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Endoscopy
Grade
Band 5
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (expected to work 1 Saturday per roster)
Job ref
337-NP-7883SM-A
Employer
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Endoscopy Northwick Park Hospital
Town
Harrow
Salary
£34,521 - £41,956 pa Inclusive of High Cost Area Supplement
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
06/11/2024 23:59

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Endoscopy Staff Nurse Band 5

Band 5

Careers at #LNWH

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

  • Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
  • St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
  • Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
  • Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.  

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

Find out more about our Trust and why you should join us#WeAreLNWH

Find out more about Our HEART values

Find out more about our Trust Staff Benefits

Our vision at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is to put “Quality at our HEART”. Find out more about our ambitious strategy

We are clear that our vision can only be achieved by our staff, who are our most valuable asset.

Our vision is driven by our HEART values and behaviours which were developed together with our staff.

  • H onesty
  • E quity
  • A ccountability
  • R espect
  • T eamwork

These values describe how we interact with each other and our patients and must underpin everything we do to achieve our vision.

LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern.  If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Job overview

We are looking to recruit registered nurses to join our large team of dynamic and skilled nurses working in endoscopy.  Applicants need to have recent acute NHS experience. Although it is desirable to have previous endoscopy experience full training will be given.

We are looking for individuals with a drive to enhance and proactively build on their personal and professional development. This is encouraged and full support for internal and external training is pivotal to working optimally in the unit and within the role.


The successful candidates will be required to work from  08.00 to 18.00 and will be required to work on the 24 hour on call Endoscopy Nurses Rota once trained.  Endoscopy unit is open from Monday to Friday. All staff will be  expected to work on  Saturday as part of 6 working day  on the rota and may part of rotation cross site NPH /CMH BCAD Endoscopy when service required.

Main duties of the job

To work as a team member with support of the Senior staff to develop in assisting the general management of the Endoscopy Unit.

To support and provide a high standard of patient care whilst in Endoscopy.

Work collaboratively and co- operatively with others to meet the needs of patients and the unit collectively.

Working for our organisation

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

  • Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
  • St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
  • Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
  • Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.  

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification

Person specification

Education and Qualification

Essential criteria
  • Registered Nurse NMC Registration
  • Basic Anotomy and physiology and nursing care
  • Express an interest in GI Nursing and Willingness to learn new skills and knowledge
  • Excellent communicator
  • Endoscopy experience
Desirable criteria
  • Trainings/Courses
  • Recent Experience in NHS Trust
  • IV Cannulation and IV Therapy Passport
  • Basic IT Skills
  • Flexibility to work across site

Skills and ability attributes

Desirable criteria
  • Able to cope stress
  • Resilience
  • Flexible
  • Excellent Communicator
  • Basic IT Skills

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Mary Ann Dela Cruz
Job title
Unit Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0208 453 2723
Additional information

020 8 453 2719/2723

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