Deputy Sister - Endoscopy | East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 11 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £35,392 - £42,618 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 May 2024 |
| Location: | Colchester, CO4 5JL |
| Company: | Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6221326/432-HR71-24 |
Summary
We are looking for an experienced Endoscopy nurse to join our friendly and highly skilled team at Colchester Hospital as a Junior Sister/Charge Nurse. You will be assessing, caring for and recovering patients undergoing endoscopy. You will be assisting clinicians and specialist nurses with all endoscopic procedures diagnostic and therapeutic.
The Colchester Endoscopy Department provide patient centered care for patients undergoing GI Endoscopy and Bronchoscopy. We undertake a range of therapeutic and diagnostic procedures and Bowel Screening. In this post you will also be involved in the in-service training and will have the opportunity to enhance your own training and development.
We at Colchester are committed to supporting your growth and personal development and welcome your ideas and innovation. You will be required to support service development initiatives. We will help you to learn and develop your current skills to the highest standards, enabling you to enhance your expertise in delivering a range of Endoscopic therapeutic interventions.
We are a very busy unit providing care from 0700 to 1900 Monday to Sunday and also an out of hours on call service which you will be expected to participate in.
In this role you will deputise and support the Endoscopy Manager in the day to day running of the department and in creating a skilled Endoscopy workforce. You will monitor standards of nursing care and take appropriate action to maintain and improve the Endoscopy patient experience.
You will work closely with Endoscopists and the multidisciplinary team to deliver high quality, patient centred care. As a coordinator you will ensure a safe skill mix during a shift and manage staff to deliver an effective working day.
As an expert endoscopy nurse, you will lead in the procedure room in delivering a wide range of advanced therapeutic endoscopic intervention including management of a GI Bleeds.
You will manage local complaints or PALS complaints as they occur and take action to resolve before escalation to the Endoscopy Manager, take part in local and trust wide audits, and take the lead in training and development of staff and appraisals.
One of the largest Trust’s in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area. We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients’ own homes. You will be joining a team of almost 12,000 amazing colleagues providing care to approximately a million people.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (if applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.
Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which do not work or cause time delays for our staff and patients.
To support our employees to achieve their career aspirations you may be eligible to obtain a qualification via an apprenticeship. All successful applicants will be required to undertake a skills review to facilitate this. For full details please see the attached Apprenticeship Handbook.
If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.
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For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
This advert closes on Thursday 25 Apr 2024