Nursing - Endoscopy Nurse Assistant

  • Department Endoscopy Unit (PRH)
  • Salary £24,625.00 – £25,674 per annum
  • Closing Date 18/04/2025
  • Location The Princess Royal Hospital
  • Grade NHS AfC: Band 3
  • Job ref 223-ENA-115-A
  • Pension NHS Pension
  • Holidays Generous Holiday Allowance
  • NHS discount Eligible for NHS Discounts
  • Contract Permanent
  • Hours 37.5

The Endoscopy Unit at The Princess Royal  Hospital, Telford are looking to recruit  full time Band 3 Nursing Assistants to join their team.  

Along with your previous experience of working with adults in an Endoscopy or similar environment, candidates should possess GCSE's in Maths and English (Grades A-C or Grades 9 - 4 or equivalent) and an NVQ 3 in Healthcare or  willing to work towards this.  The successful applicants will have  drive and enthusiasm, excellent communication and interpersonal skills and in return we will be able to offer you support towards your professional development.

The Endoscopy unit is currently open 08:00-18:00 Monday - Sunday (7 day working), including bank holidays. The unit currently provides a service for both out-patients and in-patients including the following procedures; Endoscopy, Sigmoidoscopy, Colonoscopy, Bronchoscopy and EBUS, PEG insertions, ERCP, EUS and EMR.  Patient care, experience and staff well-being are at the forefront of our philosophy.  This has been recently demonstrated with us gaining our JAG accreditation and a Values in Practice award for safety.

Main duties of the job

Key duties will include;

  • Assisting the registered nurse in providing skilled and considerate care during the patients admission;
  • Undertake safe monitoring of patients during Endoscopic procedures taking into account the patients specific needs. Providing reassurance to the patient. 
  • Providing patient care and monitoring of patients vital signs during recovery to ensure a safe patient discharge;
  • Preparing the equipment and the environment to enable the procedures to be carried out safely and to a high standard.  Prepare procedure rooms for endoscopic procedures ensuring all necessary equipment is in good working order. 
  • Provide physical and emotional support to patients undergoing endoscopic procedures maintaining their dignity at all times. 
  • Undertake the manual cleaning and decontamination of endoscopes post procedure.  To prepare endoscopes and accessories for Endoscopic procedures. 
  • Assist with maintaining stock levels.
  • Assist with the maintenance of departmental cleanliness as per cleaning checklists

Working for your organisation

The Endoscopy unit at The Princess Royal  Hospital consists of 4 procedure rooms.  The unit delivers the Bowel Cancer screening service alongside the diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy service to outpatients and inpatients. We are a training unit, training both medical staff and nurse endoscopists.  We are committed to supporting your ongoing professional development.

The Endoscopy unit provides a 7 day working service. Candidates are welcomed to visit the unit to obtain an understanding of how the service runs.

We would like to invite you to join our motivated and friendly team who are committed to providing a high quality, patient centred Endoscopy service. The team work closely with Gastroenterologists, Colorectal surgeons, Nurse Endoscopists, clinical nurse specialists and other members of the multidisciplinary team.  The unit works together with the Research and Innovation Team as it is involved in many clinical trials.

 

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The well-being of our staff is of the upmost importance to us.  If you are offered a role at our Trust, and fall into the increased and higher risk categories as set out by Public Health England (PHE) and NHSI/E, your line manager will complete an risk assessment with you.  This will be completed in conjunction with the latest guidance from Public Health England in relation to Covid-19.

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If successful, by completing the NHS Jobs application form you authorise the Trust to obtain any previous NHS service details including all electronically held sickness information, via the Inter Authority Transfer process on the national ESR.

If the role requires a qualification/professional registration, you will need to provide proof during the recruitment process. By submitting your application you are giving the Trust permission to check the qualification certificates provided back to the source provider. Please note that a sample of all applicant’s qualifications will be checked with the educational institution or provider.

In the event of a high response to this advertisement, this post will be closed. Early applications are advised.
 
Unfortunately we do not accept CVs or keep them on file. If you are unable to apply online please contact the person named in the advertisement for the post you are interested in.
 
We are committed to offering an interview to all applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for the above position and will support reasonable adjustments wherever possible.  In addition, whilst all applicants will be judged on merit alone, we particularly welcome applications from candidates who are male, from black and minority ethnic backgrounds or who have a disability, as these are currently under-represented in our workforce.
 
We are committed to equal opportunities in employment. The policies and practices of the Trust aim to promote an environment that is free from all forms of unlawful or unfair discrimination and values the diversity of all people. At the heart of our policy, we seek to treat people fairly, flexibly and with dignity and respect.

Thank you for your interest in The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, we look forward to receiving your application for employment.

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