Endoscopy Unit Manager | Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 30 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £43,742 - £50,056 Per Anum, Pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 30 May 2024 |
| Location: | Preston, PR2 9HT |
| Company: | Lancashire Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6204905/438-PB1585 |
Summary
Are you looking for a step up in your career or maybe a change or new challenge? If so, a fantastic opportunity has arisen for an Endoscopy manager (Senior Sister/Charge Nurse) at Royal Preston Hospital. We would love to hear from you and welcome you to join our friendly team!
You will need to be an experienced nurse with leadership skills and experience, as you will be expected to manage the Endoscopy unit effectively and provide clinical leadership to the nursing team. We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic individual with a passion for leading and developing the nursing team. You will possess excellent communication and organisational skills and also provide a visible role model within the unit.
Experience of endoscopy would be beneficial in this role but is not essential.
A key feature of the role is ensuring that the unit provides the highest standards of patient care and achieves national targets to meet service need and ensure continuing JAG accreditation.
The Endoscopy manager (Senior sister/charge nurse) has overall responsibility for the provision of excellent care with compassion for the patients, relatives and visitors who are cared for within their department or by their team
The endoscopy nursing team at Preston is a fantastic team who are hardworking, caring and would welcome you as the Endoscopy manager.
Our speciality makes us exciting, ambitious and forward-thinking and we are looking for a committed, enthusiastic, motivated and resilient individual to lead our nursing team.
We are a JAG accredited unit with 2 endoscopy rooms.
Some examples of the procedures we do in the unit include:
• GI procedures including: OGD/Colonoscopy/Flexible sigmoidoscopy/Endoscopic Mucosal Resection (EMR)/Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP)/Breath Tests.
• As part of the National Bowel Cancer Screening Programme (BCSP) we undertake FOBt lists.
• Diagnostic bronchoscopies
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals provides excellent care with compassion to the communities we serve. We are a Major Trauma Centre and Vascular Centre for Lancashire & South Cumbria, providing a range of tertiary services including, Maxillo-facial, Plastics, Neurosciences, Oncology & Radiotherapy, Renal, Respiratory, Specialist Mobility & Rehabilitation.
Professional development is a priority at the Trust and we would look forward to supporting your career development.
We have 10,000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.
Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.
You’ll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you’d never have done. You’ll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.
You’ll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.
Duties to include but not be limited to:
• Is responsible for the provision of Excellent care with compassion
• Is responsible for ensuring that the nursing team and care support team are adequately resourced and organised in order to deliver excellent care with compassion
• Is responsible for ensure the nursing team and care support team are adequately supported and developed to deliver excellent care with compassion
• Is responsible for leading and developing the Endoscopy nursing team and support teams by being a visible and strong role model providing leadership and direction to the team, capitalising on research and development opportunities, providing clinical supervision and advice for staff and students in order to support them in reaching their full potential
Please see attached Job Description for more detailed information.
For more information about the Trust take a look at our Application Guide or visit our website www.lancsteachinghospitals.nhs.uk You can also keep up to date with us onFacebook,Twitter,Linked InandInstagram.
We look forward to hearing from you soon!
This advert closes on Tuesday 7 May 2024