Registered Nurse – Endoscopy

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Full time
We are recruiting for a Registered Nurse - Endoscopy who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

You will participate as a member of the nursing and multi-disciplinary team in providing high standards of evidence-based care. You will provide care, support, and advice for patients, relatives, and carers undergoing Endoscopic procedures. You will also work and communicate with the Endoscopy coordinator to organize the Endoscopy list on a daily basis, planning the session in a timely and efficient way.

At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.

Main duties of the job

Develop and demonstrate an effective understanding, safe practice, and a high standard of working knowledge of the Endoscopy Nursing role, to include the pre-assessment, planning implementation, and evaluation of care for both ward and day care patients making adjustments where appropriate during:

Admission or pre-visit and Pre-assessment. Procedures Recovery Discharge or return to ward

About us

At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

The Lister Hospital, Stevenage New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City Hertford County, Hertford Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work-life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications / Training

Essential

Registered Nursing qualification on the NMC register Nursing degree qualification/ Apprenticeship or equivalent GCSE Grade A-C in Math's & English or skills level 2 math's & English or equivalent Commitment to lifelong learning

Previous Experience

Essential

Experience working in a MDT team. Experience of providing and receiving complex, sensitive information

Desirable

Previous Endoscopy experience or involvement with Gastroenterology patients. Champion /link nurse responsibility Practice assessor qualification or equivalent.

Skills

Essential

I.T skills. Flexibility. Commitment to develop in Endoscopy role and lifelong learning. Able to work under pressure and prioritize workload.

Desirable

Technically minded.

Knowledge

Essential

Principles of Infection control and health and safety. Experience of audit in the clinical area. Awareness of health promotion.

Desirable

Endoscopy / Gastroenterology knowledge

Employer details

Employer name

East and North Herts NHS Trust

Address

Lister Hospital

Corys Mill Lane

Stevenage

SG1 4AB

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