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Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Nurse Endoscopist to join the expanding Nurse Endoscopy team at the Northern Care Alliance (NCA). 

With a base at The Royal Oldham Hospital, the successful candidate will undertake Endoscopy lists at the newly opened Oldham Community Diagnostic Centre, as well as at The Royal Oldham Hospital, Fairfield General & Rochdale Infirmary.

This role requires an independent practitioner, who will provide advanced clinical expertise and pathway management knowledge.

The Nurse Endoscopist will work independently as an expert practitioner, performing endoscopic procedures (Gastroscopy, Flexible Sigmoidoscopy and/or Colonoscopy) with or without sedation on a selected patient group.  Applicants who are single modality trained are welcome to apply. 

Main duties of the job

As part of this role, you will undertake consent, assessment, diagnosis and treatment of individuals undergoing an endoscopic procedure.

You will act as an expert in nursing within Gastroenterology services, providing an autonomous diagnostic endoscopic service to an identified patient group, in the form of Gastroscopy, Flexible Sigmoidoscopy and Colonoscopy.

You will support junior medical staff and other members of the team in providing a quality service to Gastroenterology patients and patients attending endoscopy. You will develop standards of best practice, protocols and patient group directions in conjunction with the multidisciplinary team, supporting the risk management process across all sites within the Northern Care Alliance portfolio. You will support audit and research within our area of practice.

Working for our organisation

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester.  Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.