Staff Nurse - Endoscopy RHCH | Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 02 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £28,407 - £34,581 pa pro rota |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 01 June 2024 |
| Location: | Winchester, SO22 5DG |
| Company: | Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 5949374/251-MED374-ENDO |
Summary
We are looking for a band 5 Staff Nurse to join our friendly and supportive team in our Endoscopy Department at Royal Hampshire Hospital.
• To achieve a level of competence in all aspects of Endoscopy in order to work without direct supervision, enabling safe and appropriate staffing and skill mix. This includes developing a thorough understanding of all endoscopic procedures (including purpose, indications, contra-indications, performance, risks and complications), and provision of highly skilled assistance during endoscopic procedures.
• To become fully competent in clerking patients on admission to the unit for ALL endoscopic procedures performed, together with obtaining informed written consent, to ensure patients have a full understanding of the procedure(s) and associated risks.
• To assist in the development of departmental standards and protocols to ensure safe and effective, continuity of care.
• To become skilled in intravenous cannulation and venesection.
• To participate in the 24h/7d out of hours on call rota.
• To develop knowledge and competence in the care, maintenance and storage of all endoscopic equipment to ensure equipment does not get damaged and remains in good working order.
• To develop knowledge of the construction, function and application of all endoscopes and endoscopic accessories to enable the provision of skilled and experienced assistance/troubleshooting during endoscopic procedures.
• To obtain detailed knowledge of the decontamination process for endoscopic equipment including the specific infection risks in endoscopy, in order to support the wider endoscopy team.
Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.
Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.
We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.
The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.
Happy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part time working will be considered.
Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.
This advert closes on Thursday 16 May 2024
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