Employer: East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: EDGH
Town: Eastbourne
Salary: £53,755 - £60,504 per annum, pro rata (annex 21 will be considered)
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 04/02/2025 23:59
Clinical Endoscopist
NHS AfC: Band 8a
We are proud to provide ‘Outstanding’ care and be a great place to work. East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust provides safe, compassionate and high quality hospital and community care to the half a million people living in East Sussex and those who visit our local area. Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for a Clinical Endoscopist or Trainee Clinical Endoscopist to join our team within the endoscopy units at East Sussex Healthcare Hospitals. Both units are fully JAG accredited and are screening centres for the National Bowel Cancer Screening Programme. East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust has been awarded funding to build a digestive diseases diagnostic centre that will provide an additional 4 endoscopy rooms as well as introduce transformative diagnostic testing. This is due to open in July 2025. We are therefore seeking a highly motivated, experienced, and enthusiastic clinical endoscopist who wants to join our friendly teams to support the continued development of the endoscopy service across our three sites. Clinical endoscopists should be adept at lower and upper GI endoscopy procedures but we do have a very good record of training and support in endoscopy, should the successful candidate wish to develop their skills further. Main duties of the job
Within this role you will be one of a team who are committed to improving the patient pathway to promote and deliver high standards of patient care, outcomes, experience, safety and quality. The successful applicant will be a JAG accredited endoscopist with significant experience of undertaking independent endoscopy procedures. The role will require working unsupervised as an expert practitioner, performing diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy procedures. Your application and interview will demonstrate the skill set needed to join us in delivering, developing and teaching expert care within this exciting and challenging speciality. Person specification
Qualifications
RN 1st level current NMC Registration or Registration with other professional body Post graduate Qualification or equivalent skills in specialist field of practice JAG accredited endoscopy training supported by relevant academic qualification Evidence of on-going CPD in specialist area of practice to masters equivalent level Research experience Experience in training Endoscopy trainees Masters Degree relevant to nursing practice Nurse Prescribing Experience
Autonomous practitioner with nurse endoscopist experience of carrying out diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy Evidence of an ability to prioritise workload for themselves and their team Experience in change and project management Significant experience in leading audits Patients come first at East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust. Our vision is to be: The healthcare provider of first choice for the people of East Sussex. Our mission is to: Deliver better health outcomes and an excellent experience for everyone we provide with healthcare services. Our strategic objectives are to: Improve quality and clinical outcomes by ensuring that safe patient care is our highest priority. Play a leading role in local partnerships to meet the needs of our local population and improve and enhance patients’ experiences. Use our resources efficiently and effectively for the benefit of our patients and their care to ensure our services are clinically, operationally and financially sustainable. Our aims are that all services delivered by the Trust are: Safe Effective Caring Responsive Well led 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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NHS AfC: Band 8a
We are proud to provide ‘Outstanding’ care and be a great place to work. East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust provides safe, compassionate and high quality hospital and community care to the half a million people living in East Sussex and those who visit our local area. Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for a Clinical Endoscopist or Trainee Clinical Endoscopist to join our team within the endoscopy units at East Sussex Healthcare Hospitals. Both units are fully JAG accredited and are screening centres for the National Bowel Cancer Screening Programme. East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust has been awarded funding to build a digestive diseases diagnostic centre that will provide an additional 4 endoscopy rooms as well as introduce transformative diagnostic testing. This is due to open in July 2025. We are therefore seeking a highly motivated, experienced, and enthusiastic clinical endoscopist who wants to join our friendly teams to support the continued development of the endoscopy service across our three sites. Clinical endoscopists should be adept at lower and upper GI endoscopy procedures but we do have a very good record of training and support in endoscopy, should the successful candidate wish to develop their skills further. Main duties of the job
Within this role you will be one of a team who are committed to improving the patient pathway to promote and deliver high standards of patient care, outcomes, experience, safety and quality. The successful applicant will be a JAG accredited endoscopist with significant experience of undertaking independent endoscopy procedures. The role will require working unsupervised as an expert practitioner, performing diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy procedures. Your application and interview will demonstrate the skill set needed to join us in delivering, developing and teaching expert care within this exciting and challenging speciality. Person specification
Qualifications
RN 1st level current NMC Registration or Registration with other professional body Post graduate Qualification or equivalent skills in specialist field of practice JAG accredited endoscopy training supported by relevant academic qualification Evidence of on-going CPD in specialist area of practice to masters equivalent level Research experience Experience in training Endoscopy trainees Masters Degree relevant to nursing practice Nurse Prescribing Experience
Autonomous practitioner with nurse endoscopist experience of carrying out diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy Evidence of an ability to prioritise workload for themselves and their team Experience in change and project management Significant experience in leading audits Patients come first at East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust. Our vision is to be: The healthcare provider of first choice for the people of East Sussex. Our mission is to: Deliver better health outcomes and an excellent experience for everyone we provide with healthcare services. Our strategic objectives are to: Improve quality and clinical outcomes by ensuring that safe patient care is our highest priority. Play a leading role in local partnerships to meet the needs of our local population and improve and enhance patients’ experiences. Use our resources efficiently and effectively for the benefit of our patients and their care to ensure our services are clinically, operationally and financially sustainable. Our aims are that all services delivered by the Trust are: Safe Effective Caring Responsive Well led 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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