Working Full time : 37.5 hours per week

An exciting opportunity to join our successful Endoscopy Practitioner team has arisen. You will work out of a purpose-built JAG Accredited Endoscopy unit which opened in 2014. Since inception the unit has had further investment through capital and other funding streams to equip the 5 theatres with the latest technology including Olympus X1 stackers and high-definition scopes.

As part of the Endoscopy Practitioner team, you will undertake 5 scoping sessions per week, 1 clinical session and 2 admin session per week. Your non-working time will be flexible in line with service needs, and agreed in advance with a minimum of 5 weeks notice.

The clinical session will be within the wider Gastroenterology service and full training and ongoing training will be provided for this aspect of the role, where required.

Main duties of the job

As an Endoscopy Practitioner you will independently carry out Upper (OGDs) and / or Lower GI (flexi sigmoidoscopy & colonoscopy) endoscopy procedures and ensure that referral for these scope types are vetted, which will include undertaking assessments for patients electronically.

You will take responsibility and be accountable for the planning and delivery of all aspects of patient care in relation to this specialist area of practice.

About us

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:

• The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds
• Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility
• Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.

The Trust employs over 6258 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 407,000. This includes 357,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.

The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.

Job description

Job responsibilities

See Job Description for further details.

Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is �23 (standard) or �43 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first three months of employment.

You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of �13 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

Good luck with your application.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience in performing advanced clinical skills including diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy
• Knowledge and understanding of JAG Accreditation criteria
• Experience in performing assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care
• Extensive experience in speciality (Endoscopy) and bowel cancer.
• Extensive experience of working in the management of patients during investigations for bowel cancer.
• Experience of research and audit

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered health Professional
• Educated to 1st degree level (or equivalent experience)
• Possess Teaching and assessing Qualification 998 or equivalent

Desirable

• Educated to Masters level (or equivalent experience in the specialist field)

Employer details

Employer name

Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Countess of Chester

Liverpool Road

Chester

CH2 1UL

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210-2024-682-A