Job summary
- Main area
- Endoscopy
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8b
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 262-A-25-7017500
- Employer
- North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Cumberland Infirmary
- Town
- Carlisle
- Salary
- £62,215 - £72,293 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 13/03/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Lead Nurse Endoscopist
NHS AfC: Band 8b
Job overview
The Endoscopy Service at North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Trust has an exciting opportunity for a highly experienced, talented, passionate and forward thinking Nurse Endoscopist to join our team as its Lead. We have a busy and growing JAG accredited department which continues to expand following the planned opening of a new state of the art unit at Cumberland Infirmary this Spring.
As our Lead Nurse Endoscopist, you will be already experienced in working in endoscopy services and additionally have a sound clinical management background. You will have a minimum of 3 years post JAG certification experience in upper and/or lower endoscopy, and a passion to continually grow and develop new endoscopist practitioners. As well as having a non-medical prescribing qualification you will also have a training the trainers qualification.
You will be an enthusiastic and inspirational leader who will manage the nurse endoscopist workforce and operational components of the service across the two sites (Cumberland Infirmary & West Cumberland Hospital), supported by the Clinical Lead , Matron & General Manager for endoscopy.
You will be a skilled communicator with a passion for patient care, education and staff development. You will place a high priority on maintaining a supportive and caring environment for patients and staff and on developing the highest standards of evidence based practice and achieving key quality metrics.
Main duties of the job
- You will be an expert practitioner in all aspects of upper and/or lower GI Endoscopy working within your scope of practice with a well-developed, advanced level of professional autonomy and accountability, managing all aspects of the patient pathway including prescribing appropriately.
- Maintain your own clinical expertise by attending relevant training courses, updates and study leave.
- Provide professional, clinical and operational leadership with a highly visible and authoritative presence, ensuring the delivery of excellence in endoscopy, audit, research and training.
- Collaborate with the Clinical Endoscopy Lead and other Heads of Specialty and external stakeholders to lead on practice and research.
- Perform 5 core endoscopy lists per week and help to coordinate backfilling of endoscopy lists on both sites by the team of nurse endoscopists.
- Liaise and participate in training lists and final assessments of both nursing and medical/surgical trainees to attain JAG accreditation.
- Directly lead and line, manage the team of nurse endoscopists working across both sites including staff development and performance, sickness, special leave and annual leave.
- Conduct regular 1:1s, annual performance reviews and ensure that all team members have a relevant development plan that meets the service and organisation as well as individual objectives.
- Provide workforce management and governance for the nurse endoscopists.
Working for our organisation
At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.
Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of ‘safe, high quality care every time':
- Being a clinically led organisation
- Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
- A positive patient experience every time
- A great place to work
- Managing our money well
As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.
Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.
Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment. Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed.
If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.
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· Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.
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Important Information
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Disclosure and Barring Service:
On 28 November 2020, the new Disclosure and Barring Service filtering rules will come into effect.
The changes mean that:
- youth cautions, reprimands and final warnings will no longer be subject to automatic disclosure
- the multiple conviction rule has been removed, meaning that if an individual has more than one conviction, regardless of offence type or time passed, each conviction will be considered against the remaining rules individually, rather than being automatically disclosed.
If you are unsure about whether you need to disclose certain criminal record information, free confidential advice may be sought from one of the charity bodies listed below. These bodies can advise you on what you are legally required to declare and may also be able to advise you on how you can disclose criminal record information to a prospective employer and your legal rights when doing so.
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Please note the cost of the DBS check is increasing from 2nd December and the new cost will be
Standard DBS check £21.50, Enhanced DBS check £49.50 + any admin costs.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding adults and children therefore if the post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (ROA) 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended) the successful candidate(s) will be subject to a criminal records check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:
Standard Check: £18 + Administration cost of £3.85 = £21.85. Deducted at £6.85 from 1st month salary and £5 deducted from salary over following 3 months.
Enhanced Check: £38 + administration cost of £3.90 = £41.90. Deducted at £11.90 from 1st month salary and £10 deducted from salary over following 3 months.
As part of the one of the largest employers in the UK NCIC future employees will have also access to the following benefits.
A lease car may be available for this position; further details will be provided upon appointment if applicable.
27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years
Flexible working Scheme
Excellent opportunities for development
Competitive NHS Pension scheme
Access to NHS discounts with retailers and leisure companies
EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems
These schemes are subject to availability
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered nurse with current registration
- JAG accredited endoscopy trainer
- Bachelor’s degree in gastroenterology /endoscopy specialism
- Independent prescriber
- Teaching certificate/diploma
- Essential IT skills (EITS) or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Advanced Practitioner diploma
- Master’s degree in gastroenterology/endoscopy specialism
Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive endoscopy and gastroenterology experience
- Significant senior experience in clinical nursing
- High level, effective leadership skills with a track record of change management, and practice development
- Evidence of audit and research based practice
- Experience in teaching multi disciplinary groups
Desirable criteria
- Have a track record in effective development of new services, particularly nurse led services and new ways of working
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Demonstrate significant up to date and in depth knowledge of complex lower GI procedures.
- Demonstrate highly developed specialist knowledge of GI diseases.
- Deliver advanced evidence based practice and change management processes.
- Experience of demand and capacity issues and service redesign.
- Demonstrate knowledge of adult educational methods as applied to teaching diagnostic to advanced therapeutic skills.
Desirable criteria
- Experience in budget management
Skills & Aptitudes
Essential criteria
- Delivery of highly specialist, intricate therapeutic clinical interventions
- Demonstrate significant ability to work as an autonomous expert practitioner
- Evidence of successful implementation of audit and research based practice, demonstrating innovation in practice and change management skills
- Excellent presentation skills at local, regional and national level
- Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills
- Experience in formulating policies, procedures and report writing
- Expert in patient and staff management skills.
- Ability to demonstrate the compassionate values and behaviours needed for dignified care.
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of advanced clinical reasoning skills
Personal Circumstances
Essential criteria
- Meticulous attention to detail
- Flexible and positive attitude to healthcare
- Self motivated, enthusiastic, innovative proactive practitioner
- Champion of nurse led care
- Able to motivate and inspire others
- Able to remain calm and work effectively under intense pressure in a stressful situation
- Reflective advanced practitioner
- Able to work across boundaries and within the dynamics of a multi-professional team locally, regionally and nationally
- Committed to the progression of the endoscopy and gastroenterology service
Other Requirements
Essential criteria
- Able to travel independently as required.
- Flexible approach to working patterns
Desirable criteria
- Driving licence.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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
- Emily Dickson
- Job title
- General Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07766363120
- Additional information
Claire Penn
Collaborative Lead Nurse
07468709020
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