Band 5 Endoscopy Staff Nurse inLondon inLondon PUBLISHED 10 MAY 2024

With nearly9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, they are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.Their main site, St George's Hospital in Tooting - one of the country's principal teaching hospitals - is shared with St George's, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research.
Job summary

Providing excellent nursing care on a regular basis. Taking charge and activelyparticipating in and contributing to the management of the ward or department.Supervising and mentoring junior staff. Participate in the decontamination, traceabilityand maintenance of endoscopes and other specialised equipment used inendoscopic and non-endoscopic procedures and providing technical assistanceduring such procedures.

Main duties of the job

St. George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Endoscopy Unit is one of the three National Endoscopy Training Centres and houses the SW London Bowel Cancer Screening Centre.

Comprises of six procedure rooms, providing facilities for both in-patient and out-patient investigations. The unit offers a wide range of endoscopy diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.

The team is staffed by team of experienced endoscopy nurses, the nursing staff working in close collaboration with gastroenterologists and hepatologists. All the staff are committed to ensuring that the highest standard of clinical care is delivered. The unit provides a range of educational and training programmes in endoscopy, available to both medical and nursing staff accredited with JAG and National Endoscopy Training programme.

About us

With nearly9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, they are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.Their main site, St George's Hospital in Tooting - one of the country's principal teaching hospitals - is shared with St George's, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George's Hospital also hosts the St George's, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.As well as acute hospital services, they provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2.St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people.The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases. The trust also provides a nationwide state-of-the-art endoscopy training centre.

Job description

Job responsibilities

We are looking for enthusiastic Band 5 nurses to join our friendly team in Endoscopy unit. You will be trained in the admission, assisting with procedure, recovery and discharge for patients having endoscopic procedures such as OGD, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, ERCP and EUS. You will gain skills in cannulation, recovering patients from GAs and sedation, giving advice post procedure and obtaining knowledge on different endoscopic procedures carried out in the department.

Job description
Job responsibilities

We are looking for enthusiastic Band 5 nurses to join our friendly team in Endoscopy unit. You will be trained in the admission, assisting with procedure, recovery and discharge for patients having endoscopic procedures such as OGD, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, ERCP and EUS. You will gain skills in cannulation, recovering patients from GAs and sedation, giving advice post procedure and obtaining knowledge on different endoscopic procedures carried out in the department.

Person Specification

Professional and clinical qualification experience

Essential

  • Minimum of 12 months post registration experience in acute setting
  • Knowledge of GI and respiratory diseases
Desirable

  • NURB 280/360 or ENB 906 equivalent
  • Enthusiastic/willingness to lead and motivate staff
Organisational Management

Essential

  • Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate, nursing care needs of individual
Desirable

  • Computer literate, willingness to lead and motivate staff
General/ personal

Essential

  • Motivated and demonstrates/enthusiasm for the speciality
Person Specification
Professional and clinical qualification experience

Essential

  • Minimum of 12 months post registration experience in acute setting
  • Knowledge of GI and respiratory diseases
Desirable

  • NURB 280/360 or ENB 906 equivalent
  • Enthusiastic/willingness to lead and motivate staff
Organisational Management

Essential

  • Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate, nursing care needs of individual
Desirable

  • Computer literate, willingness to lead and motivate staff
General/ personal

Essential

  • Motivated and demonstrates/enthusiasm for the speciality
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.
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Additional information
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Employer details

Employer name

St George's Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address

St. George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Endoscopy Unit

Blackshaw Road Tooting

London

SW17 0QT

Employer's website
Job summary

Providing excellent nursing care on a regular basis. Taking charge and activelyparticipating in and contributing to the management of the ward or department.Supervising and mentoring junior staff. Participate in the decontamination, traceabilityand maintenance of endoscopes and other specialised equipment used inendoscopic and non-endoscopic procedures and providing technical assistanceduring such procedures.

Main duties of the job

St. George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Endoscopy Unit is one of the three National Endoscopy Training Centres and houses the SW London Bowel Cancer Screening Centre.

Comprises of six procedure rooms, providing facilities for both in-patient and out-patient investigations. The unit offers a wide range of endoscopy diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.

The team is staffed by team of experienced endoscopy nurses, the nursing staff working in close collaboration with gastroenterologists and hepatologists. All the staff are committed to ensuring that the highest standard of clinical care is delivered. The unit provides a range of educational and training programmes in endoscopy, available to both medical and nursing staff accredited with JAG and National Endoscopy Training programme.

About us

With nearly9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, they are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.Their main site, St George's Hospital in Tooting - one of the country's principal teaching hospitals - is shared with St George's, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George's Hospital also hosts the St George's, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.As well as acute hospital services, they provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2.St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people.The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases. The trust also provides a nationwide state-of-the-art endoscopy training centre.

Job description

Job responsibilities

We are looking for enthusiastic Band 5 nurses to join our friendly team in Endoscopy unit. You will be trained in the admission, assisting with procedure, recovery and discharge for patients having endoscopic procedures such as OGD, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, ERCP and EUS. You will gain skills in cannulation, recovering patients from GAs and sedation, giving advice post procedure and obtaining knowledge on different endoscopic procedures carried out in the department.

Job description
Job responsibilities

We are looking for enthusiastic Band 5 nurses to join our friendly team in Endoscopy unit. You will be trained in the admission, assisting with procedure, recovery and discharge for patients having endoscopic procedures such as OGD, colonoscopy, bronchoscopy, ERCP and EUS. You will gain skills in cannulation, recovering patients from GAs and sedation, giving advice post procedure and obtaining knowledge on different endoscopic procedures carried out in the department.

Person Specification

Professional and clinical qualification experience

Essential

  • Minimum of 12 months post registration experience in acute setting
  • Knowledge of GI and respiratory diseases
Desirable

  • NURB 280/360 or ENB 906 equivalent
  • Enthusiastic/willingness to lead and motivate staff
Organisational Management

Essential

  • Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate, nursing care needs of individual
Desirable

  • Computer literate, willingness to lead and motivate staff
General/ personal

Essential

  • Motivated and demonstrates/enthusiasm for the speciality
Person Specification
Professional and clinical qualification experience

Essential

  • Minimum of 12 months post registration experience in acute setting
  • Knowledge of GI and respiratory diseases
Desirable

  • NURB 280/360 or ENB 906 equivalent
  • Enthusiastic/willingness to lead and motivate staff
Organisational Management

Essential

  • Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate, nursing care needs of individual
Desirable

  • Computer literate, willingness to lead and motivate staff
General/ personal

Essential

  • Motivated and demonstrates/enthusiasm for the speciality
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.
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Additional information
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Employer details

Employer name

St George's Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Address

St. George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Endoscopy Unit

Blackshaw Road Tooting

London

SW17 0QT

Employer's website


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