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Trainee Nurse Endoscopist

Sutton In Ashfield, England, United Kingdom Full-time Posted 1 week ago
Band 6 Trainee Practitioner - Endoscopy (Band 6 during Training phase - progressing to Band 8A)

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated GI nurse to undergo training as a Nurse Endoscopist working within the Endoscopy Department at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The Endoscopy Department is a JAG accredited unit which also incorporates the East Midlands Endoscopy Training Centre. The Training Centre is highly respected in the delivery of JAG accredited courses, both nationally and locally.

The post requires a competent and skilled GI nurse to perform Upper & Lower Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Procedure on regular designated endoscopy training lists. The post holder will receive internal and external training and assessment in accordance with JAG and Trust guidelines.

The Successful Candidate Will Have The Following

  • Post registration to include experience of endoscopy procedures
  • Qualified to degree level or evidence of higher education/willingness to undertake
  • Current NMC Registration

If you have the skills and the qualifications to fulfil this post, you will be well supported in your professional development working closely with the senior Nurse Endoscopists and other clinical specialists within the department. You will join a high functioning team of Nurse Endoscopists who are committed to mentoring and coaching. You will maintain a structured theoretical portfolio, with regular assessments alongside your clinical development

We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.

We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as ‘outstanding’ for care and our King’s Mill Hospital as the only ‘outstanding’ NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.

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For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Alison Bird Job title: Senior Nurse Endoscopist Email address: alison.bird3@nhs.net Telephone number: 01623622515

Senior Nurse Endoscopist: Sharon Hudson

Email: sharonhudson2@nhs.net

Telephone: 01623 622515 ext. 2038

Alternatively, please contact: Matron - Irvine Makani

Email: irvine.makani@nhs.net

Telephone: 01623 622515 ext. 6306

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