Job overview

Management of Endoscopy courses, keeping website updated, managing 
payment from delegates and organising for payment of faculty and accommodation where appropriate. Ordering any course materials as required and organising hospitality for courses.
Booking of advanced endoscopic therapy and other endoscopy day case procedures and working closely with the Complex Polyp Multi-Disciplinary Team and Endoscopy Team. 

Main duties of the job

Demonstrate knowledge of endoscopic procedures performed in the unit including diagnostic gastroscopy and colonoscopy, flexible sigmoidoscopy, ERCP, bronchoscopy, EUS, EBUS, cystoscopy and other related procedures such as liver biopsy, and urea breath testing.
▪ Understand and maintain knowledge of the actual capacity of the Endoscopy unit including the allocation of units of endoscopy time (WTE’s) per list and per procedure and demonstrate 
knowledge of the specialist areas of the endoscopy users, and level of trainees.
▪ To book procedures and manage lists according to this provision, which can change on a regular basis.
▪ To use this knowledge to ensure that colleagues and those in other departments understand the endoscopy booking procedures and assist them with queries/booking their patients.
▪ To be highly proficient in iClip, EPR, the Endoscopy Record system, and have a high standard of Microsoft Office skills

▪ To train and supervise Junior Administration and clerical staff.
▪ Maintain knowledge of national waiting times and have a clear understanding of both internal 
and national endoscopy waiting time validation processes.
▪ To maintain a good working knowledge of the patient pathways for patients coming into the unit, particularly those of cancer patients 

▪ Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of Endoscopy courses and requirements to run these efficiently ▪To be confident and efficient when answering patients' calls in a busy office

Working for our organisation

St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC). 

 After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.