Job summary
Nurse Endoscopist Mid Yorkshire NHS Teaching Trust
Are you dynamic, highly motivated, and committed to improving patient outcomes and experience?
We are inviting applications for the role of Nurse Endoscopist to join our expanding Gastroenterology and Endoscopy team at Mid Yorkshire NHS Teaching Trust.
About the Role:As a Nurse Endoscopist, you will play a key role in delivering high-quality endoscopy services across our sites. You will contribute to diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy and actively support service development in a rapidly growing department.
Our Services Include: Comprehensive IBD, nutrition, hepatology, and HPB services with specialist nurse support. Full range of diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic procedures, including capsule endoscopy, EUS, and ERCP.
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of an innovative team, enhancing patient care and shaping the future of Endoscopy services across the Mid Yorkshire footprint.
Main duties of the job
The primary aim
of the role is to ensure that a high quality service is delivered to patients
and their carers in a timely manner. The
role is multidimensional and requires the post holder to integrate and fulfil
all the identified dimensions.
The Nurse
Endoscopist will provide upper or lower GI Endoscopy and colonoscopy including polypectomy for patients
managed at the Trust and out-patients. The post holder will help support the national
constitutional standards within the organisation and will be supported by a team of Consultant Gastroenterologists and
Surgeons.
The Nurse
Endoscopist will act as an autonomous, accountable practitioner working on
their own initiative and in collaboration with nursing, medical and allied
health professionals to assess individual patient needs, initiate
investigations, determine a differential diagnosis and initiate appropriate
holistic evidence based treatment and care. The post holder will also support
the speciality prepare
for
JAG accreditation and
GRS requirements as well as help improve, rationalise and enhance current
services across the Endoscopy Units.
About us
We are an acute trust caring for over half a million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work.
We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust.
If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.
Application guidance: We understand that more applicants are using AI technology to help with their applications. While these tools can be useful, they cannot fully capture your skills, knowledge, and experience. Its important that you personalise your application. Relying solely on AI is not recommended, as it may reduce your chances of success. Our screening process is thorough, so if you have used AI, please make sure to disclose this on your application form.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
-
To
be competent in the assessment and treatment of patients presenting with a
range of undifferentiated and undiagnosed illnesses underpinned by extensive
knowledge of a range of chronic and acute conditions.
-
To
be competent in providing an initial clinical diagnosis and in the decision to
refer to an appropriate speciality.
-
To
be competent in the ability to discharge patients following appropriate
assessment and treatment.
-
To
be competent in the initial immediate assessment and treatment of patients with
a range of life threatening presentations such as cardiac arrest and acute
major illness.
-
To
be able to see, treat and refer appropriately, a broad range of patients with
acute and chronic illnesses as an autonomous practitioner.
-
Administration
of medicines, e.g. in line with NMC Guidance and Trust Policy.
-
Demonstrate
own personal development with self-directed learning and identifying and
accessing internal and external development opportunities, as per individual
advanced practice portfolio.
-
Autonomous
decision making including judgments involving complex facts or situations which
require the analysis, interpretation, and comparison of a range of options in
relation to the care/ management needs of the patients on a day to day basis
within the clinical environment.
-
Conduct
physical assessments, examinations, and investigations to identify
abnormalities and make diagnoses and administer a comprehensive and appropriate
level of care.
-
Use
of advanced clinical skills and autonomous judgement to prescribe drug
treatments for patients following interpretation of clinical findings through
requested bloods and investigations across several broad and varied clinical
fields.
-
Use
best practice, analyse evidence based practice, use of benchmarking to inform
clinical practice.
-
Provide
detailed and transparent reports of workload, outcomes, and recommendations for
future developments; demonstrated in advanced practice portfolio this should include case based discussions, multi-source
feedback, etc.
-
Be
accountable for the direct delivery and implementation of clinical care on a
day to day basis across the full spectrum of illnesses and therapy management.
-
Provide
personal care plans to patients and develop, implement and evaluate care
including independently prescribed medications, monitoring therapeutic
programmes and providing health education and promotion.
-
Be
proactive in developing new ways of working, such as ACP / Nurse Endoscopist
led initiatives to increase the quality of the patient journey and the ward
efficiency.
-
Provide
health education and advice to patients.
-
Be
a safe and competent non-Medical Prescriber-providing responsible prescribing
and adapting medication therapies to meet the needs of patients.
Communication
-
Demonstrate
the skills required to communicate, establish and maintain therapeutic and
professional relationships and gain cooperation from others.
-
Demonstrate
the ability to provide information that requires detailed or involved
explanation including the balanced communication of risk and benefits of tests
and alternatives.
-
Utilise
skills to persuade, influence, negotiate, motivate, emphasise and communicate
unpleasant or bad news sensitively and provide counselling and reassurance.
-
Use
tact and diplomacy while communicating and influencing change.
-
Give
advice, instruction, training and present formally.
-
Advise
and support colleagues, where standard protocols do not apply, draw upon
advanced knowledge and skills make appropriate judgements and decisions to
deliver high standards of care.
-
Responsible
for recording, processing, and storage of information that is personally
generated.
-
Ability to use relevant networks and clinical
programs e.g. SystmOne, Endoscopy reporting system, Vital Pack and email.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Key Responsibilities
-
To
be competent in the assessment and treatment of patients presenting with a
range of undifferentiated and undiagnosed illnesses underpinned by extensive
knowledge of a range of chronic and acute conditions.
-
To
be competent in providing an initial clinical diagnosis and in the decision to
refer to an appropriate speciality.
-
To
be competent in the ability to discharge patients following appropriate
assessment and treatment.
-
To
be competent in the initial immediate assessment and treatment of patients with
a range of life threatening presentations such as cardiac arrest and acute
major illness.
