Lead Nurse Endoscopist

Ncic; Carlisle; On-site; GBP 54,000 - 78,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27-day holiday scheme rising to 33

NHS Discounts

Salary Sacrifice schemes including leа

Vivup counselling service

Job summary

North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Trust is seeking an experienced Lead Nurse Endoscopist to head the nurse endoscopy team across Cumberland Infirmary and West Cumberland Hospital. The role requires a strong clinical background in upper and/or lower GI endoscopy and a passion for developing endoscopist practitioners.

You will lead workforce management, education, and quality improvement initiatives, with oversight from the Clinical Lead, Matron and General Manager for endoscopy.

Qualifications

• Experience in endoscopy and gastroenterology with senior practice.
• Proven leadership and staff development abilities.
• Non‑medical prescribing qualification.
• Teaching/training experience and willingness to train others.
• Strong commitment to evidence‑based practice and quality metrics.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage nurse endoscopists across two sites with autonomy and accountability.
• Maintain own clinical expertise through training and study leave.
• Provide clinical and operational leadership to deliver excellence in endoscopy, audit and research.
• Collaborate with Clinical Endoscopy Lead and stakeholders on practice and research.
• Coordinate six core GI endoscopy lists per week and backfill lists as needed.
• Liaise with training lists and assess trainees to achieve JAG accreditation.
• Direct line management of the nurse endoscopist team including development and attendance.
• Conduct regular 1:1s, performance reviews and development plans.
• Oversee workforce governance for nurse endoscopists.

Skills

Endoscopy

Gastroenterology

Leadership

Clinical governance

Teaching/education

Audit & research

Budget management

Patient care

Education

Nursing degree

Independent prescriber

Teaching certificate/diploma

Tools

IT skills (EITS)

Job description

Would you like to join a centre of excellence in rural and remote healthcare?

The Endoscopy Service at North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Trust has an exciting opportunity for a highly experienced, talented, passionate and forward thinking Nurse Endoscopist to join our team as its Lead. We have a busy and growing JAG accredited department and have just recently opened a new state of the art unit at Cumberland Infirmary last Summer.

As our Lead Nurse Endoscopist, you will be already experienced in working in endoscopy services and additionally have a sound clinical management background. You will have a minimum of 3 years post JAG certification experience in upper and/or lower endoscopy, and a passion to continually grow and develop new endoscopist practitioners. As well as having a non-medical prescribing qualification you will also have a training the trainers qualification.

You will be an enthusiastic and inspirational leader who will manage the nurse endoscopist workforce and operational components of the service across the two sites (Cumberland Infirmary & West Cumberland Hospital), supported by the Clinical Lead , Matron & General Manager for endoscopy.

You will be a skilled communicator with a passion for patient care, education and staff development. You will place a high priority on maintaining a supportive and caring environment for patients and staff and on developing the highest standards of evidence based practice and achieving key quality metrics.

Main duties of the job

• You will be an expert practitioner in all aspects of upper and/or lower GI Endoscopy working within your scope of practice with a well-developed, advanced level of professional autonomy and accountability, managing all aspects of the patient pathway including prescribing appropriately.
• Maintain your own clinical expertise by attending relevant training courses, updates and study leave.
• Provide professional, clinical and operational leadership with a highly visible and authoritative presence, ensuring the delivery of excellence in endoscopy, audit, research and training.
• Collaborate with the Clinical Endoscopy Lead and other Heads of Specialty and external stakeholders to lead on practice and research.
• Perform 6 core endoscopy lists per week and help to coordinate backfilling of endoscopy lists on both sites by the team of nurse endoscopists.
• Liaise and participate in training lists and final assessments of both nursing and medical/surgical trainees to attain JAG accreditation.
• Directly lead and line, manage the team of nurse endoscopists working across both sites including staff development and performance, sickness, special leave and annual leave.
• Conduct regular 1:1s, annual performance reviews and ensure that all team members have a relevant development plan that meets the service and organisation as well as individual objectives.
• Provide workforce management and governance for the nurse endoscopists.

Working for our organisation

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of ‘safe, high quality care every time':

• Being a clinically led organisation
• Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
• A positive patient experience every time
• A great place to work
• Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

CERTIFICATE OF SPONSORSHIP

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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 cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:

• Standard Check: £20.00 + Administration cost of £6.50 = £26.50. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.
• Enhanced Check: £41.00 + administration cost of £6.50 = £47.50. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.

NCIC can offer successful future employees the following benefits:

• 27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years
• NHS Discounts*
• Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work*
• Vivup is a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems
• *Subject to eligibility

Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.

If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.

Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date

Person specification

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with current registration
• Independent prescriber
• Teaching certificate/diploma
• Essential IT skills (EITS) or equivalent

Experience

• Extensive endoscopy and gastroenterology experience
• Significant senior experience in clinical nursing
• High level, effective leadership skills with a track record of change management, and practice development
• Evidence of audit and research based practice
• Experience in teaching multi disciplinary groups
• Have a track record in effective development of new services, particularly nurse led services and new ways of working

Knowledge

• Demonstrate significant up to date and in depth knowledge of complex lower GI procedures.
• Demonstrate highly developed specialist knowledge of GI diseases.
• Deliver advanced evidence based practice and change management processes.
• Experience of demand and capacity issues and service redesign.
• Demonstrate knowledge of adult educational methods as applied to teaching diagnostic to advanced therapeutic skills.
• Experience in budget management
• Delivery of highly specialist, intricate therapeutic clinical interventions
• Demonstrate significant ability to work as an autonomous expert practitioner
• Evidence of successful implementation of audit and research based practice, demonstrating innovation in practice and change management skills
• Excellent presentation skills at local, regional and national level
• Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills
• Experience in formulating policies, procedures and report writing
• Expert in patient and staff management skills.
• Ability to demonstrate the compassionate values and behaviours needed for dignified care.
• Evidence of advanced clinical reasoning skills

Personal Circumstances

• Meticulous attention to detail
• Flexible and positive attitude to healthcare
• Champion of nurse led care
• Able to motivate and inspire others
• Able to remain calm and work effectively under intense pressure in a stressful situation
• Reflective advanced practitioner
• Able to work across boundaries and within the dynamics of a multi-professional team locally, regionally and nationally
• Committed to the progression of the endoscopy and gastroenterology service

Other Requirements

• Able to travel independently as required.
• Flexible approach to working patterns
• Driving licence.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.