Registered Nurse - Endoscopy Unit (York)

York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in York is looking for a nurse for the Endoscopy Unit. This role involves providing high-quality patient-focused care, performing various GI investigations, and participating in an on-call rota. The ideal candidate must have a valid Nursing and Midwifery Council PIN and be prepared for in-person interviews. Benefits include access to the NHS Pension Scheme, generous holidays, and extensive learning opportunities.

Benefits

NHS Pension Scheme

27 days holiday rising to 33 days

Employee Assistance Programme

NHS Car Lease scheme

Cycle to Work scheme

Discounts on various services

Qualifications

• Validation of Nursing and Midwifery Council PIN is required.
• Personal responsibility for compliance with infection control policies.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a high standard of patient focused care.
• Provide assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care.
• Communicate with patients and carers to ensure access to information.

Job description

Overview

The Endoscopy Unit at York offers a fast paced working environment within our new purpose built seven roomed endoscopy unit, where we can support you to learn and develop your Endoscopy and Nursing skills. The department performs upper and lower GI investigations, ERCP, EUS, colon capsule, manometry and physiology investigations, bronchoscopy and EBUS procedures. Procedures are performed both diagnostically and therapeutically. Alongside this we offer a nurse led pre assessment clinic providing assessment and advice to patients pre procedure. A full training package will be offered and ongoing support to help career development. The unit has clinical educators to support you along the way. Once competent you will participate in the out of hours on call rota assisting the consultant on call with urgent GI bleeds. Working hours are currently under review. Current working hours are 8am- 8pm with weekend acute lists. Interviews for this position will be held in person ONLY at York Hospital site. Remote interviews will not be available. The validity of Nursing and Midwifery Council PIN will be checked before shortlisting, inaccuracies in NMC PIN details will mean your application will not be progressed.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a high standard of patient focused care in accordance with York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust policies and procedures
• Maintain a safe and clean working environment
• Provide assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care for patients, ensuring accurate written records are kept.
• Communicate with patients and carers to ensure they have access to appropriate information.
• Promote and maintain positive relationships between all staff involved in the care of the patient
• Act in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council Code of Conduct
• Undertake duties on different wards/departments as and when required by service demands
• Demonstrate personal responsibility for compliance with infection control policies and procedures

Qualifications and Recruitment Details

• Interviews for this position will be held in person ONLY at York Hospital site. Remote interviews will not be available.
• The validity of Nursing and Midwifery Council PIN will be checked before shortlisting; inaccuracies in NMC PIN details will mean your application will not be progressed.

Benefits

• Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants
• 27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)
• A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave
• Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme
• NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme
• An extensive range of learning and development opportunities
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers
• For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages