Job overview

The Royal London Hospital Endoscopy Centre is seeking enthusiastic and forward-thinking Band 5 staff nurses to join their busy and expanding team. These nurses will work at the Royal London Hospital's endoscopy centre, the bronchoscopy centre at St Bartholomew’s Hospital, and support the Early Diagnosis satellite centre at Mile End.

Ideal candidates should have a commitment to endoscopy, gastroenterology, and respiratory medicine. Strong communication skills and the ability to work within a large team are essential. The department values flexibility, approachability, and a positive attitude.

The centre has four purpose-built endoscopy rooms, an x-ray room, and two recovery areas with 17 beds each. It also offers a bronchoscopy unit at St Bartholomew's Hospital, operating Monday through Wednesday. The department is JAG accredited, with a strong focus on leadership and staff development. Its services include various procedures such as gastroscopy, colonoscopy, ERCP (including SpyGlass), and bronchoscopy, as well as participation in the national bowel cancer screening program.

The role requires flexibility, proactivity, and reliability. Experience in complex procedures like ERCP and EUS is desirable, but training will be provided for candidates without endoscopy experience.

For further information or to arrange an informal visit, contact Jason Harvey, Senior Charge Nurse, via phone at 020 3594 0120 or email [email protected].

Main duties of the job

Admit patients for endoscopic procedures prepare and assist during endoscopic procedures; recover patients working in the MEEDC Endoscopy unit’s recovery area and providing support to the Junior Sisters and Charge Nurses to ensure the smooth running of the unit.
To discharge patients home post procedure, to offer health education to patients about diet and medication post procedure.

To work as part of a large team to ensure the welfare of patients and staff.
To work in conjunction with the Senior and Junior Sisters/Charge Nurses in the endoscopy Unit, to ensure the unit is staffed appropriately and that all staff are trained to meet the demands of this growing service. 
To participate in training programmes within the MEEDC as well as the wider Trust.

To be part of a team of endoscopic experts within the Barts Health NHS Trust, helping to line managing the Nursing assistants; be actively involved in the recruitment and appraisal of all staff in the area and the development of further training for this group of staff. 

Working for our organisation

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.  

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.  

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.  

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.