Staff Nurse - Endoscopy Wycombe

Job overview

The Endoscopy services at BHT are expanding, providing a service over a 7-day period to meet capacity demands and to improve patient experience. As such we are increasing our workforce to allow for this service development.

If you are a registered nurse who already has Endoscopy experience or you are someone who is willing to learn new skills and you are enthusiastic about supporting service and staff development for the benefit of patients, we would like to hear from you.

We are a friendly, hardworking team who pride ourselves with being multi-national and inclusive.

We are a JAG accredited Unit and encourage our staff to develop new skills by offering opportunities to attend training courses as well as supporting staff within the Unit providing both a clinical and competency based training programme.

Main duties of the job

• The post holder will be responsible for supporting the day to day running of the Endoscopy Unit.
• The post holder will assist the Endoscopist with procedures/investigations and manipulation of intricate equipment after appropriate training.
• The post holder will be responsible for ensuring nursing care is delivered safely and effectively.
• Liaise, report and document any relevant nursing/patient needs with other health care professionals with ongoing responsibility for patient care, communicating changes as they occur.
• Responsible for the timely entry of accurate, complete and valid data into the specialist Endoscopy reporting system.
• Promote health education within the Endoscopy Unit and be able to advise the patients and their relatives and others in health promotion issues.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

If you are an internal applicant there is the option for secondment, all applicants must have the endorsement/support of their line manager prior to application.

If you have a disability that makes submitting this online application difficult and would like assistance, please contact us on bht.recruitment@nhs.net quoting the vacancy reference number.

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.