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Job summary

Main area
Endoscopy
Grade
Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
  • Full time
  • Part time
37.5 hours per week (1 x part time post- 28.5 hours. The endoscopy service will be open Monday - Sunday 08:00 - 19:30.)
Job ref
349-MRI-6825399C
Employer
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Manchester Royal Infirmary
Town
Manchester
Salary
£29,970 - £36,483 Per annum (pro rata)
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
09/12/2024 23:59

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Endoscopy Nurse

Band 5

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Endoscopy Unit at the Manchester Royal Infirmary. We are recruiting staff to increase our service to cover 7 days improving patient access. We are a state of the art JAG accredited Endoscopy Unit and one of the hosts of the North West Training Academy. You will be supported by our dedicated Clinical Educator to become competent in assisting with a wide range of diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy procedures. If you are enthusiastic, motivated and keen to learn then this is a perfect opportunity to extend your skills and join our friendly team.

Main duties of the job

Join us and you’ll have the opportunity to work in our state of the art unit which opened in January 2018 making us one of the largest Endoscopy Departments in the North West. What’s more, we’ll be facilitating the latest and most current and complex procedures in our field, partnering with our counterparts at Trafford General Hospital  in order to commence an Endoscopy Academy for both nurses and doctors, coupled with a satellite teaching facility.

With access to 5 procedure rooms including fluoroscopy (x-ray) room, our procedures are varied and diverse and include diagnostics, therapeutics  and surveillance, gastroscopy, flexible sigmoidoscopy , colonoscopy, PEG insertion, bronchoscopy, EBUS, ERCP/Spyglass, HALO, EUS/FNA, Double Balloon Enteroscopy (DBE), BRAVO delivering high quality care to our patients.  What’s more, we also host the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme (BCSP) so there is a real range of specialisms to develop your skills and experience.

To succeed, you’ll need to be committed to delivering high quality, patient focused care with pride and respect, have excellent interpersonal skills and be able to provide evidence of personal and professional development. With recent acute NHS experience as a must, we’ll train you in our endoscopy services and along the way, you’ll be supported by our in-house endoscopy educator with access to some of most sought after bespoke courses to progress your knowledge and experience in this field.

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

 At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading.   So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification.  This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’.  Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form. 

Diversity Matters

MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post.  As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you.  If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [email protected].

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • First level registration – Registered Nurse Degree or Diploma
Desirable criteria
  • Teaching Qualification Degree level 6 study Diploma

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge of current nursing issues Knowledge of clinical governance IT/ Word Processing

Training & Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of working on own and as part of a team
  • Ability to supervise and support junior staff.
  • Evidence of teaching and assessing skills/ability.
Desirable criteria
  • Endoscopy/Theatre Experience

Skills & Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Proven ability to problem solve.
  • Ability to organise workload and delegate tasks appropriately.
  • Well developed organisational skills. Dexterity and accuracy in physical skills.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Lynsey Phelan
Job title
Endoscopy Unit Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0161 276 4882
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