The Lead nurse will be responsible to ensure that endoscopy equipment is safe for use and service contract are in place. The procurement and leasing of equipment must be maintained to ensure endoscopy is safe and keeping up to date with technological advances. Key relationships with the finance department to ensure that any equipment needs for the for each year are submitted within a timely manner.Working closely with decontamination team and ensuring that the correct scopes are available for the endoscopy lists, this may require arranging transfer of scopes across site to avoid patient cancelations. Liaising with consultant microbiologists when TVC counts are high. The Lead Nurse for Endoscopy will be responsible for designated nursing budgets and effective management of resources. The role has overall responsibility for nursing staffing including the out of hours bleed rota and managing the specialist gastroenterology nurses. Training and professional development for all staff within the area of responsibility including appraisals. External endoscopist basic skills courses and nurse training days run from the department and require close working relationships with the medical education centre to co-ordinate the days. The post holder will monitor and assess clinical areas against JAG, CQC standards and key line of enquiry, ensuring appropriate timely action if improvement is required. The post holder will lead on delivery of governance and quality, ensuring all endoscopy audits are completed, presented at clinical governance and actioned. The Lead Nurse will be developing and implementing a range of operational policies and protocols, guidance and leaflets in line with Trust-wide needs for specific field of responsibility. The Lead Nurse will be expected to maintain clinic practice within endoscopy, conducting clinics and being part of GI-bleed on call rota (out of hours).