Nursing - Trainee Clinical Endoscopist /Advanced Nurse Practitioner

  • Department Specialist Nurses - Endoscopist (RSH)
  • Salary £46,148.00 – £52,809 per annum
  • Closing Date 21/05/2025
  • Location The Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (to include cross site working)
  • Grade NHS AfC: Band 7
  • Job ref 223-CNE-282
  • Pension NHS Pension
  • Holidays Generous Holiday Allowance
  • NHS discount Eligible for NHS Discounts
  • Contract Permanent
  • Hours 37.5

Job overview

Due to expansion of our service, we are offering an exciting opportunity for two Trainee Clinical  Endoscopists / Advanced Nurse Practitioners  to join our expanding Endoscopy Team.

This is a trainee Band 7 post where there is an opportunity for a specialist Clinical Endoscopist (CE) to undertake Masters level training and competency based assessment to enable them to function as a Band 7 Clinical Endoscopist.

The expectation is that the successful candidate will complete academic specialist GI modules plus in house training before being signed off as competent and moving from the Band 7 role to a Band 8a role. There is also an expectation that the individual will enrol on and complete a Masters degree in advanced nursing practice, including non-medical prescribing.

Main duties of the job

We are seeking an enthusiastic and dynamic practitioner to join our fantastic Clinical Endoscopist Team.  Upon training you will work autonomously to perform upper and lower procedures to include colonoscopy, gastroscopy, TNE, capsule endoscopy, and PEG related procedures.  Ultimately you will also run practitioner led clinics.

The post holder will be a role model for professional practice, exercising accountability and providing support and leadership within the Endoscopy Team.  You will work closely with the consultant and nursing teams to provide high standards of patient care and achieve national targets to meet service needs and ensure JAG accreditation is maintained.

Once competent, the post holder will be expected to be a JAG accredited trainer and to participate in the delivery of formal JAG courses, delivered at The Royal Shrewsbury and Telford Hospitals Trust.

Working for your organisation

Our Values are:    

  • Partnering - working effectively together with patients, families, colleagues, the local health and care system, universities and other stakeholders and through our improvement alliance.
  • Ambitious - setting and achieving high standards for ourselves personally and for the care we deliver, both today and in the future. Embracing innovation to continuously improve the quality and sustainability of our services.
  • Caring - showing compassion, respect and empathy for our patients, families and each other, caring about the difference we make for our community.
  • Trusted - open, transparent and reliable, continuously learning, doing our best to consistently deliver excellent care for our communities.

We have two endoscopy units with a total of nine procedure rooms.  The post holder will be expected to work at both sites, seven-day working will be required.

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The well-being of our staff is of the upmost importance to us.  If you are offered a role at our Trust, and fall into the increased and higher risk categories as set out by Public Health England (PHE) and NHSI/E, your line manager will complete an risk assessment with you.  This will be completed in conjunction with the latest guidance from Public Health England in relation to Covid-19.

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In the event of a high response to this advertisement, this post will be closed. Early applications are advised.
 
Unfortunately we do not accept CVs or keep them on file. If you are unable to apply online please contact the person named in the advertisement for the post you are interested in.
 
We are committed to offering an interview to all applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the above position and will support reasonable adjustments wherever possible.  In addition, whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from candidates who are male, from black and minority ethnic backgrounds or who have a disability, as these are currently under-represented in our workforce.
 
We are committed to equal opportunities in employment. The policies and practices of the Trust aim to promote an environment that is free from all forms of unlawful or unfair discrimination and values the diversity of all people. At the heart of our policy, we seek to treat people fairly, flexibly and with dignity and respect.

Thank you for your interest in The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, we look forward to receiving your application for employment.

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