Job summary
- We are looking for JAG certified Nurse Endoscopists to join our high performing endoscopy team.
- You will work alongside 5 experienced nurse endoscopists providing a nurse-led endoscopy service, working across 3 endoscopy sites including St George's Hospital (Tooting), Queen Mary's Hospital (Roehampton) and The Nelson (Wimbedon.)
- You will have experience in functioning independently as a nurse endoscopist in either gastroscopy and / or colonoscopy procedures, within the context of a supportive clinical team.
- You will work in Advanced Clinical Practitioner role and will be supported to complete a MSc in Advanced Clinical Practice (where applicable), whilst demonstrating the four pillars of advanced clinical practice.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will practice autonomously as an ACP to provide a nurse-led endoscopic service in OGD and / or Colonoscopy.This will encompass the skills of advanced assessment, examination, diagnosis and management or patients referred with gastrointestinal disorders and patients requiring endoscopic surveillance / screening.The post holder will work within the multi-professional framework for advanced clinical practice in England (HEE 2017) and will act as a clinical expert and professional resource to the multi[1]professional team, patients and carers within their specialist service.They will liaise and collaborate with colleagues in the delivery of high quality, clinically effective care, prioritising and utilising evidence based and best practice.They will work in partnership with clinical, nursing, and administrative teams.The post holder will deliver an 80% clinical component to their role and 20% related to leadership and management, education and research.About us
St George's endoscopy has an established history in providing exceptional patient-centred care and is a tertiary referral centre for EMR / ESD, ERCP, EUS and EBUS and bariatrics. In addition, we provide
o Bowel cancer screening services to the south west of London in conjunction with the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme.
o Basic skills and advanced endoscopy training courses in conjunction with JAG and the National Endoscopy Training Programme
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached supporting document which contains more and person specification information about the role.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential
oRegistered NurseoJAG accredited Nurse Endoscopist for OGD and / or colonoscopy and polypectomy (Level2)oIndependent non-medical prescriberoPost Graduate qualification in specialityDesirable
oJAG accredited Train the TraineroMSc level in Advanced Practice or equivalent (minimum PGDip) or Completed portfolio of supervised practice in specialityExperience
Essential
o7 years post-registration experience, of which at least 5 years includes speciality experienceoMinimum 2 years' experience as a nurse endoscopistoDemonstration of experience in all four pillars of advanced clinical practice : -Clinical practice -Leadership and management -Research -EducationDesirable
oExperience as clinical LeaderoExperience in an autonomous practice roleoPrevious experience in an advanced practice roleoExperience of service developmentSkills
Essential
oAdvanced clinical assessment and history taking skillsoHighly developed diagnostic reasoning skillsoLeadership skillsDesirable
oAble to chair, co-ordinate and facilitate meetingsKnowledge
Essential
oIn depth knowledge of GI tract anatomy, physiology and disease processes and managementoUnderstanding of national policy and developments within the NHS, JAG and professional bodies that impact patient care and service deliveryoUnderstanding of clinical governance and risk assessmentoUp to date knowledge of evidence based guidelines and policiesOther
Essential
oHigh level of work organisation, self-motivation, drive for performance and improvement, and flexibility in approach and attitudeoStrong sense of commitment to openness, honesty and integrity in undertaking the roleoHighly professional role modeloAbility to work across all 3 Trust sites and work flexibly across the week to meet service needs