Return to Practice Nurse - Endoscopy

Job summary

Are you a former NMC Registered Adult Nurse with the desire and motivation to return to registered practice within Endoscopy?

As the largest acute hospital in the county, University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust is welcoming applications for the January 2024 cohort of the Return to Practice Nursing Programme in association with Bournemouth University.

This is a sponsored role where you will be employed by the Trust at Band 3 for the duration of your Return to Practice training. Your tuition fees for the academic portion of your training will also be fully sponsored. At the end of your course and successful return to the NMC Register you will be supported to apply for a permanent Band 5 Registered Nurse post.

Additional contact information

andrea.lucas@uhd.nhs.uk

This role requires: Qualified Adult and/or Child Nurse- Lapsed UKCC/NMC Registration

You will be employed into a full-time, 14 month contract as a Return to Practice Nurse.

You will begin your employment approximately a month before the course begins and have an induction into our Endoscopy services and work in the scope of a Senior Healthcare Support Worker.

Base Location: Royal Bournemouth / Poole Hospital

Interview Date: TBC

Main duties of the job

In January 2024, your formal training will begin at Bournemouth University and you will combine your academic study days with your clinical practice on the ward to achieve your competencies and complete your Return to Practice portfolio.

A typical week (from January 2024) will include:

• One study day = 7.5 hours
• 15 hours working as a Senior Healthcare Support Worker
• 15 hours supernumerary working alongside a registered nurse

To successfully return to the NMC Register you will:

• Undertake a minimum of 150 clinical placement hours
• Attend 8 study days at Bournemouth University
• Achieve mandatory NMC competencies (portfolio)
• Pass a medications management examination
• Pass an academic reflective paper (2500 words) at Degree level
• Meet standards of professionalism, good character and good health

You will be supported in practice by an experienced nursing assessor, the student support team and practice educators within the Education Department and Endoscopy Services. In return, it is expected that you will engage fully with the programme and undertake the required amount of self-direct study in order to achieve the competencies for re-entry onto the NMC register.

After you have re-registered with the NMC you will be supported to access our Newly Qualified Trust Preceptorship Programme with additional CPD and personal development for a further two years.

About us

Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now & in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.

UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed & developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.

The Poole Endoscopy Unit consists of three procedure rooms; the Royal Bournemouth Unit consists of six treatment rooms (including ERCP being performed in the X-ray department); & the Community Site at Victoria Hospital Wimborne has a further standalone procedure room.

We provide a full range of diagnostic & therapeutic procedures including: Upper & Lower GI Endoscopy, Endoscopic Ultra sound (EUS), Bronchoscopy & Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP).

As well as an Endoscopy Training Centre we are also a Bowel Cancer Screening Centre which creates an exciting & varied work environment. The units are all friendly and dynamic & you will be joining a multidisciplinary team across our services.

This is a very exciting time to join Endoscopy at UHD with development plans well underway to expand our diagnostic services on the Poole site.

This means that some services may move sites over the coming two years, so it is an exciting time to join our team & be part of the changes as we bring in new ways of working & state of the art technology & techniques.

For more information about our Endoscopy Services: UHD Endoscopy Services