Job summary
- Main area
- CIC Endoscopy - 200148
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 262-A-25-7180603
- Employer
- North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- CIC / WCH
- Town
- Carlisle
- Salary
- £53,755 - £60,504 Per Annum Pro Rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 22/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Endoscopist
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Job overview
The Endoscopy Service at North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Trust has an exciting opportunity for a highly experienced, talented, passionate and forward thinking Nurse Endoscopist to join our team. We have a busy and growing JAG accredited department which continues to expand following the planned opening of a new state of the art unit at Cumberland Infirmary this Spring.
As a Nurse Endoscopist, you will be already experienced in working in endoscopy services and additionally have a sound clinical management background. You will have experience in upper and/or lower endoscopy, and a passion to continually grow and develop. As well as having a non-medical prescribing qualification you will also have or be working towards a training the trainers qualification.
You will be an enthusiastic and inspirational team member who will work within the nurse endoscopist workforce and operational components of the service across the two sites (Cumberland Infirmary & West Cumberland Hospital), supported by the Clinical Lead, Matron & General Manager for endoscopy.
You will be a skilled communicator with a passion for patient care, education and staff development. You will place a high priority on maintaining a supportive and caring environment for patients and staff and on developing the highest standards of evidence based practice and achieving key quality metrics.
Main duties of the job
Provide expert diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy (gastroscopy, colonoscopy &/or flexible sigmoidoscopy) independently on sedated and non-sedated patients at the Cumberland Infirmary, Carlisle and West Cumberland Hospital, Whitehaven.
Working for our organisation
At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.
Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of ‘safe, high quality care every time':
- Being a clinically led organisation
- Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
- A positive patient experience every time
- A great place to work
- Managing our money well
As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.
Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.
Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment. Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed.
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· Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.
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Important Information
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Disclosure and Barring Service:
On 28 November 2020, the new Disclosure and Barring Service filtering rules will come into effect.
The changes mean that:
- youth cautions, reprimands and final warnings will no longer be subject to automatic disclosure
- the multiple conviction rule has been removed, meaning that if an individual has more than one conviction, regardless of offence type or time passed, each conviction will be considered against the remaining rules individually, rather than being automatically disclosed.
If you are unsure about whether you need to disclose certain criminal record information, free confidential advice may be sought from one of the charity bodies listed below. These bodies can advise you on what you are legally required to declare and may also be able to advise you on how you can disclose criminal record information to a prospective employer and your legal rights when doing so.
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The Trust is committed to safeguarding adults and children therefore if the post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended) the successful candidate(s) will be subject to a criminal records check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:
Please note the cost of the DBS check has increased from 2nd December 2024
Standard Check: £21.50 + Administration cost of £5.90 = £27.40. Deducted from salary over following 4 months or one off payment.
Enhanced Check: £49.50 + administration cost of £5.90 = £55.40. Deducted from salary over following 4 months or one off payment.
As part of the one of the largest employers in the UK NCIC future employees will have also access to the following benefits.
A lease car may be available for this position; further details will be provided upon appointment if applicable.
27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years
Flexible working Scheme
Excellent opportunities for development
Competitive NHS Pension scheme
Access to NHS discounts with retailers and leisure companies
EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems
These schemes are subject to availability
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Registered health care practitioner with current registration
- • Educated to degree level in related health care subject or equivalent
- • JAG approved endoscopist or demonstrable key performance indicators
- • Knowledge of lower and upper gastrointestinal and colorectal disease
- • Essential IT skills (EITS) or equivalent competence
- • Evidence of Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
Desirable criteria
- • Evidence of Masters level study
- • Independent non-medical prescriber
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Expert in a range of diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy techniques for both upper and lower GI
- • Experience of managing own caseload of patients
- • Teaching, mentoring and assessment
- • Implementing policy, SOPs and operational processes
- • Committed to quality assurance and delivering continued service improvement
- • Experience of clinical audit and research practice
Desirable criteria
- • Experience of local Trust systems, e.g. PAS Silverlink
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- • Evidence of the acquisition of relevant skills associated with the role that meet with the JAG guideline requirements
- • Knowledge of Booking and Choice national framework and polices
- • Expert knowledge and awareness of upper and lower GI cancers and treatment
- • Knowledge of the NHS constitutional standards for cancer and routine pathways
- • Knowledge and experience to work as an autonomous clinical practitioner, with self-management of own caseload of patients.
Desirable criteria
- • Previous knowledge from working in the NHS or similar organisation as a nurse endoscopist
Skills and Aptitudes
Essential criteria
- • Advanced clinical / analytical / reasoning skills
- • Expert diagnostic endoscopy skills
- • Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills
- • Ability to demonstrate the compassionate values and behaviours needed for dignified care
- • Excellent interpersonal and listening skills.
- • Excellent level of verbal and written communication in order to deliver highly specialised and complex information.
- • Ability to manage and plan own workload
- • Excellent IT Skills
- • Time management, prioritisation and organisational skills
- • Confidence, decisiveness, initiative and high self-motivation.
Personal Circumstances
Essential criteria
- • Flexible approach to meet the needs of the service when required.
- • Meticulous attention to detail
- • Flexible and positive attitude to healthcare
- • Able to remain calm and work effectively under intense pressure in a stressful situation
- • Reflective advanced practitioner
- • Able to work across boundaries and within the dynamics of a multi-professional team locally, regionally and nationally
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Emily Dickson
- Job title
- General Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07766363120
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