Job summary
Employer heading
Endoscopy Staff Nurse
NHS AfC: Band 5
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.
Many of our recruitment programmes use Value Based Interviewing to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significant difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families. For more information about our Values and Value Based Interviewing please visit www.ouh.nhs.uk/about/vision-and-values
Job overview
To provide and maintain the highest possible standards of nursing care within the Endoscopy Department.
- Assess, monitor and support patients undergoing endoscopy
- Assist the endoscopist to undertake diagnostic and therapeutic procedures
- Communicate effectively with patients to prepare them for procedures and provide accurate information regarding diagnosis and aftercare
Main duties of the job
We are a Centre for Excellence in diagnostic and cutting-edge therapeutic endoscopy, with ongoing research, development and expansion within our department. We have 6 procedure rooms, and provide additional support to theatres, ED and the Children’s hospital.
We’re looking for dynamic staff who want to work in a team that provides high-quality compassionate care, and can demonstrate excellent communication and organizational skills. We are happy to consider newly-qualified nurses as well as nurses without endoscopy experience but who are looking for a new clinical direction.
We can offer you a training program where you will be fully supported by our Clinical Education Team and other senior staff during for a 2 month supernumerary period, so you can reach your level of competence to work independently as an Endoscopy Nurse in diagnostics. There is also opportunities for development in therapeutic procedures.
We actively encourage informal visits, so please free to call Alison Green Endoscopy Sister on 01865 2226802 or Michelle Spillane, Endoscopy Lead Nurse 01865 223788 to arrange an informal visit or to ask any questions.
Working for our organisation
Wood Endoscopy is part of the GET directorate within SUWON division
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.
Many of our recruitment programmes use Value Based Interviewing to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significant difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families. For more information about our Values and Value Based Interviewing please visit www.ouh.nhs.uk/about/vision-and-values
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To provide and maintain the highest possible standards of nursing care within the Endoscopy Department.
- Assess, monitor and support patients undergoing endoscopy
- Assist the endoscopist to undertake diagnostic and therapeutic procedures
- Communicate effectively with patients to prepare them for procedures and provide accurate information regarding diagnosis and aftercare
- Maintain patient dignity and confidentiality at all times.
- Ensure safe recovery post procedure, monitor the patient to ensure early identification of post endoscopic complications.
- Demonstrate technical competence and clinical effectiveness in assisting with endoscopic diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, ensuring all necessary equipment is available and working correctly
- Complete or be working towards Endoscopy and Trust competencies within a time frame agreed with Sister and with the support of a named mentor.
Person specification
n/a
Essential criteria
- n/a
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
- Alison Green
- Job title
- Endoscopy Sister
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01865 226802
- Additional information
Please contact Sister Alison Flawn on 01865226802
or Lead Nurse Michelle Spillane on 01865 223788
for further information or to arrange an informal visit.
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