Trainee Clinical Nurse Endoscopist

Job overview

This role is for a Trainee Clinical Nurse Endoscopist, who already has relevant experience and knowledge within the Endoscopy department setting.

The role will be for a trainee band 7 clinical nurse Endoscopist to join the team scoping patients within the trust framework for patient safety. Upon successful completion of training and being signed off the role will increase to an 8a.

Please refer to the job description and job specification for more in-depth details and requirements.

Main duties of the job

This is a highly complex, highly specialised Clinical Endoscopist role with responsibility for the assessment of care needs for patients within the post holder’s care, diagnosing and treating disease processes identified through the endoscopy pathway. The promotion of clinical excellence in his / her practice through the implementation of research evidence-based care and NICE guidelines.

Being responsible for the day-to-day function of their own caseload, assessing, implementing and directing endoscopy cases. To include liaison with all members of the MDT, patients and their families, and in Clinical Endoscopist led endoscopy sessions.

Work autonomously as a Clinical Endoscopist once qualified to deliver a differential diagnostic GI endoscopy service including delivering life-changing diagnoses, initiating treatment, and breaking bad news. The option to develop therapeutic GI endoscopy could be discussed.

Administer local anesthetic and IV sedation to patients undergoing endoscopy in accordance with Trust policies and group protocols.

Take endoscopic biopsies and update and action histopathology reports in order to form an accurate diagnosis.

Establish safe practice in the delivery of a broad range of therapeutic endoscopic procedures

including highly complex interventions. Provide accurate endoscopy reports to enable appropriate treatment and care.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the specific job description and job specification for more in-depth details and requirements along with how this will be tested within your application and/or interview.

Please note this is a training post starting as an AfC Band 7, later progressing to an 8a once all required competencies have been met & fully qualified.