# Nurse Endoscopist

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** The Queen Elizabeth Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children)
- **Grade:** Band 7
- **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 per annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-24T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-09-10T13:41:55.283Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Norfolk/Kings_Lynn/The_Queen_Elizabeth_Hospital_Kings_Lynn_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Nursing/Nursing-v8262782
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8262782?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.qehkl.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

The Nurse Endoscopist is responsible for providing a high-quality, autonomous endoscopic service within the Endoscopy Unit. The post holder will independently assess, diagnose, treat and manage patients undergoing diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic procedures within their scope of practice.

The Nurse Endoscopist will contribute to service development, clinical governance, education, audit and quality improvement initiatives, ensuring care is evidence-based, safe and patient-centered.

### Main duties of the job

- Independently perform upper and/or lower gastrointestinal endoscopic procedures, including:
- Oesophago-gastro-duodenoscopy (OGD)
- Flexible sigmoidoscopy
- Colonoscopy (where appropriately accredited)
- Obtain informed consent in accordance with Trust policies.
- Undertake comprehensive patient assessment before, during and after procedures.
- Recognise abnormalities and determine appropriate management plans.
- Request and interpret relevant diagnostic investigations.
- Perform therapeutic procedures within competency and agreed scope of practice.
- Manage clinical complications and emergency situations appropriately.
- Communicate findings and outcomes effectively to patients and multidisciplinary teams.
- Ensure accurate and timely clinical documentation.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Job description and personal specification attached. Additional information available via contact details below

### 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.

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- Significant post-registration experience in gastroenterology/endoscopy.
- Experience performing diagnostic endoscopic procedures independently.
- Experience in patient assessment and clinical decisionmaking.

### Skills, abilities, and knowledge

**Essential**

- National endoscopy standards and JAG requirements
- Clinical governance and risk management principles.
- Management of endoscopy-related complications.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Committed to continuous improvement and lifelong learning.

### Qualifications/training and professional development

**Essential**

- Registered Nurse (Level 1) with current NMC registration.
- JETS Workforce certification or equivalent competency in endoscopy practice.
- Degree in Nursing or equivalent experience.

**Desirable**

- Independent Non-Medical Prescribing qualification

## Documents

- [our values (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2570)
- [our trust (pdf, 674.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2671)
- [say hello to stream (pdf, 7.2mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2393)
- [establishing identity (pdf, 243.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1315)
- [recruitment policy overview (pdf, 125.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2961)
- [job description and person specification (pdf, 183.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10605105)

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