Endoscopy Vetting Nurse

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHSFT; King's Lynn; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS trust in England seeks a skilled Endoscopy Vetting Nurse to ensure patient safety and efficiency within the Endoscopy department. The vetting nurse assesses patient suitability for procedures through detailed clinical reviews and effective communication. Responsibilities include reviewing referrals, maintaining accurate records, and supporting leadership in patient management. Candidates must be registered nurses with relevant qualifications, including experience in Endoscopy and excellent interpersonal skills. This position offers a dynamic work environment and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

Comprehensive training facilities

Support for continuous professional development

Community atmosphere with a positive team spirit

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with the UK NMC certification.
• Demonstrable ability to assess and plan patient care from admission to discharge.
• Experience in multi-professional working is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Ensure patient safety and service efficiency in the Endoscopy department.
• Review referrals and clinical history to determine patient suitability.
• Maintain accurate records of vetting decisions and risk assessments.

Skills

Reliable and adaptable

Good interpersonal and communication skills

Understanding of professional accountability

Follows Clinical Governance standards

Confidence to undertake informal teaching

Education

Degree in Nursing or another relevant subject

Registered Nurse with the UK NMC

Tools

Endoscopy equipment

IT for clinical support

Job description

Endoscopy Vetting Nurse

The closing date is 02 February 2026

The Endoscopy Vetting Nurse plays a key role in ensuring patient safety and service efficiency within the Endoscopy department. This role focuses on assessing patient suitability for Endoscopic procedures through thorough clinical review, risk assessment and effective communication. The vetting nurse works closely with consultants, specialist nurses, administration teams, nursing and leadership teams to ensure each patient is appropriately prepared and triaged to the correct procedure and pathway.

Main duties of the job

Review referrals and clinical history to determine patient suitability. Identifying contraindications, risks or additional information prior to the patient being booked for their procedure.

Triaging to ensure patient in on correct pathway and meets current guidelines.

Maintain accurate records of vetting decisions, risk assessments and communication in line with trust policy.

Escalating complex patient cases to senior clinicians for review to ensure patient safety and optimisation.

Support the leadership team with maintenance of the waiting lists.

About us

There’s never been a more exciting time to join Team QEH. We're working on a once in a generation opportunity to build a new state‑of‑the‑art hospital due to open in 2031/32 and we are also carrying out on one of the biggest pieces of digital transformation work we've ever undertaken.

Our new electronic patient record (EPR) will replace paper-based patient records from 2026 and will lead to better, safer, joined‑up care at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and beyond.

At The QEH we provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community‑based services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, North Cambs and South Lincs.

We are an ambitious organisation that upholds our values of kindness, wellness and fairness. We strive for continuous quality improvement, recently demonstrated in our 2024 CQC maternity inspection rating our services as ‘Good’, and we are proud to be a place to learn and grow through recognised learning and apprenticeships.

We recognise and reward our 4,000 staff and volunteers, priding ourselves on a community atmosphere and positive team spirit. We have approx. 530 beds across 33 wards and have newly built education and training facilities, a range of modern award‑winning centres alongside a talented team of people ready to give you a warm welcome. We love working here and think you will too.

Job responsibilities

This role is essential to delivering a safe, efficient, and patient‑centred endoscopy service, ensuring that each individual receives the most appropriate care.

Please refer to the job description for further details.

Person Specification

Qualifications/Training and Professional Development

• Registered Nurse with the UK NMC
• Degree in Nursing or another relevant subject

Experience

• Demonstrable evidence of an ability to assess and plan patient care from admission to discharge
• Evidence of multi‑professional working
• Experience of using IT to support clinical practice
• Previous Endoscopy Experience and ability to use Endoscopy equipment
• NHS/UK Nursing experience
• An understanding of the value of research, clinical audit, and benchmarking to support practice

Skills, Abilities and Knowledge

• Reliable and adaptable
• Evidence of good interpersonal and communication skills
• Understanding of professional accountability
• Follows Clinical Governance standards
• Confidence to undertake informal teaching of patient and carers to promote wellbeing and a healthy lifestyle

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHSFT