Endoscopy Senior Staff Nurse

The postholder will support the Clinical and Nursing Lead for Gastroenterology and Endoscopy, in meeting and maintaining the standards requiredby the Joint Advisory Group on Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (JAG). They will lead, manage, direct, and evaluate the nursing care for a defined caseload of patients in all areas ofEndoscopy i.e. pre-assessment, admission, procedure rooms, recovery, and discharge., Supporting Endoscopy Unit manager and officiating in her/his absence. Working various rotation duties during the week and weekend.

Management of sickness and absence and maintaining anecdotal record electronically etc.

Knowledge of ordering supplies on PECOS/ Genesis and maintaining right balance and understanding working economically.

Understanding trust values, polices , guidelines, protocols , NMC Code and adhere and practice accordingly.

Detailed knowledge of Infection control and decontamination of endoscopes.

Maintaining quality and delivering high standards of care by adhering to trust values.

Weekend and weekdays on-call duties as per rotation.

Supervision of staff and delegation of authority to Junior staff as and when required.

Mentoring and training newly recruited staff and students and live by a great an example.

Competent in health roster and allocating staff with right skill mix.

North Mid is part of North Central London integrated care system - consisting of the NHS and Local authority organisations in Camden, Islington, Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. As with other ICS's, we are working increasingly closely with partners and indeed many of our financial and performance objectives are measured at this system level. Whilst all organisations remain as standalone, statutory bodies we have an ICS infrastructure for making shared decisions and agreeing shared approaches.

We are proud of our staff and want to ensure their training allows them to provide excellent clinical care. We are also a training unit for medical students from UCL and St George's University Grenada, and for nursing and midwifery students from Middlesex and City Universities.