Senior Nurse Endoscopist
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Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
Job overview
Hampshire Hospitals Foundation Trust considers the Advanced Clinical Specialist role (SNE) as a keystone to the optimal care of our patients and to the success of our Trust. The delivery of high quality, effective and compassionate care is the most important objective for the organisation. This advanced clinical leadership role therefore has the authority required to deliver the responsibilities and accountabilities outlined in this job description.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be directly responsible for the efficient and effective provision of the nurse endoscopy service in conjunction with other members of the multidisciplinary team. They will work with the MDT to ensure the development, management and delivery of a high quality general and specialist endoscopy service.
The post holder will undertake upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopy in all 3 disciplines e.g. gastroscopy, flexible sigmoidoscopy and colonoscopy as well as running bowel scope programme within the Trust.
The appointee to the Senior Nurse Endoscopist position will have a key role in assessing how nursing endoscopy practice can be developed in the endoscopy unit and in its implementation. The delivery of high quality, effective and compassionate healthcare to the patients of Hampshire Hospitals Foundation Trust is the most important objective of the organisation. There will be an agreed job plan drawn up and whilst the number of sessions allocated to a particular activity will remain constant, the actual timetable may change from week to week in order to maintain flexibility within the Department and utilise resources efficiently.
Working for our organisation
Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Happy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part time working will be considered.
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.
Person specification
Training and Qualification
Essential criteria
- Professional UK registration NMC or HPC
Desirable criteria
- Training the Training (TTT)
Training and Qualification
Essential criteria
- Evidence of Continued professional Development recoded for professional module
Training and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree level education or equivalent knowledge and skills gained through any combination of alternative study, or employment experience.
Desirable criteria
- Gastrointestinal UGI and LGI courses
Our commitment to you:
We are committed to equality and diversity in both the provision of our services and how we recruit and manage our staff. Applications are encouraged from everyone with the necessary attributes for the job, irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity.
Happy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part time working will be considered.
The paperwork:
- HHFT is committed to putting the safety and care of our patients first - as well as helping us to protect you and your colleagues. Therefore, we would recommend that you are vaccinated against COVID-19 and that you understand that we are treating COVID-19 positive patients within our services.
- Shortlisted candidates will be contacted at least 5 working days before the scheduled interview date. Applications will be submitted directly into our preferred third party recruitment system (Trac). All subsequent information regarding your application will be generated from apps.trac.jobs via email - please ensure to check your junk/spam folders.
- All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering their first six months in post.
- In compliance with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, all applicants must be able to communicate fluently in English to an appropriate standard which will be assessed as part of the selection process.
- This vacancy may close before the current listed closing date. If you intend to apply you are advised not to delay submitting your completed application.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
- Job Description and Person Specification (PDF, 533.2KB)
- HHFT Employee Rewards & Benefits (PDF, 723.8KB)
- Tackling Climate Change at Hampshire Hospitals (PDF, 4.9MB)