NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.
NHS Scotland is reducing their full-time working week from 37.5 to 37 hours per week from 1 April 2024 but with no change in pay. This reduction will also be applied pro rata for part-time staff. This advert and any subsequent offer/contract of employment therefore reflects the new working hours. However, as not all service areas will be able to adopt the 37-hour working week immediately from 1 April 2024, you may be required to work up to an additional 30 minutes per week for a temporary period for which you would be paid until the service you are working in changes rosters or working patterns to accommodate the new reduced working week. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Recruiting Board.
A link to the NHS Lothian Nursing and Midwifery Strategic Plan can be found via the following link: NHS Lothian Nursing and Midwifery Strategic Plan.
Please note: we anticipate a high level of interest in this position and may close the vacancy early once a sufficient amount of applications are received. Therefore, please make sure you complete and submit your application at an early stage.
As an Extended Scope Practitioner Endoscopy (SEN NE), utilise high levels of decision making and clinical judgment and work independently to ensure that patient health needs are met through the provision of diagnosis and the management of patient conditions. The post-holder will be trained and proficient in both gastroscopy and colonoscopy, using video endoscopes within the endoscopy unit and assume a defined, secondary, clinical role.
The SEN NE is directly responsible for case management of the patients referred to their care. They will generate and utilize diagnostic outcomes to co-ordinate the discharge or appropriate follow-up of patients directly (identified in the key results below).
To provide specialist advice to healthcare professionals, other agencies, carers, clients, and relatives. The SEN NE role encompasses that of expert clinician, educator, and auditor.
To contribute to the development of the service through assessment of nursing practice within the endoscopy unit identifying areas to improve practice and work collaboratively across healthcare boundaries, implementing and evaluating evidence-based standards, guidelines, and policies.
Additional to the endoscopy list commitments, SEN NE’s will have sessions of their job plan formally ascribed to an established secondary role within an appropriate specialty of Gastroenterology, GI surgery, or bowel screening Pre-Assessment.
We cannot accept late applications so please ensure your application is submitted early.
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We will fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long-term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.
This post requires the post holder to have a PVG Scheme membership/record. If the post holder is not a current PVG member for the required regulatory group (i.e. child and/or adult) then an application will need to be made to Disclosure Scotland and deemed satisfactory before they can begin in post.
For further information on what is included in the role and what skills/experience are being looked for, click on the links at the bottom of the screen to the job description and person specification. If after reading this information you have any questions, please contact Tracy Kershaw on 01315372382 or tracy.kershaw@nhs.scot.
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