-
To
be able to see, treat and refer appropriately, a broad range of patients with
acute and chronic illnesses as an autonomous practitioner.
-
Administration
of medicines, e.g. in line with NMC Guidance and Trust Policy.
-
Demonstrate
own personal development with self-directed learning and identifying and
accessing internal and external development opportunities, as per individual
advanced practice portfolio.
-
Autonomous
decision making including judgments involving complex facts or situations which
require the analysis, interpretation, and comparison of a range of options in
relation to the care/ management needs of the patients on a day to day basis
within the clinical environment.
-
Conduct
physical assessments, examinations, and investigations to identify
abnormalities and make diagnoses and administer a comprehensive and appropriate
level of care.
-
Use
of advanced clinical skills and autonomous judgement to prescribe drug
treatments for patients following interpretation of clinical findings through
requested bloods and investigations across several broad and varied clinical
fields.
-
Use
best practice, analyse evidence based practice, use of benchmarking to inform
clinical practice.
-
Provide
detailed and transparent reports of workload, outcomes, and recommendations for
future developments; demonstrated in advanced practice portfolio this should include case based discussions, multi-source
feedback, etc.
-
Be
accountable for the direct delivery and implementation of clinical care on a
day to day basis across the full spectrum of illnesses and therapy management.
-
Provide
personal care plans to patients and develop, implement and evaluate care
including independently prescribed medications, monitoring therapeutic
programmes and providing health education and promotion.
-
Be
proactive in developing new ways of working, such as ACP / Nurse Endoscopist
led initiatives to increase the quality of the patient journey and the ward
efficiency.
-
Provide
health education and advice to patients.
-
Be
a safe and competent non-Medical Prescriber-providing responsible prescribing
and adapting medication therapies to meet the needs of patients.
Communication
-
Demonstrate
the skills required to communicate, establish and maintain therapeutic and
professional relationships and gain cooperation from others.
-
Demonstrate
the ability to provide information that requires detailed or involved
explanation including the balanced communication of risk and benefits of tests
and alternatives.
-
Utilise
skills to persuade, influence, negotiate, motivate, emphasise and communicate
unpleasant or bad news sensitively and provide counselling and reassurance.
-
Use
tact and diplomacy while communicating and influencing change.
-
Give
advice, instruction, training and present formally.
-
Advise
and support colleagues, where standard protocols do not apply, draw upon
advanced knowledge and skills make appropriate judgements and decisions to
deliver high standards of care.
-
Responsible
for recording, processing, and storage of information that is personally
generated.
-
Ability to use relevant networks and clinical
programs e.g. SystmOne, Endoscopy reporting system, Vital Pack and email.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RGN Level 1
- Teaching Qualification
- Non-Medical Prescriber qualification
- Endoscopy training certification
- Recent and relevant continuous professional development
Desirable
- ALS/APLS/NLS/ARNI provider
- Management / Leadership qualification
Experience
Essential
- Extensive post registration senior nursing experience in an acute care setting
- Experience of working autonomously as an advanced clinical practitioner
- Evidence of audit and evidence based care
- Evidence of multi-disciplinary team working
- Demonstrable experience as a practising clinical nurse endoscopist meeting JAG standards of practice
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Teaching, mentoring and assessment skills
- Management and organisational skills
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Highly developed oral and written communication skills with patients and the MDT; confidence to discuss sensitive, complex patient management and to liaise and negotiate with other members of the MDT
- Highly developed clinical assessment, analytical and problem solving skills, including generic healthcare aspects to accurately manage complex patient presentations to an excellent professional standard
- Evidence of ability to critique own practice
- Ability to manage time and workload effectively and to work in a high pressure environment
- Self-aware reflective practitioner able to envisage the role, and understand and manage inherent pressures of the role
- Ability to demonstrate high emotional intelligence and leadership skills
- Able to resolve conflict and overcome resistance
- Report writing/presentation skills
- IT skills ability to use Word/Excel/Powerpoint etc
- Mentoring and counselling skills
- Change management skills
- Excellent time management and organisation skills
- Ability to manage, motivate and empower others
- Ability to analyse information/data and provide written reports
- Ability to motivate individuals and teams
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RGN Level 1
- Teaching Qualification
- Non-Medical Prescriber qualification
- Endoscopy training certification
- Recent and relevant continuous professional development
Desirable
- ALS/APLS/NLS/ARNI provider
- Management / Leadership qualification
Experience
Essential
- Extensive post registration senior nursing experience in an acute care setting
- Experience of working autonomously as an advanced clinical practitioner
- Evidence of audit and evidence based care
- Evidence of multi-disciplinary team working
- Demonstrable experience as a practising clinical nurse endoscopist meeting JAG standards of practice
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Teaching, mentoring and assessment skills
- Management and organisational skills
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Highly developed oral and written communication skills with patients and the MDT; confidence to discuss sensitive, complex patient management and to liaise and negotiate with other members of the MDT
- Highly developed clinical assessment, analytical and problem solving skills, including generic healthcare aspects to accurately manage complex patient presentations to an excellent professional standard
- Evidence of ability to critique own practice
- Ability to manage time and workload effectively and to work in a high pressure environment
- Self-aware reflective practitioner able to envisage the role, and understand and manage inherent pressures of the role
- Ability to demonstrate high emotional intelligence and leadership skills
- Able to resolve conflict and overcome resistance
- Report writing/presentation skills
- IT skills ability to use Word/Excel/Powerpoint etc
- Mentoring and counselling skills
- Change management skills
- Excellent time management and organisation skills
- Ability to manage, motivate and empower others
- Ability to analyse information/data and provide written reports
- Ability to motivate individuals and teams
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
