Are you caring and compassionate, clinically competent, observant and diligent? Would you strive to make a difference to the experience of our patients who have diverse health conditions and needs? Do you have the knowledge and skills to complete a range of evidence based patient assessments?
We have an exciting opportunity for a dynamic and flexible individual to join our Endoscopy team as a Senior Staff Nurse
The unit undertakes both diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. This is a rapidly expanding service with a workforce that is patient focused. Come and join this motivated and productive team and become a part of this nursing specialty. You will require a relevant endoscopy course or equivalent evidential experience of working within an endoscopy unit for a minimum of 2 years post registration. You will be able to act as a role model to junior staff, leading by example, as well as being an effective mentor/preceptor. You will be expected to undertake the daily running of the unit. You will possess excellent interpersonal communication skills.
The post holder is responsible for the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care with minimal to no supervision dependent on stage of development. The post holder will be required to be able to assist in all Endoscopy procedures - ERCP, Colonoscopy, OGD and Bronchoscopy. The post holder is required to teach qualified and non-qualified staff including students following the critical care pathway. The post holder is designated to take charge of the Unit, deputising for the Band 7 Sister/Charge Nurse. The post holder will inform the manager when changes in circumstances occur which may affect safe and competent practice.
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust is a community focused provider of local and acute care, providing high quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich and Bexley. With a turnover of around £700 million, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham and a range of community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup.
As an organisation, we’ve made significant improvements for patients and staff in the last two and-a-half years. This is reflected in our most recent Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection (from February 2020), which found improvements across the organisation and gave us an improved rating of “Good” in the Well-Led and Effective domains, in addition to the rating of “Good” that we had already achieved in the Caring domain. Our staff culture change programme has been key to the Trust’s improvement journey, as we’ve stabilised our workforce by reducing vacancy rates and improving staff retention. We’ve also significantly increased the representation of minority ethnic leaders across our clinical and corporate teams.
Provides assessment, planning, organisation and co-ordination of care to Endoscopy patients.
Establishes and maintains the highest standards of organisation and care delivery.
Provides leadership, support and guidance to staff in monitoring the planning, delivery and evaluation of individualised care.
Provides supervision to junior staff and acts as a mentor and assessor and creates a positive learning environment for junior staff, newly appointed staff and students.
Provides a working and training environment that allows all staff to perform their duties to the best of their ability.
Carries out audit and research to increase knowledge and assure quality of care.
Recognise the development aspect of the post leading to the acquisition of managerial skills to progress to a Band 7 role.
