Senior Nurse Endoscopist

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; South Shields; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Senior Nurse Endoscopist to provide expert endoscopy leadership and advanced clinical practice. You will lead development of nurse endoscopy, supervise a MDT, and ensure safe, high-quality GI services across the trust.

The role requires registration with the NMC, post-qualification endoscopy competency, and demonstrated service-improvement experience. A flexible weekly timetable supports service needs.

Qualifications

• Current NMC registration and active practice.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Recognised endoscopy training with gastroscopy, sigmoidoscopy and colonoscopy.
• Master’s degree or evidence of study at Master’s level.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of nurse endoscopy services with multidisciplinary teams.
• Undertake upper and lower GI endoscopy (gastroscopy, sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy).
• Provide clinical leadership and develop nurse endoscopy practice.
• Support service improvement and ensure safe, compassionate patient care.
• Work to an agreed job plan with flexible weekly timetable.

Skills

Autonomous practice

Leadership

Endoscopy knowledge

Clinical assessment

Communication

Teaching/mentoring

Education

Degree-level education or equivalent

Endoscopy training and competency

Postgraduate study or advanced clinical practice

Teaching/assessor qualification

Job description

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Nurse Endoscopist

The closing date is 23 November 2026

The Advanced Clinical Specialist (SNE) is a senior clinical leadership role, providing expert endoscopy practice and professional leadership to ensure the delivery of safe, effective and compassionate patient care. The post holder will work autonomously as an expert practitioner, providing specialist advice and clinical leadership while supporting the development and delivery of high-quality endoscopy services. The role will lead service improvement, develop nursing endoscopy practice and promote consistently high standards of clinical care across the service.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for the effective and efficient delivery of the nurse endoscopy service, working closely with the multidisciplinary team to provide a high-quality general and specialist endoscopy service.

The post holder will undertake upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopy, including gastroscopy, flexible sigmoidoscopy and colonoscopy, as well as supporting delivery of the bowel scope programme within the Trust.

As Senior Nurse Endoscopist, the post holder will provide clinical leadership and play a key role in developing and implementing nurse endoscopy practice, supporting safe, effective and compassionate patient care.

The post holder will work to an agreed job plan, with flexibility within the weekly timetable to meet service needs and ensure the effective use of departmental capacity and resources.

About us

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.

Job responsibilities

Happy to Talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible and part time working will be considered.

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

Person Specification

Training and Qualification

• Current professional registration with the NMC
• Degree-level education or equivalent knowledge and experience
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Recognised endoscopy training and competency in gastroscopy, flexible sigmoidoscopy and colonoscopy
• Relevant postgraduate study or equivalent advanced clinical practice experience
• Training the Training (TTT) or equivalent
• Master's degree or evidence of study at Master's level
• Gastrointestinal upper and lower GI/endoscopy courses
• Teaching, mentoring or practice assessor qualification

Experience and Knowledge

• Extensive clinical experience within endoscopy
• Significant experience as a nurse endoscopist
• Experience of independently undertaking upper and lower GI endoscopy
• Evidence of maintaining endoscopy competence
• Knowledge of clinical governance, patient safety and quality improvement
• Experience of supporting service development and improvement
• Experience of developing or expanding nurse-led endoscopy services
• Experience of audit, research or quality improvement
• Experience of teaching and developing clinical staff
• Experience of leadership within an endoscopy service

Skills and Ability

• Ability to practise autonomously within scope of practice
• Advanced clinical assessment and decision-making skills
• Effective leadership and communication skills
• Ability to manage complex clinical situations
• Ability to prioritise workload and manage competing demands
• Ability to work effectively across multidisciplinary teams
• Ability to support, supervise and develop others
• Presentation and teaching skills
• Experience of implementing change and service redesign

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.

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