Job summary
- Main area
- Endoscopy
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Secondment: 10 months (Maternity cover of 10 months, On call rota)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Per annum)
- Job ref
- 236-OCO-NM134-25
- Employer
- Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- The Royal Oldham Hospital
- Town
- Oldham
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 05/03/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Endoscopy Nurse
Band 5
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Endoscopy Unit at The Royal Oldham Hospital. We are recruiting an endoscopy trained nurse for a 10 months secondment to cover a maternity leave.
Our endoscopy unit is dynamic undertaking a wide range of therapeutic and diagnostic endoscopic procedures for both inpatients and outpatients. You need to be flexible, hardworking and appreciate the need for professional development within your clinical practice to ensure we establish a responsive and effective team.
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
Reporting to the Endoscopy Unit Manager you will be responsible for the decontamination of endoscopes, assisting endoscopists in the procedure room, be the patients named nurse acting as their advocate ensuring privacy and dignity throughout the endoscopy journey.
You will be able to demonstrate good leadership skills, be adaptable to a changing environment and possess good written and verbal communication skills.
There will be a need to work flexibly to meet the needs of the Endoscopy service, a commitment to personal/professional development.
Working for our organisation
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
This vacancy is open to those who have a current NMC PIN to practice as an Registered Nurse in the UK, or those who are currently enrolled on a course which means they expect to receive their full NMC PIN within the next 3 months. Please note an NMC PRN PIN is not a full NMC PIN and would not fulfil the essential criteria for this role.
The NCA can no longer accept applications from International Nurses who are yet to complete all competencies needed to receive a full NMC PIN to practice in the UK as we have paused our OSCE programme indefinitely. To learn more about how you can gain a full NMC PIN to be eligible to apply for our vacancies in the future, please see the NMC website: https://www.nmc.org.uk/registration/joining-the-register/register-nurse-midwife/trained-outside-uk/how-to-guide/
Person specification
essential and desirable
Essential criteria
- NMC registered
Desirable criteria
- Endoscopy Trained
Endoscopy Trained desirable and NMC registered essential
Essential criteria
- NMC Registration
- Flexibility for On calls
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
- Paula Pendry
- Job title
- Unit Manger
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0161 778 5048
- Additional information
For any queries please contact the unit and ask for;
Paula Pendry - Unit manager
Sarah Sellars - Sister
Rehan Ahmed - Charge nurse
We look forward to hearing from you.
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