Senior Nurse Endoscopist - Lower GI Job Ormskirk area,England UK,Healthcare

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Senior Nurse Endoscopist - Lower GI

The closing date is 22 January 2026

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Nurse Endoscopist to join our team!

You will work as an autonomous practitioner undertaking diagnostic & therapeutic investigations including triaging lower GI referrals for patients requiring GI endoscopy procedures including diagnostic and therapeutic gastroscopy (variceal banding, PEG insertion, APC, dilatation etc.) flexible sigmoidoscopy and colonoscopy.

Interview Date - To Be Confirmed

The JD & PS are currently under AfC review and are subject to change.

Main duties of the job

Contribute to National Bowel Cancer Screening programme including screening colonoscopy once accredited.
To be a Non-medical Prescriber.
To ensure lists run efficiently and effectively.
To act as an excellent role model and develop own clinical expertise keeping abreast of changing developments in endoscopy practice.
To provide quality patient standards in accordance with those identified in the GRS and JAG.
To ensure that families and carers are involved in the planning and provision of care where this is appropriate.
To develop mechanisms to monitor user’s perceptions of the service.

About us

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9,000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.

Our Services:

Acute Care

Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.

Primary Care

Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.

Community Services

Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.

Specialist Regional Services

We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

Achievements:

Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme

Job responsibilities

CLINICAL & PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Work as an autonomous practitioner undertaking diagnostic & therapeutic investigations for patients requiring GI endoscopy procedures including diagnostic and therapeutic gastroscopy (variceal banding, PEG insertion, APC, dilatation etc.) flexible sigmoidoscopy and colonoscopy.
Contribute to National Bowel Cancer Screening programme including screening colonoscopy once accredited.
To be a Non-medical Prescriber.
To ensure lists run efficiently and effectively.
To act as an excellent role model and develop own clinical expertise keeping abreast of changing developments in endoscopy practice.
To provide quality patient standards in accordance with those identified in the GRS and JAG.
To ensure that families and carers are involved in the planning and provision of care where this is appropriate.
To develop mechanisms to monitor users' perceptions of the service.
To participate in the formulation and development of clinical governance action plans.
To actively participate in the Endoscopy JAG GRS Meetings.
To support Consultant Led Gastroenterology clinic activity & work independently in clinic.
To ensure that nurse led clinics are structured, organised and run effectively.
To provide appropriate guidance regarding wellness, lifestyle, disease risks and potential changes in health status, including health awareness, screening and prevention.
To recognise and refer to appropriate primary care services for clients with acute/chronic conditions.
To demonstrate critical thinking and reasoning skills in diagnostic decision-making.
To document all relevant information regarding the patient according to Trust standards.
Where agreed, prescribe & dispense medication to the patient using agreed protocols.
Where appropriate, to select, perform and interpret screening and diagnostic laboratory tests, as agreed in protocols.
To evaluate results of intervention using accepted outcome criteria, revise the plan of care, where appropriate, and consult/refer when needed.
To arrange follow-up appointments when appropriate to monitor and evaluate client health/illness.
If the service feels appropriate to develop additional skills e.g. venesection, paracentesis, Pill Cam interpretation, to support the wider gastroenterology service.
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