Job summary
There has never been a more exciting time to join the dedicated Nursing Team within the UHDB Endoscopy Service at our Royal Derby Hospital site.
We are one of the largest Endoscopy Services in the country and serve a population of 1 million, including patients from Derbyshire and Staffordshire.
If you are passionate about patient experience and offer excellent, safe standards, and are excited about working in a forward-thinking, fast- growing service, we want to hear from you. You will need to be fully flexible, able to work Monday - Sunday, with an on call commitment.
The successful candidates will support the Consultant Gastroenterologists, Consultant Surgeons and our team of nurse endoscopists to provide safe care and treatment for patients during their time on the Unit. This will involve assisting the endoscopist during endoscopic procedures and caring for patients before, during and after their procedures.
Main duties of the job
At the RDH site we run 7 rooms, 2 sessions daily, with an emergency in patient list 7 days a week. We are supported by a large team of Endoscopists including Consultant Gastroenterologists, Surgeons and Nurse Specialists.
Daily activity includes gastroscopy, sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy, EMR, ERCP, bronchoscopy, thoracoscopy, on call emergency commitment and Bowel Cancer Screening.
The Unit is a modern, well equipped, 7 room, JAG accredited Endoscopy Unit and performs procedures across a full range of gastrointestinal and respiratory endoscopy. With full JAG accreditation and exemplary nursing team, we see over 30,000 procedures performed annually. We have our own dedicated Endoscopy Clinical Facilitator; all our staff are trained for all aspects of Endoscopy Nursing and skills are updated on JETS Database.
Closing date of applications: 2 December 2024
Interview date: 16 December
About us
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
In return we will offer:
1. Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development
2. On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
3. A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts about our Trust:
4. We see on average 4810 OP appointments per day.
5. We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
6. An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
7. Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
8. Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
9. We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
10. We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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Person Specification
Qualifications & Experience
Essential
11. Registered nurse and NMC
12. Endoscopy Experience
13. Therapeutic Endoscopy Skills
14. Bronchoscopy Skills
15. Endoscopy On call Experience
16. JETS Endo1 Course
Desirable
17. Mentorship Qualification
18. Communication Skills