Senior Nurse Endoscopist - Lower GI

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; Ormskirk; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Ormskirk seeks an autonomous practitioner to undertake diagnostic and therapeutic investigations, including triaging Lower GI referrals for endoscopy procedures. The role includes ensuring efficient list management, contributing to the National Bowel Cancer Screening programme, and maintaining quality patient care standards. Required: qualification as a Non-medical Prescriber. Join a dynamic team focused on improving patient outcomes.

Qualifications

• To be a Non-medical Prescriber.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to National Bowel Cancer Screening programme including screening colonoscopy once accredited.
• Ensure lists run efficiently and effectively.
• Act as an excellent role model and develop own clinical expertise.
• Provide quality patient standards in accordance with GRS and JAG.
• Ensure families and carers are involved in care planning.
• Develop mechanisms to monitor users’ perceptions of the service.

Job description

Overview

You will work as an autonomous practitioner undertaking diagnostic & therapeutic investigations including triaging Lower GI referrals for patients requiring GI endoscopy procedures including diagnostic and therapeutic gastroscopy (Variceal banding, PEG insertion, APC, dilatation etc.) Flexible sigmoidoscopy and colonoscopy.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to National Bowel Cancer Screening programme including screening colonoscopy once accredited.
• To ensure lists run efficiently and effectively.
• To act as an excellent role model and develop own clinical expertise keeping abreast of changing developments in endoscopy practice.
• To provide quality patient standards in accordance with those identified in the GRS and JAG.
• To ensure that families and carers are involved in the planning and provision of care where this is appropriate.
• To develop mechanisms to monitor users’ perceptions of the service.

Qualifications

• To be a Non-medical Prescriber.