Job summary
Northumbria Endoscopy Trust wide Service is expanding. It is exciting times in Endoscopy with increased demand for our services. Our team is continuously developing and the Trust wide service is growing to allow greater access locally for our patients.

An opportunity has arisen for enthusiastic, dedicated Endoscopy Nurse to join the team. The post holders will be required to work Trust-wide across all sites if and when required. This post requires availability for a 7 day working service and overnight/weekend on-call service.

Hours are available up to 37.5. The post holders main base will be at Wansbeck General Hospital. Rotation into the Emergency service at NSECH is required as per service demands.

The successful post holder must be able to role model compassionate and have an inclusive team work ethos to shape the creation of a collective team work culture within the Trust.

Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.

Please note, for Secondment roles before an application is submitted, please ensure you have received the appropriate approval and completed documentation required beforehand, as this may delay the process if an offer was to be made

Main duties of the job

• Reporting to the Endoscopy Unit Managers and Endoscopy Junior Sisters / Charge Nurse, the individual will be responsible for; holistic patient care from admission to discharge; provide cross-site cover as required and participate in the On-call rota. Provide and plan nursing care, and provide effective communication across the multi-disciplinary team.
• In addition, a contribution to the attainment of JAG Accreditation within the Endoscopy Unit will be expected.

About us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.

Job responsibilities

• To assess, plan, implement and evaluate nursing care working as a member of the ward team under the direction of the Ward Manager.
• To be responsible for the organising and co-ordination of nursing services in the ward/department in the absence of senior staff on a regular basis.
• To exercise accountability as set out in the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
• To be responsible for all nursing care standards and to maintain high clinical standards.
• To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadershipstyle which (a) engages, enables and empowers others and (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.

Qualifications
Essential

• 1st Level live NMC registered Nurse
• Evidence of qualification to undertake the supervision, teaching and assessing of students (essential requirement for post, expectation this will be completed within an 18 month period).

Desirable

• Post Registration qualification in specialty
• Diploma/degree in nursing
• PP126/7
• D32/33

Experience
Desirable

• Knowledge of or experience in coaching and mentoring practices and tools
• Knowledge of or experience in Quality improvement tools, techniques and methods

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).

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Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).