Clinical Endoscopist

Job overview

As an autonomous practitioner, you will provide expert clinical care for patients undergoing upper and/or lower gastrointestinal endoscopy procedures. You will deliver safe, evidence-based endoscopic practice and contribute to high-quality diagnostic and therapeutic outcomes.

This role requires a high level of clinical expertise, decision-making autonomy, and a commitment to maintaining exemplary standards of patient care and service delivery within the Endoscopy Units.

PREVIOUS APPLICANTS NEED NOT APPLY

Main duties of the job

• Undertake independent endoscopy lists at Northern Lincolnshire & Goole NHS Foundation Trust (Scunthorpe General Hospital and Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital), and provide cross-cover for Humber Health Partnership (Castle Hill Hospital and Hull Royal Infirmary) on occasion.
• Act as a specialist clinical resource supporting colleagues and contributing to the development of advanced practice to ensure  Joint Advisory Group (JAG) accreditation standards/requirements.
• Work collaboratively within the MDT to develop, review, and implement Endoscopy policies, protocols, and clinical guidelines.
• Participate in audit and quality assurance processes, including complication tracking, outcomes analysis, waiting time performance, safety audits, and mortality reviews.
• Promote continuous clinical improvement, ensuring practice aligns with national standards ( BSG, JAG, NICE), Trust governance frameworks, and patient safety priorities.
• Support education and training,  role model and provide specialist advice to junior staff, trainees, and members of the wider MDT.

You will join a team of four Clinical Endoscopists, collaborate closely with unit managers, service managers, and the clinical lead to ensure a cohesive, efficient and responsive service. You will form part of the wider MDT, contributing to collaborative  patient-centered care, and consistent service standards across sites.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.

As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.

Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.

We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.

Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues.

We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.

We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients.  We welcome applications irrespective of people’s age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

To learn more about Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, and discover the unique benefits on offer to employees, view our latest videos, plus more, please visit our recruitment website at https://join.humberhealthpartnership.nhs.uk/

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