Staff Nurse - Endoscopy Unit

at  Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

We have an exciting full-time opportunity for Registered Nurses who have a keen interest in Gastroenterology to join our dynamic team on Endoscopy Unit at Wexham Park Hospital.
We are JAG accredited department, which currently has 4 procedure rooms and 14 recovery bays.
We provide a full range of diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy procedures for outpatients and inpatients. Our nurses are at the forefront of influencing the patient’s experience and have excellent acute care skills, communication, and organisational skills along with a supportive manner. The unit enjoys a robust nursing management structure and strong clinical leadership. The unit carries out procedures as part of the National Bowel Cancer Screening Programme.
In this role you will have the opportunity to develop your skills in endoscopy working closely with your allocated mentor and supported by senior staff and the practice development team. You will receive support to undertake further education for career and role development, including various external and internal study days, an in-house competency programme and access to the national JETS Workforce competence workforce.
The unit currently operates a 7-day service, Monday to Sunday, 8am to 6pm. We also have an out of hour’s Upper GI Bleed emergency service which you will be expected to be part of, once competent.
You will be expected to provide clinical care, supporting the other RN’s, NIC and the Senior team with the day to day running of the department. Supporting students and other temporary or junior staff to ensure a high standard of care and patient experience are maintained in line with the Frimley Health Strategy, Vision and Values.
To display a visible clinical presence, supporting the Endoscopy team to achieve a high standard of evidence-based care, procedures, and treatment specific to the clinical need, working within the FH competency framework appropriate to role and scope of practice, including the use of medical devices and endoscopic equipment.
To demonstrate a sound knowledge of the principles of infection control and always complying with FH Infection Control Policies.
To ensure compliance with all FH and Endoscopy policies and guidelines, e.g. (but not limited to) consent, chaperoning, WHO checklist, COSHH, Information Governance.
To work with other RN’s and NIC to ensure patients safe, appropriate, and timely discharge from the department following interventional procedures.
To work closely with the senior and multi-disciplinary team ensuring excellent and effective communication is maintained.
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and South Buckinghamshire.
As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.
We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park (in Camberley), Heatherwood (in Ascot) and Wexham Park (near Slough).
Our three core values , and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future .
We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital’s NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties.

To work as a member of the nursing team, under the direction of the senior team to provide the highest quality of competent, integrated nursing care and patient pathways within the department, supported by FH strategy, values, policies and procedures.

• Ensure all patients receive safe, appropriate, competent treatment and care in accordance with local and national protocols and standards.
• To deputize for department sister in their absence, if they are attending other meetings etc.
• To behave in a manner as laid down in the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and RN competencies.
• To be a visible, professional and clinical role model for others.
• Providing leadership, inspiring others.
• To support, supervise and assess all learners, students, temporary new and junior staff within the departments.

Please refer the Job description for details