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Main area
Endoscopy
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 5
Contract
Fixed term: 12 months (Maternity Cover)
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
193-8046520PCG
Employer
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal Berkshire Hospital
Town
Reading
Salary
£32,073 - £39,043 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
05/07/2026 23:59

Employer heading

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust logo

Staff Nurse (Endoscopy Unit) - Fixed Term 12 Months

NHS AfC: Band 5

At the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust we put our patients at the heart of every element of health and care that we provide. The Trust works together as a community to deliver its vision which is “Working together to provide outstanding care for our community.”

Royal Berkshire Hospital are pleased to announce that following our CQC inspection we have been rated ‘Good’ with inspectors reporting that we have made significant improvements.  The Trust’s overall rating has also improved to ‘good’.  

We are Compassionate in our thoughts, words and actions

We are Aspirational and have a true desire to be dynamic and to innovate

We are Resourceful and responsible in the way we work and live

We are Excellent in our development, fairness and sharing best practice

At the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, we value candidates who bring their unique personalities, skills, and experiences to the Trust. When completing your application, we encourage you to highlight your individual achievements and strengths, showing us how they align with the requirements outlined in the job description and person specification. While we recognise that some applicants may use AI tools during the process, please be mindful that AI-generated responses can often lack the personal detail and relevance needed to demonstrate your suitability for the role. AI generated content is discouraged by the Trust and may diminish the candidates chances of success.

Amazing things happen at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust; delivered by amazing people so why don’t you come and join us.  We offer a range of learning and development for all employees may you be clinical or non-clinical.  

Please note: all vacancies automatically close when 50 applications have been received.

Job overview

Band 5 Staff Nurse (Endoscopy Unit)

**This is a fixed-term/secondment opportunity for 12 months to cover maternity leave.**

The Royal Berkshire Hospital's Endoscopy Unit is committed to delivering a high quality patient-focused service.

We are a well-equipped and modern department which specialises in a wide range of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures for patients attending as day cases, in-patients and emergencies.

We are a JAG accredited unit and undertake bowel cancer screening as part of the National Screening Programme.

An opportunity has arisen for a dynamic individual willing to learn some highly skilled endoscopy techniques and actively assist in providing quality care for patients undergoing endoscopy procedures.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide excellent individualised nursing care to patients attending the endoscopy unit from pre-assessment, support in the procedure rooms through to discharge.

In return, we offer you a flexible and motivating work environment and you will have full support of the Endoscopy Unit in providing both a clinical and competency based training programme (Jets workforce). In addition, the endoscopy unit consist of a multidisplinary team and we encourage all our staff to develop their clinical, managerial and leadership skills in a positive learning environment.

We are a very busy, expanding unit and are seeking reliable and flexible staff. The unit is open Monday to Saturday 08:00 to 18:30.

If you interested in joining our friendly and supportive team, please contact the unit sister Chiedza Chiweshe 0118 322 7458 / [email protected] or Indira Bahal-Jalloh (Practice Educator) 0118 322 5651/7458 / [email protected].

Working for our organisation

Reading sits on the river Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.

The CQCrated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.

Our "CARE" values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Resourceful, Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details of the job role.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Registered Nurse with NMC registration
Desirable criteria
  • Educated to degree level or working towards

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience in an acute set-up
  • Evidence of recent continous professional development
Desirable criteria
  • Shows interest in facilitating learning and developing others
  • Experience in speciality may be an advantage

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyCare quality commission - GoodArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Florence Nightingale FoundationNational Preceptorship for Nursing Quality Mark 2024

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.

Application numbers

This vacancy will automatically close when 50 applications have been received.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Chiedza Chiweshe
Job title
Endoscopy Charge Nurse
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01183227458
Additional information

Chiedza Chiweshe (Charge Nurse) 0118 322 7458 / [email protected]

Indira Bahal-Jalloh (Practice Educator) 0118 322 5651/7458 / [email protected]

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