Fulfil your potential in hospitals that make history:
Charing Cross, Hammersmith, St Mary’s, Queen Charlotte’s & Chelsea and Western Eye.
With five world-renowned hospitals, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is full of opportunity if you are looking to develop your healthcare career.
We are an NHS Trust of approximately 14,000 people, providing care for over a million and a half patients from north west London and beyond every year.
We have a rich heritage and an ambitious vision for the future of our patients and local communities.
With our partners, Imperial College London, and The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, we form Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre, one of 6 academic health science centres in the UK, working to ensure the rapid translation of research for better patient care and excellence in education.
We are proud of our heritage in innovation and we are early adopters of new insights in technologies, techniques and treatments for improving health.
Job overview
Are you an Endoscopy nurse who is looking for a new challenge, demonstrating effective and sustainable leadership and management skills? Can you help us to deliver and develop a diverse range of endoscopic therapeutic interventions? If you enjoy sharing your endoscopic knowledge by teaching and developing others, and are an experienced, passionate, dynamic, and forward-thinking individual, we would like to hear from you.
Key areas of responsibility will be agreed with the successful candidate when they start, such as supporting and developing the nursing team and the multidisciplinary teams in endoscopy.
You will have the opportunity to lead by example and support the safe delivery of individualized care for patients undergoing diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic procedures including endoscopic ablation of Barrett's esophagus using radiofrequency ablation (HALO) and Endo Bronchial Ultrasound (EBUS). We also offer a pleural day service, general anaesthetic sessions, and a GI physiology service and capsule endoscopy.
Our three endoscopy departments have gained JAG accreditation. All our departments offer a wide range of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, including:
* upper and lower GI endoscopy
* bronchoscopy
* ERCP
At St Mary’s we have four procedure rooms, with three at Hammersmith and two at Charing Cross (where plans are in place to develop a third).
Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is one of the largest acute trusts in the UK and we can provide opportunities for you to gain further knowledge and experience, with training provided to the highest standards.
We have successfully implemented an endoscopy nurse on-call service to improve patient outcomes and meet the recommendations from the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) upper gastrointestinal bleed guidance.
Main duties of the job
* To provide high quality, effective, individualized care to all patients by assessing care needs and developing, implementing, and evaluating them without supervision.
* To assist the Endoscopy unit manager in leading the nursing team and deputize in their absence.
* Monitor standards of nursing care and take appropriate action to maintain and improve them.
* To respond to patients, relatives, and carers' concerns as they arise and take remedial action as required.
Working for our organisation
At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.
Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative, and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.
Benefits include career development, flexible working, and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan, or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.
We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time, or job share. Please talk to us at interview.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required.
For both overviews please view the Job Description attachment with the job advert.
Person specification
Education/ Qualifications
* Active NMC pin as a 1st level Registered Nurse.
* Mentorship, teaching qualification, or relevant experience.
* Recovery course.
* Endoscopy Principles and Procedure course.
Experience
* Extensive experience within the specialty or relevant experience.
* Can undertake personal development review.
* Minimum of 2 years recent experience in endoscopy.
Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities
* Full range of Endoscopy Therapeutic competencies. Organisation and management skills.
* IT skills including use of email and office packages.
* Ability to problem solve.
* Competent and experienced in ERCP and EUS procedures.
Please ensure you check your emails regularly as this is how we will communicate with you throughout the recruitment process. If you are shortlisted, you will be contacted by email and text message (if you provide a mobile contact number).
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.
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