Overview
The Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP) Specialist Nurse role offers an exciting opportunity to work collaboratively with the ERCP leads and endoscopists across all hospitals in Humber Health Partnership. The post holder will coordinate and deliver high-quality, patient-centered care in response to inpatient and outpatient referrals for ERCP and related screening procedures within the Endoscopy Unit. Acting as a patient advocate, the ERCP Specialist Nurse will provide expert support throughout all stages of the patient journey, from pre-assessment through to discharge, ensuring safe, effective, and compassionate care at every step. The post holder will provide advanced, specialist nursing care to a defined caseload of patients undergoing ERCP. Working autonomously and in close partnership with the multidisciplinary team, they will develop, implement, and evaluate highly specialised, evidence-based plans of care, ensuring patients and carers are fully informed and supported to participate in decision-making.
Responsibilities
* Obtain informed consent and communicate complex and sensitive information with compassion.
* Coordinate referrals and follow-up and act as a key point of contact throughout the patient pathway.
* Work across all Humber Health Partnership hospitals (North and South Bank) to ensure equitable and consistent delivery of the ERCP/SpyGlass service.
* Manage a defined caseload of patients undergoing ERCP or SpyGlass procedures, delivering holistic, patient-centred care through medical and surgical pathways.
* Provide advanced clinical care within the Endoscopy specialty, including nurse-led clinics and independent nurse prescribing, promoting timely interventions and seamless transitions between services and Trusts.
* Serve as an interface between medical and nursing disciplines, fostering collaboration and supporting the ongoing development of nursing practice.
* Deliver care in a multidisciplinary team and ensure patients and carers are fully informed and supported to participate in decision-making.
Service scope and collaboration
You will work as part of a multidisciplinary team, managing a caseload of patients primarily requiring ERCP or SpyGlass procedures and coordinating holistic, patient-centred care through both medical and surgical pathways. The role will serve as an interface between medical and nursing disciplines, fostering collaboration and supporting the ongoing development of nursing practice. The post holder will cover all hospitals on the North and South Bank.
Eligibility and recruitment notes
We welcome applications from candidates who require Skilled Worker Visa sponsorship to work in the UK, and these will be considered alongside all other applications in line with our commitment to equality and inclusion. Applicants can determine their potential eligibility for a Certificate of Sponsorship by reviewing the Skilled Worker Visa criteria set out by UKVI on the gov.uk website. We reserve the right to close the advert early in the event of high levels of interest. Therefore early applications are encouraged.
About Humber Health Partnership
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion. Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve. Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH. We lead and contribute to research across biomedical, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
EEO and closing notes
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.
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