Job overview

Endoscopy sister band 6 AFC to work alongside senior team to assist in the training and development of the endoscopy nursing team.

To maintain accurate records of CPD and keeping the JETS and JAG training requirements up to date.

Any nursing staff training to be identified and actioned

In patient co-ordination for inpatients requiring procedures. 

To support and facilitate smooth running of the department.

Main duties of the job

• Co-ordinate the ward in the absence of the ward manage
• To participate in training activities with staff, keep staff JETS up to date.
• Train, assess and mentor unregistered and new nursing staff in competencies 
• To participate in an annual performance review with line manager to identify personal development needs. linked to the area.
• Maintain a personal development plan and an annual programme of learning and development to ensure clinical practice is based on best practice and up to date.
• Act as a role model to all staff
• Recognises and responds appropriately to urgent and emergency situations. Ensure all emergency equipment is fit for purpose and ready to use.
• To provide advice and support to all staff working in the department and encourage best practice. Act as a professional leader and role model in all aspects of work.
• To participate in endoscopy unit audits 

Working for our organisation

Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a caring and compassionate organisation that is both ambitious and innovative. We are committed to delivering the best outcomes for our patients and providing a positive experience of our staff.  We aspire to be outstanding for our patients, our communities and our staff and are committed to being a great place to receive healthcare, work and learn.

Straddling the neighbouring boroughs of Warrington and Halton we are part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care system.  Our hospitals are ideally situated to meet the growing healthcare needs of the 330,000 population of these boroughs.

Warrington Hospital is home to our emergency, critical care and maternity services, Halton Hospital is focused on elective procedures and the Runcorn Urgent Treatment Centre, although many services are offered at both sites and in community hubs.

A CQC-rated ‘good’ organisation with ‘outstanding’ features, we are working towards university hospital status, having achieved teaching hospital status in 2019.

Our workforce of nearly 5,000 across both sites comprises more than 50 nationalities. We strive to be an equal, diverse and inclusive employer, which is recognised as a pioneer in its equality, diversity and inclusion work. The Trust is proud to have achieved numerous external accreditations and is working towards achieving the Anti-Racist Organisation Framework, recognising the importance of anti-racism in all that we do.