Job overview

Are you an Endoscopy nurse who is looking for a new challenge, who demonstrate effective and sustainable leadership and management skills?

Can you help us to deliver and develop a diverse range of endoscopic therapeutic interventions? If you are enjoying sharing your endoscopic knowledge by teaching and developing others, experienced, passionate, dynamic and forward thinking individual, we would like to hear from you.

Key areas of responsibility will be agreed with successful candidate when they start, such as responsible for supporting and developing the nursing team and the multidisciplinary teams in endoscopy.

You will have the opportunity to lead by example and support the safe delivery of individualized care for patients undergoing diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic procedures including endoscopic ablation of Barrett's esophagus using radiofrequency ablation (HALO) and Endo Bronchial Ultrasound (EBUS). We also offer a pleural day service, general anaesthetic sessions and a GI physiology service and capsule endoscopy.

Our three endoscopy departments have gained JAG accreditation. All our departments offer a wide range of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, including:

• upper and lower GI endoscopy
• gastroscopy
• colonoscopy
• flexi sigmoidoscopy
• bronchoscopy
• ERCP

At St Mary’s we have four procedure rooms, with three at Hammersmith and two at Charing Cross (where plans are in place to develop a third).

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is one of the largest acute trusts in the UK and we can provide opportunities for you to gain further knowledge and experience, with training provided to the highest standards.

We have successfully implemented an endoscopy nurse on-call service to improve patient’s outcome and meet the recommendations from the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) upper gastrointestinal bleed guidance.

Main duties of the job

• To provide high quality, effective, individualised care to all patients by assessing care needs and developing, implementing and evaluating them without supervision
• To assist the Endoscopy unit manager in leading the nursing team and deputise in their absence
• Monitor standards of nursing care and take appropriate action to maintain and improve them
• To respond to patients, relatives and carers concerns as they arise and take remedial action as required.

Working for our organisation

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.  

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme.  Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities. 

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly,  part time or job share.  Please talk to  us at interview.