Clinical Endoscopy Manager inBristol inBristol PUBLISHED 23 MAY 2024

Previous experience at band 6 or equivalent within perioperative/surgical setting.
Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a band 7 Clinical Department Manager at the Queens Day Unit Endoscopy Department.

We are seeking a highly motivated person with a drive for innovation and an aptitude for patient focused decision making. We require strong leadership skills to support and ensure safe delivery of emergency, therapeutic and diagnostic endoscopy services at the Bristol Royal Infirmary site. The department operates from 07.00-20.00 Monday to Friday and also provides an on call emergency team out of hours.

We are looking for someone who is committed and enthusiastic, preferably with clinical experience of working within endoscopy services and an understanding of the Joint Advisory Group (JAG) quality standards. We are looking for the right individual who can positively motivate the team, delegate appropriately and lead change.

Main duties of the job

As the department manager you will be responsible for a nursing establishment of over 50 members of staff and need to build close working relationships with the wider multiprofessional team. We require excellent communication skills to facilitate safe operational management of the services provided.

You will also be responsible for the clinical governance of your area, ensuring patient and staff safety and always striving for a high quality patient experience.

You will work closely with the other Trust endoscopy sites including the Day Surgery and Endoscopy Unite team at South Bristol Community Hospital and the Endoscopy Unit at Weston General Hospital. You will also work closely with the relevant Clinical Nurse Specialists and the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme. The department is shared with the Queens Day Unit Theatres, who operate in hours. Second stage recovery of some BRI post-operative patients will be provided by the Queens Day Unit Endoscopy recovery nurses, for whom you are responsible.

About us

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as 'Good' overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For a more detailed job description, main responsibilities, and Person Specification, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

Job description
Job responsibilities

For a more detailed job description, main responsibilities, and Person Specification, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

Person Specification

Qualificationss and Training

Essential

  • Current NMC Registration
  • Evidence of formal ongoing professional development
  • Evidence of Teaching Qualification
Desirable

  • Degree (nursing ODP or Diploma equivalent)
  • Leadership/Management Qualification
Knowledge and Experience

Essential

  • Previous experience at band 6 or equivalent within perioperative/surgical setting
  • Proven leadership and management experience
  • Experience or sound knowledge of human resource management e.g Appraisal, sickness etc
  • Enthusiastic, highly motivated and able to inspire others
  • A high standard of verbal and report writing skills
  • Proven evidence of educational support
  • Demonstrated ability to support colleagues
  • Conscientious, committed, reliable and hardworking
Desirable

  • Undertaken nursing/clinical research. Experience of advanced practice/protocols and audit
  • Demonstrate participation in budgetary control
Skills and Abilities

Essential

  • Ability to communicate clearly to a range of audiences & disciplines
  • Ability to deal sensitively with emotive?
  • Organisational/prioritising skills
  • Change management and ability to present ideas effectively
  • Clinical expert in defined area of work
  • IT Literate
  • Equitable
  • Team player
  • Ability to de-escalate challenging behaviour
  • Assertiveness
  • Demonstrate ability to take overall responsibility and accountability
  • Resilience
  • Pro-active, dynamic and flexible
  • Innovative
Aptitudes

Essential

  • Personal insight and awareness
  • Enthusiastic & motivated
  • Supportive
  • Respectful
  • Collaborative
Person Specification
Qualificationss and Training

Essential

  • Current NMC Registration
  • Evidence of formal ongoing professional development
  • Evidence of Teaching Qualification
Desirable

  • Degree (nursing ODP or Diploma equivalent)
  • Leadership/Management Qualification
Knowledge and Experience

Essential

  • Previous experience at band 6 or equivalent within perioperative/surgical setting
  • Proven leadership and management experience
  • Experience or sound knowledge of human resource management e.g Appraisal, sickness etc
  • Enthusiastic, highly motivated and able to inspire others
  • A high standard of verbal and report writing skills
  • Proven evidence of educational support
  • Demonstrated ability to support colleagues
  • Conscientious, committed, reliable and hardworking
Desirable

  • Undertaken nursing/clinical research. Experience of advanced practice/protocols and audit
  • Demonstrate participation in budgetary control
Skills and Abilities

Essential

  • Ability to communicate clearly to a range of audiences & disciplines
  • Ability to deal sensitively with emotive?
  • Organisational/prioritising skills
  • Change management and ability to present ideas effectively
  • Clinical expert in defined area of work
  • IT Literate
  • Equitable
  • Team player
  • Ability to de-escalate challenging behaviour
  • Assertiveness
  • Demonstrate ability to take overall responsibility and accountability
  • Resilience
  • Pro-active, dynamic and flexible
  • Innovative
Aptitudes

Essential

  • Personal insight and awareness
  • Enthusiastic & motivated
  • Supportive
  • Respectful
  • Collaborative
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration

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

Additional information
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration

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

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW)
Address

Bristol Royal Infirmary

Upper Maudlin Street

Bristol

BS2 8HW

Employer's website
Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a band 7 Clinical Department Manager at the Queens Day Unit Endoscopy Department.

