An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Endoscopy team at East Lancashire Hospitals Trust as a Band 7 HPB Clinical Nurse Specialist for ERCP and EUS.
This post will be based at Royal Blackburn Hospital mainly and will be expected to provide clinical expertise and knowledge, demonstrating a reasonable understanding of the issues related to the identification, assessment, treatment, and management of Pancreaticobiliary patients.
We are seeking a highly motivated nurse with HPB knowledge, confident decision-making skills, excellent communication abilities, innovation, and a passion for continuous improvement.
The successful candidate will be competent in all HPB Endoscopic interventions including ERCP, EUS/FNA, Axios stent insertion, and Spyglass procedures.
You will supervise members of the nursing team, ensuring competency-based assessments are completed for all staff allocated to assist with HPB procedures.
The post holder will coordinate and organize the inpatient and outpatient referrals for ERCP and EUS, providing nursing support, information, and advice to patients and their families, relatives, and carers.
The post holder will facilitate communication and act as a liaison between the referrer, clinicians, ward staff, and endoscopy unit staff. The individual will develop and maintain safe pathways for patients who require Endoscopy Procedures on GA/Deep Sedation lists, ensuring that the patients have attended for pre-operative/anaesthetic assessment.
You must be a dynamic, flexible individual with advanced IT, administrative, and organizational skills. You should ideally have a minimum of two to three years’ experience in HPB and endoscopy nursing and have shown a keen interest in developing your clinical skills and knowledge.
The post holder will ensure patients and their carers fully understand the procedure for which they have been referred.
The post holder will review the referrals and assess the patients to determine suitability and priority against agreed protocols and criteria, booking the patients appropriately and in a timely manner while maintaining the Stent Register.
You will be expected to facilitate the safe, efficient, and optimal use of ERCP and EUS sessions.
The post holder is expected to provide nurse-led consent for inpatients and outpatients where appropriate.
The post holder will record activity and outcomes, take part in clinical audit, evidence-based practice, and prepare reports in order to evaluate the role and service.
The post holder will be expected to participate fully in their personal development and review process in order to achieve the skills required to deliver the role effectively and efficiently.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Dr. Mo Shibeika Job title: Consultant Email address: mohamed.shibeika@elht.nhs.uk Telephone number: 01282 803527
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