and or lower)
Desirable criteria
- Recognised teaching/assessing qualification
- Management certificate or equivalent experience
Experience
Essential criteria
- Up to date knowledge and experience in lower GI endoscopy
- Knowledge and experience of principles of administration of IV sedation and their reversal agents
- Experience in analysing and presenting data to a range of audiences
- Experience of deputising in a senior role
Desirable criteria
- Service improvement experience
- Experience in analysing and presenting data to a range of audiences
Skills/knowledge/ abilities
Essential criteria
- Independent Upper and Lower GI colonoscopist, JAG accredited
- Technical ability to be able to learn to handle an endoscope and troubleshoot problems that may occur with the working of the instrument
- Ability to promote the contribution and impact of advanced level nursing across the organisation and wider healthcare system.
- Able to demonstrate advanced clinical reasoning through comprehensive patient assessments for risk factors and early signs of illness
- Excellent IT skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Samantha Bernini
- Job title
- Matron for Endoscopy and BCSP
- Email address
- [email protected]
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