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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 16,000 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, who demonstrate effective and sustainable leadership and management skills?
Can you help us to deliver and develop a diverse range of endoscopic therapeutic interventions? If you are enjoying sharing your endoscopic knowledge by teaching and developing others, experienced, passionate, dynamic and forward thinking individual, we would like to hear from you.
Key areas of responsibility will be agreed with successful candidate when they start, such as responsible for 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).
Main duties of the job
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.
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
* To lead in the procedure room on Endoscopy therapeutic intervention and act as a clinical expert within ones sphere of work.
* Carry out planned care for a group of patients without direct supervision.
* Ensure the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of evidence based, individualised patient care.
* Assist and advice staff, both registered and unregistered in the delivery of patient care.
* Ensure all staff maintain accurate clinical observations of the patient and act accordingly.
* Plan, organise and deploy staff according to ability and workload in order to meet patient needs .
* Have responsibility for the correct administration and custody of medicines according to Trust policy.
* Ensure registered nurses manage patients in a safe and timely manner, through the Endoscopy pathway, identifying patient needs and taking action as required.
* Ensure that nursing practices comply with Trust policies and procedures.
* Assess the needs of patients, relatives and carers and provide them with information as requested.
* To keep up to date with current developments in nursing and ensure evidence based practice.
Person specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential criteria
* Active NMC pin as a 1st level Registered Nurse
* Mentorship, teaching Qualification or relevant experience
* Relevant Specialist endoscopy course
Desirable criteria
* Recovery course
* Endoscopy Principles and Procedure course
Experience
Essential criteria
* Extensive experience within the speciality or relevant experience
Desirable criteria
* Can undertake personal development review
* Minimum of 2 years recent experience in endoscopy
Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities
Essential criteria
* Full range of Endoscopy Therapeutic competencies. Organisation and management skills.
* Mentorship in practice or equivalent.
* Ability to lead a team.
* Articulate with advanced written and oral communication skills.
* Ability to work effectively under pressure.
* Ability to problem solves
* Ability to perform clinical activities specific to speciality.
Desirable criteria
* Competent in recovering patient who had procedures done under General Anaesthesia
* Competent and experience in ESD and EBUS/HALO 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
Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
* JD (PDF, 568.5KB)
* FRF (PDF, 272.6KB)
* Our Strategy 2023-25 (PDF, 230.4KB)
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