Job summary
- Main area
- Endoscopy Unit
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 275-2601SN-ENDO
- Employer
- Medway NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Medway Maritime Hospital
- Town
- Gillingham
- Salary
- £31,049 - £37,796 per annum/pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/02/2026 23:59
- Interview date
- 23/02/2026
Employer heading
Staff Nurse - Endoscopy
Band 5
Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People?
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved
Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust, we are able to give our employees flexibility on where, when and the hours they work.
Our culture and values are what drives Medway NHS Foundation Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when you are completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
Job overview
Endoscopy Staff Nurse
Division: Medicine and Emergency Care
Care Group: Specialist Medicine
Band: 5
Salary: £31,049 - £37,796 per annum/pro rata
Provisional Interview Date: Monday 23rd February,2026
We are recruiting for a Endoscopy Staff Nurse who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be expected to support the Medical Clinicians within the procedure rooms with various treatments for a mix of in-patients and out-patients.
They will be required on limited occasions, to take charge of the unit in the absence of a Clinical Sister and support junior staff and students who are working in the unit.
Training will be given for anyone applying with no experience
Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.
To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.
Supportive skills for assisting with procedures in the rooms.
Admission and recovery of all patients attending the unit and escalating any unwell patients or emergency situations.
Full training will be given for those who require it and encouragement for personal development in relation to working in endoscopy.
Working for our organisation
Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of the Best of Care by the Best of People providing excellent care, every time?
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision is achieved for our patients.
As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy – Patient First. Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and half into our Patient First deployment. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.
Our culture and values define us here at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.
Our BEST values underpin Patient First and are at the core of the care we give to our patients, the support we offer to our staff and our overall leadership approach:
B – Bold
E – Every person counts
S – Sharing and open
T - Together
Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The role will encompass specific responsibility for assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating nursing care and expertise within the clinical area.
To help lead and coordinate the management of the of the clinical area ensuring the highest standards of nursing practice and care are delivered as reflected by the unit philosophy.
Ensuring the safety and wellbeing of services users and always working in a manner that promotes dignity and human rights through the adoption of person centred care principles.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- RN1/RN2/RN12 Registered Nurse on the NMC register
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- To hold the appropriate level for the area of speciality
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Up to date knowledge of current clinical and professional issues
- Knowledge of Evidence Based Practice
- An understanding of Audit and Research Based Nursing Practice
- Knowledge of the NMC Code of professional standards of practice and behaviour for nurses and midwives
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working on own and in a team
- Experience of working in the relevant area
- Experience of co-ordinating a shift
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
- Sarah Gibbs
- Job title
- Senior Sister
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01634 825027
- Additional information
Please contact Sarah Gibbs for any further information or to arrange an informal visit
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