Bank Endoscopy Nurse B6 | Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Southend University Hospital NHS Trust; Southend-on-Sea; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS trust in Southend-on-Sea is hiring a highly specialist nurse to deliver exceptional care in endoscopic procedures. This role includes responsibilities for patient management, team leadership, and ensuring compliance with health and safety protocols. Ideal candidates should have a nursing qualification and possess excellent communication skills to handle challenging situations. This position offers the chance to work alongside dedicated healthcare professionals in a dynamic environment, providing care and support to patients in need. Application deadline is December 22, 2025.

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with experience in endoscopy procedures.
• Proficiency in managing both sedated and non-sedated patients.
• Ability to lead and support nursing colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality care during endoscopic procedures.
• Maintain effective communication with patients and team members.
• Supervise and mentor junior staff during procedures.

Skills

Clinical competence

Communication skills

Team management

Patient care management

Education

Nursing qualification

Tools

Endoscopy equipment

Job description

Overview

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest Trust in the country, serving a population of 1.2 million people. Our newly formed Trust, comprising acute hospital sites at Broomfield in Chelmsford, Basildon, and Southend, is determined to provide the best health services for its local population. We are a well‑led, high‑performing, and innovative organisation working in the best interests of the people we serve. With a workforce of approximately 15,000 staff, we can now do more and go further in delivering health services to our local communities. Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

Responsibilities

• Access, plan, implement, evaluate, holistic, high quality and individualised care which respects patient personal dignity and beliefs
• Maintain a safe working environment for patients, visitors and staff
• Maintain and promote effective communication within the care team and with colleagues, patients, relatives and visitors
• Act as a mentor to students and newly qualified staff including teaching and assessing, within their realm of competence, upholding the philosophy of evidence based practice
• Assist in the management of the ward budget and ensure appropriate stock levels are maintained advising of any shortfalls and taking action appropriate to their level of expertise
• Maintain a professional profile and develop skills, knowledge and competencies adhering to the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and Trust Policies and Procedures
• Management of Patient Care
• Decision making is based on sound theoretical and experiential base
• Provides rationale if departs from protocols, pathways and guidelines
• Plans whole episodes of care
• Anticipates potential problems
• Guides/teaches others to meet care needs
• Moves forward care
• Reviews impediments to patients progress
• Takes remedial actions

Communication Skills

• Communication
• High level of communication skills required to deal with an anxious patient
• High level of communication skills required to deal with distressing / challenging situations
• Communication includes management of a list, keeping the flow of the patients going appropriately, and assessing the appropriateness of the procedure for each patient and communicating this to staff in the room and other Endoscopy staff numbers

Clinical Duties

As a highly specialist nurse to carry out pre, peri and post endoscopy care for patients undergoing diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic procedures

• To be technically competent and clinically effective in assisting with Endoscopic diagnostic and complex therapeutic procedures
• Assisting the Endoscopist during each procedure to ensure appropriate equipment is available
• Taking biopsies, ensuring correct labels and proper/safe transfer of specimens
• Assessing, developing and implementing patient care pathways and evaluating care given, ensuring legibility and accuracy of nursing records, to be aware of legal implications of these documents
• To assist and supervise new members of staff, (including staff nurses, HCA’s, and students). To ensure that all staff work to and achieve an acceptable safe standard and quality of care
• Demonstrate effective communication with all staff ensuring dissemination and exchange of information. Ensure good communications exist between all health care professionals to promote harmonious working relationships and safe working practices
• To act as advocate to patients ensuring continuity of care for all patients undergoing an endoscopic procedure
• Recording of observations
• Care of both the sedated and non‑sedated patient
• IV Access
• Recovery post procedure
• Safe discharge of patients
• Ensure policies are adhered to in the event of post endoscopic complications
• To ensure all drug administration is covered in accordance with legal and Trust Policies and Procedures. Also, to ensure the safe custody, storage and control of all drugs used within the endoscopy unit
• To be fully competent in the decontamination and disinfection of endoscopes and accessories, including the safe handling and storage of equipment
• To regularly calculate the daily scope requirements for the endoscopy lists and prepare the clinical areas, accordingly, ensuring consistency and competence of all new/junior staff
• To be responsible for the maintenance of endoscopy equipment, ensuring that all staff adhere to security and health and safety protocols when handling broken equipment
• To be fully competent in the event of an emergency delegating as appropriate. Ensuring patient safety at all times

Financial and Physical Resources

• To comply with financial instructions of the Trust

Staff Management

• To work with the Endoscopy Unit Sister contributing towards recruitment processes, induction, appraisal and personal development planning
• Lead and support medical and nursing colleagues to ensure that high standards of clinical practice and quality of care are achieved and maintained
• To facilitate out of hours patient line for minor problems and general enquires post twenty‑four hours from procedure for all outpatients
• To assist in the smooth running of clinical areas within the endoscopy unit regularly reporting any occurrences to Senior staff
• Be flexible in staffing situations and assisting the Senior staff in other areas as required
• Regularly participate in department meetings to enhance team communication

Application Deadline

This advert closes on Monday 22 Dec 2025