We are seeking a highly motivated person with a drive for innovation and an aptitude for patient focused decision making. We require strong leadership skills to support and ensure safe delivery of emergency, therapeutic and diagnostic endoscopy services at the Bristol Royal Infirmary site. The department operates from 07.00-20.00 Monday to Friday and also provides an on call emergency team out of hours.

We are looking for someone who is committed and enthusiastic, preferably with clinical experience of working within endoscopy services and an understanding of the Joint Advisory Group (JAG) quality standards. We are looking for the right individual who can positively motivate the team, delegate appropriately and lead change.

Main duties of the job

As the department manager you will be responsible for a nursing establishment of over 50 members of staff and need to build close working relationships with the wider multiprofessional team. We require excellent communication skills to facilitate safe operational management of the services provided.

You will also be responsible for the clinical governance of your area, ensuring patient and staff safety and always striving for a high quality patient experience.

You will work closely with the other Trust endoscopy sites including the Day Surgery and Endoscopy Unite team at South Bristol Community Hospital and the Endoscopy Unit at Weston General Hospital. You will also work closely with the relevant Clinical Nurse Specialists and the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme. The department is shared with the Queens Day Unit Theatres, who operate in hours. Second stage recovery of some BRI post-operative patients will be provided by the Queens Day Unit Endoscopy recovery nurses, for whom you are responsible.

About us

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as 'Good' overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For a more detailed job description, main responsibilities, and Person Specification, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

Job description
Job responsibilities

For a more detailed job description, main responsibilities, and Person Specification, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

Person Specification

Qualificationss and Training

Essential

  • Current NMC Registration
  • Evidence of formal ongoing professional development
  • Evidence of Teaching Qualification
Desirable

  • Degree (nursing ODP or Diploma equivalent)
  • Leadership/Management Qualification
Knowledge and Experience

Essential

  • Previous experience at band 6 or equivalent within perioperative/surgical setting
  • Proven leadership and management experience
  • Experience or sound knowledge of human resource management e.g Appraisal, sickness etc
  • Enthusiastic, highly motivated and able to inspire others
  • A high standard of verbal and report writing skills
  • Proven evidence of educational support
  • Demonstrated ability to support colleagues
  • Conscientious, committed, reliable and hardworking
Desirable

  • Undertaken nursing/clinical research. Experience of advanced practice/protocols and audit
  • Demonstrate participation in budgetary control
Skills and Abilities

Essential

  • Ability to communicate clearly to a range of audiences & disciplines
  • Ability to deal sensitively with emotive?
  • Organisational/prioritising skills
  • Change management and ability to present ideas effectively
  • Clinical expert in defined area of work
  • IT Literate
  • Equitable
  • Team player
  • Ability to de-escalate challenging behaviour
  • Assertiveness
  • Demonstrate ability to take overall responsibility and accountability
  • Resilience
  • Pro-active, dynamic and flexible
  • Innovative
Aptitudes

Essential

  • Personal insight and awareness
  • Enthusiastic & motivated
  • Supportive
  • Respectful
  • Collaborative
Person Specification
Qualificationss and Training

Essential

  • Current NMC Registration
  • Evidence of formal ongoing professional development
  • Evidence of Teaching Qualification
Desirable

  • Degree (nursing ODP or Diploma equivalent)
  • Leadership/Management Qualification
Knowledge and Experience

Essential

  • Previous experience at band 6 or equivalent within perioperative/surgical setting
  • Proven leadership and management experience
  • Experience or sound knowledge of human resource management e.g Appraisal, sickness etc
  • Enthusiastic, highly motivated and able to inspire others
  • A high standard of verbal and report writing skills
  • Proven evidence of educational support
  • Demonstrated ability to support colleagues
  • Conscientious, committed, reliable and hardworking
Desirable

  • Undertaken nursing/clinical research. Experience of advanced practice/protocols and audit
  • Demonstrate participation in budgetary control
Skills and Abilities

Essential

  • Ability to communicate clearly to a range of audiences & disciplines
  • Ability to deal sensitively with emotive?
  • Organisational/prioritising skills
  • Change management and ability to present ideas effectively
  • Clinical expert in defined area of work
  • IT Literate
  • Equitable
  • Team player
  • Ability to de-escalate challenging behaviour
  • Assertiveness
  • Demonstrate ability to take overall responsibility and accountability
  • Resilience
  • Pro-active, dynamic and flexible
  • Innovative
Aptitudes

Essential

  • Personal insight and awareness
  • Enthusiastic & motivated
  • Supportive
  • Respectful
  • Collaborative
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration

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

Additional information
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration

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

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW)
Address

Bristol Royal Infirmary

Upper Maudlin Street

Bristol

BS2 8HW

Employer's website


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