Registered Nurse-Gastroenterology and Endoscopy

Job summary

East Kent Hospital University Foundation Trust is expanding their Endoscopy Services to enable our patient's needs to be met seven days a week. If you would like to be part of these changes and developments we have the opportunity to recruit staff of all grades.

If you have the drive and enthusiasm, would like to be part of a growing service with new innovations including Bowel Cancer Screening, complex polypectomy, Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio Pancreatography, Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy and Bronchoscopy then you could be just the person we are looking for.

The William Harvey Hospital J.A.G. accredited Endoscopy Unit has vacancies for Band5 Registered Nurses to come and work with us. Full induction and training will be provided depending on any previous experience you may have. We encourage and give staff the opportunity to develop their skills and competencies within this speciality.

Main duties of the job

To provide effective patient care whilst working as a member of the nursing team within the critical environment across the East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust. To ensure the maintenance of high standards of patient care in response to service needs.

EKHUFT is expanding their Endoscopy Services to enable our patients needs to be met seven days a week. At the William Harvey Hospital Endoscopy unit we are expanding from two procedure rooms to three. If you would like to be part of these changes and developments, we have the opportunity to recruit staff of all grades. We support you and train you whilst being supernumerary for 4 weeks.

About us

We are one of the largest hospital trusts in England, with fivehospitals and community clinics serving a local population of around 800,000 people. Our vision is 'great healthcare from great people'. Everything we do is guided by our values: 'People feel cared for, safe, respected and confident that we are making a difference'. We have a new way of working at East Kent Hospitals, called 'We care'. It's about empowering frontline staff to lead improvements day-to-day. We're looking for compassionate people to be part of our improvement journey for the patients, families and carers we care for every day.

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

Please note that if you require a Certificate of Sponsorship to work in the UK you must declare this on your application form, even if you currently have a certificate of sponsorship or a work permit for another role and are already working in the country. Please note we are only able to sponsor candidates on a Skilled Worker Visa applying for roles Band 5 and above.