Main area: Non-Medical Endoscopist/Clinical Endoscopist
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 8a
Contract: Permanent: Band 7 if/ when training. 8a when trained and JAG accredited.
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 190-8070-DIR
Employer: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Northern General Hospital
Town: Sheffield
Salary: £53,755 - £60,504 Band 7 during training and becomes Band 8a when qualified.
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 17/11/2024 23:59
Interview date: 26/11/2024
Clinical Endoscopist
NHS AfC: Band 8a
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes, health and wellbeing packages, and financial support systems.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 7 Clinical Educator Trainee/Band 8a Nurse/Non-Medical Endoscopist to join our Non-Medical Endoscopist team at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals. This innovative and dynamic department has a highly skilled and enthusiastic team of professionals, who work together with associated colleagues throughout the Trust. Our Endoscopy services span both the Northern General and Royal Hallamshire sites providing outpatient and inpatient services, as well as a regional out of hours on call emergency bleed service.
Working within our busy Endoscopy unit you will ensure endoscopy is delivered in line with best practice with an excellent patient experience at the heart of what we do. There will be opportunity to enhance and develop your knowledge and endoscopy skills with full support from the wider team.
The role will require working unsupervised as an expert practitioner and you must demonstrate specific skills in disorders of the GI tract, including diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic techniques and subsequent management and follow up of your caseload.
The post holder will act as an excellent clinical role model and work to continuously improve clinical care standards in line with the clinical governance framework, assisting to coordinate aspects of audit in relation to both local and national criteria.
Main duties of the job
1. Provide a patient-focused Endoscopy service.
2. To perform flexible sigmoidoscopy on patients screened via the Bowel Screening Service.
3. To perform endoscopy for the elective/symptomatic service.
4. Ascertain diagnosis and action appropriate ongoing care.
5. Contribute to training requirements within the Endoscopy Department.
6. Contribute to standard setting and development of policies and procedures for the Endoscopy Department.
Working for our organisation
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff, including commitments to professional development and many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Descriptions and Person Specifications documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Registered Nurse or equivalent experience/qualifications
* 1st Degree (health related)
* Non-medical prescriber
* Masters Degree – or working towards
* To have completed the national PEAP programme for practice supervisors or equivalent teaching and assessing qualification for those with ENB998.
* Counselling skills certificate
Experience
* Band 7 (or equivalent) leadership experience
* Evidence of teaching experience – both formal and informal
* Awareness of national developments in Endoscopy
* Demonstrate a working knowledge of departmental JAG accreditation process
* Evidence of involvement in research
* Evidence of using audit to improve quality of care and service development
Further Training
* Leadership training
* Excellent interpersonal skills
* Able to manage complex case workload effectively and efficiently
* Excellent communication skills, with patients and colleagues at all levels
* Self-motivation
Other Factors
* Evidence of commitment to professional and personal development
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The Trust is committed to its obligations in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community.
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.
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