Band 8B Upper GI Cancer Advanced Nurse Practitioner
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the GI team at BHRUT. We are looking for a registered nurse with an interest in GI, keen to learn and who works well as part of a team. The post-holder will be responsible for providing additional clinical and administrative resource to support BHRUT to deliver the Faster Diagnosis Standard in Upper and Lower GI Cancer, set at 75%, from Q3 2021/22.
The post-holder will perform gastroscopy, flexible sigmoidoscopy and colonoscopy for the Trust, providing additional diagnostic capacity in order to meet the Faster Diagnostic Standard. The post holder must demonstrate specific skills in disorders of the gastrointestinal tract, including diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic techniques and subsequent management, in order to undertake assessment, education and counselling wherever appropriate. The post holder will act as a clinical expert and professional resource to the multi-professional team, patients and carers within their specialist service. They will liaise and collaborate with colleagues in the delivery of high quality, clinically effective care, prioritising and utilising evidence based and best practice. They will contribute to the senior management team on service improvement and work in partnership with clinical, nursing, and administrative teams.
If you are successfully shortlisted, interviews are scheduled to take place on 22nd April 2025.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will be responsible for providing additional clinical and administrative resource to support BHRUT to deliver the Faster Diagnosis Standard in Upper and Lower GI Cancer.
The post-holder will perform gastroscopy, flexible sigmoidoscopy and colonoscopy for the Trust, providing additional diagnostic capacity in order to meet the Faster Diagnostic Standard. The post holder must demonstrate specific skills in disorders of the gastrointestinal tract, including diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic techniques and subsequent management, in order to undertake assessment, education and counselling wherever appropriate. The post holder will act as a clinical expert and professional resource to the multi-professional team, patients and carers within their specialist service. They will liaise and collaborate with colleagues in the delivery of high quality, clinically effective care, prioritising and utilising evidence based and best practice. They will contribute to the senior management team on service improvement and work in partnership with clinical, nursing, and administrative teams.
About us
We're an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we're proud of and our patients are happy with. We're no longer in special measures; we've opened two new theatres at our Elective Surgical Hub in King George Hospital (KGH); and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, has been named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal.
We operate from two main sites - KGH in Goodmayes and Queen's Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 people visiting them last year. We're campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen's and get rid of corridor care.
Our patients are benefitting from our Women's Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George's Health and Wellbeing Hub in Hornchurch.
These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week and are providing an extra 88,000 scans a year.
The majority of our 8,000 staff - who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We're proud to be a London Living Wage employer.
We're looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record that will be transformative for our staff and beneficial for our patients.
Job responsibilities
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
The person specification listed below is not the full specification requirements for the role. Please ensure you review the full specification on the job description prior to submitting your application.
Applicants are advised to read all the information on the advert and the supporting information before completing and submitting an application. As you complete your application please ensure you clearly demonstrate how you meet the criteria in the person specification for this post by adequately completing the supporting information section of the application form.
All new staff appointed at the Trust are subject to a probationary period.
Applications should be made online; however, queries regarding the application process, assistance with completion of the application form, or if you require any adjustments (for applicants with a disability) please contact Adeyemi Kaka, Recruitment Advisor, on 01708 435000 ext. 5162. Further details regarding the post may be obtained by contacting the manager as per the contact details above.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualifications
* Registered Nurse Degree level education
* Independent Clinical Endoscopist for Gastroscopy and Colonoscopy
* Independent Non-Medical Prescribing qualification
* Counselling skills
* MSc Advanced Nursing Practice
* Train the trainer
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust
£67,950 to £78,028 a year per annum inclusive
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