Main area Endoscopy Grade Band 5 Contract Fixed term: 12 months (7 days working pattern/cross siting) Hours Part time - 23.25 hours per week (Maternity Cover) Job ref 434-IM6906935
Site Stoke Mandeville Hospital Town Aylesbury Salary £29,970 - £36,483 Per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 24/02/2025 23:59
Be part of our BHT family
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.
We care for over half a million patients every year:
* provide specialist spinal services at our world renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics
* nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services
* regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services
* deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients’ own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.
More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.
We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has opened up for a talented and enthusiastic staff nurse who wants to broaden their horizon in the field of Nursing and is willing to join our dynamic Endoscopy team.
The Endoscopy services at BHT are expanding, providing a service over a 7-day period to meet capacity demands and to improve patient experience. As such we are increasing our workforce to allow for this service development.
If you are a registered nurse who already has Endoscopy experience or you are someone who is willing to learn new skills and you are enthusiastic about supporting service and staff development for the benefit of patients, we would like to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
* Recognise the significance of the observations made on the patient’s vital signs and use these to develop an initial nursing assessment, escalating when appropriate.
* Promote and participate in the patient’s health programmes. Ensure planned nursing care is delivered safely and effectively considering the views of the patient and their relatives.
* Liaise, report and document any relevant nursing/patient needs with other health care professionals with ongoing responsibility for patient care, communicating changes as they occur.
* Responsible for the timely entry of accurate, complete and valid data into the specialist Endoscopy reporting system.
* Promote health education within the Endoscopy Unit and be able to advise the patients and their relatives on health promotion issues.
* Exercise a high degree of personal and professional autonomy and critical judgement.
* Maintain a safe and clean working environment, ensuring the highest clinical standards within the area, adhering to the COSHH regulations.
What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?
* As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
* We offer flexible and agile working opportunities, alongside your NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement, pension and access to NHS discount schemes.
* We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.
Why work for us?
* We’re committed to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
* As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
* Greater diversity within our BHT family improves positive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.
* A keen supporter of the Armed Forces Community who know the value of employing a service leaver/veteran and their families.
What do we stand for?
* Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
* Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
* Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.
Person specification
EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING
* NMC Registered Nurse
* Relevant post registration course – Endoscopy/ Gastroenterology related
EXPERIENCE
* Experience of using an electronic patient record system
* Post registration experience in Endoscopy
* Experience of MDT working
* Experience of working with patients with Gastroenterology conditions
* Experience of clinical teaching
SKILLS, ABILITIES & KNOWLEDGE
* Ability to communicate complex and highly sensitive information
* Overcome barriers to understanding
* Customer care skills
* Willingness to learn new skills required for the role
* Skills and knowledge in managing and supporting patients undergoing procedures
* Teaching skills
* Evidence of effective problem solving and decision-making skills
* Experience of dealing with and managing conflict
* Evidence of change management initiatives
* Evidence of undertaking audits and evaluating data
SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES
* Physical ability to undertake role as per Job Description
* Willingness to learn new skills required for the role
* Able to participate in 7-day service roster and on-calls for GI bleeds
PPE requirements: Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.
COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.
If you are successful at interview, we will require you to complete a Covid-19 risk assessment document.
Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight. If we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before the closing date.
Contacting you: We will contact candidates through the email address supplied on their application form. Please make sure you check this regularly.
Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.
Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.
Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interview will not be reimbursed.
Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Name Ginalyn Castillo Job title Senior Sister Email address ginalyn.castillo@nhs.net Telephone number 01296 315220 Additional information
You can also ring the unit on 01296315202
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