Job summary

We are recruiting for a Registered Nurse who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

An Endoscopy Nurse is a registered nurse who provides specialised care to patients undergoing diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic procedures, such as gastroscopy, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, and ERCP.

The post holder will be responsible for preparing patients for procedures, assisting the endoscopist, monitoring patient safety throughout the procedure, and providing post-procedural care and education.

The role combines technical skills, patient care, and infection control expertise, requiring both clinical competence and the ability to work in a fast-paced, multidisciplinary environment.

In this role the post holder willparticipate and manage the Emergency on-call service 24/7. Participate in the on-call emergency rota out of hours, bank holidays and weekends are also supported with an On-call service 24/7.

At the heart of everything we do are our core values:Include,Respect, andImprove. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.

Main duties of the job

To participate as a member of the nursing and multi-disciplinary team in providing high standards of evidence based care.

Provide care, support and advice for patients, relatives and carers undergoing Endoscopic procedures.

The post holder will work and communicate with the Endoscopy coordinator to organise the Endoscopy list on a daily basis, planning the session in a timely and efficient way.

To be able to efficiently take charge of a session in the Endoscopy unit.

Support and supervise junior, or non-registered staff and students working in Endoscopy. To develop ones knowledge and competencies in line with your JETS Endoscopy profile.

About us

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.