Registered Nurse, Endoscopy | University Hospitals and Warwickshire NHS Trust

Overview

Provide optimum quality of care to patients undergoing endoscopy procedures, offering support to the multi-professional team. Occasionally may take management responsibility for the unit if required during a given shift.

The role does require the applicant to work across both endoscopy units (Coventry and Rugby Hospitals) on a 7 day roster and support the out of hours emergency bleed rota.

The Endoscopy service is JAG accredited. It has two fully equipped units, one in Coventry (5 procedure rooms) and a new build unit in Rugby (3 procedure rooms).

Opportunities are available for all staff for training and development in endoscopy related courses and JAG accredited national training.

Please note this post is not suitable for applicants who are required to undertake the OSCE training programme.

Please do not apply if you are waiting for NMC pin as your application will be rejected. Only applicants Post-Preceptorship will be considered.

• Accountable for own actions in accordance with the Code of Professional Conduct. Contribute to corporate objectives, acting within local, Trust and statutory guidelines and policies at all times.
• Effectively communicate information regarding clinical decisions, policy and care pathways to patients/carers and the multi-professional team including situations where difficulties in comprehension occur.
• A competent practitioner, teaching, assessing and supervising/providing mentorship to appropriate students or junior staff.
• Responsible for clinical assessment of a group of patients and management of a team, ensuring appropriate care is planned, implemented and evaluated, involving patients and users.
• Organisation of cross-departmental/organisational activities to support patient care pathways.
• Demonstrate technical and/or practical skills to ensure optimum patient care management including; patient observations; equipment management and administration of agreed invasive tests/procedures.
• Utilise and ensure others utilise information and IT systems to secure accurate and timely patient, workforce and resource data.

• Manage expected (and occasional unexpected) clinical events requiring high but unpredictable levels of physical effort according to patient dependency/clinical need, referring to a senior member of staff where appropriate e.g. in an unexpected event.
• Support patients, carers and others during difficult situations arising in the clinical area, e.g. imparting bad news or following an unexpected event.
• Ensure safe admission and discharge of patients to and from the endoscopy unit.
• Intravenous cannulation of patients requiring sedation.
• Assist the endoscopist and ensure patient safety and wellbeing throughout diagnostic, therapeutic and emergency endoscopy procedures.
• Promote and monitor adherence to Health and Safety and Trust policy designed to protect healthcare staff and service users from known hazards.
• Safely decontaminate endoscopes and other equipment used during endoscopic procedures.
• To participate in the out of hours on-call rota for emergency bleeds.

Closing Date:
Please be advised that this job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested.

Successful applicants will be required to provide an immunisation and vaccination report, from either their current UK occupational health provider or their UK GP.

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.

We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do.

Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.

We are proud to be recognised as a Pathway to Excellence® designated organisation – please click the link for further details about this prestigious award. Pathway To Excellence ® - University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire ()

By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. There has never been a better time to join our team.

For further details please see the attached job description.

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