Are you a dynamic, experienced nurse with a passion for improving patient outcomes in endoscopy? Join our forward-thinking endoscopy team at University Hospitals of Leicester (UHL) NHS Trust and shape the future of diagnostic endoscopy care. We are delighted to offer an exciting new opportunity for a skilled and enthusiastic Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) to join our Clinical Endoscopist team at UHL. This Band 7 post will be a pivotal leadership role in enhancing high-quality, patient-centred endoscopy care across our hospitals.
As a Diagnostic Endoscopy CNS, you will provide expert clinical knowledge and skills in the management of patients undergoing specific diagnostic procedures within our endoscopy departments. Working alongside our multidisciplinary team, you will play a vital role in supporting patients through their diagnostic journey, ensuring timely care, continuity, and exceptional standards throughout.
You will be an autonomous independent practitioner at the forefront of their speciality and profession, which will be used as the basis for original thinking, providing senior clinical expertise, excellence, leadership and development.
You will be instrumental in:
• Leading on clinical decision-making and advanced assessments for patient undergoing procedures within the endoscopy capsule service and capsule sponge service at UHL among others.
• Driving service improvement initiatives, audits, and evidence-based practice.
• Supporting and educating staff to maintain clinical excellence.
• Collaborating with consultants, endoscopists, and our operational team to optimise patient flow and reduce diagnostic delays.
• Providing specialist advice, triage, and follow-up for patients with complex clinical needs.
Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2030).
We have four primary goals:
• high-quality care for all,
• being a great place to work,
• partnerships for impact, and
• research and education excellence
And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities.
Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:
• we are compassionate,
• we are proud,
• we are inclusive, and
• we are one team
This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.
About the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust:
http://www.leicestershospitals.nhs.uk/aboutus/work-for-us/current-vacancies/
The purpose of this role is to provide nursing leadership on the delivery and implementation of pathways for suitable patients to have a procedure which is alternative to a traditional endoscopy. This role has been specially designed to lead on optimal pathways and timely access to diagnostic procedures and will require the post holder to lead on the pathway as it continues to refine over time. The post holder will be expected to deliver a nurse-led diagnostic service for patients who are referred in for GI diagnostic investigations.
This will include performing procedures and assessments in an outpatient setting and working closely with the GI clinicians to deliver and improve the diagnostic service. The Diagnostic Endoscopy CNS will act as a key-worker for the patient. The CNS will lead in the use of evidence-based clinical practice in line with current research, guidelines and other available evidence.
They will ensure that patients and their families are fully informed about their journey through the service. The CNS will liaise with other members of the multi-disciplinary team when required to ensure delivery of reliable high quality care. Please see attached job description and person specification for more details.
This advert closes on Monday 11 Aug 2025 #J-18808-Ljbffr