Trainee Endoscopist

**Job Title**: Trainee Endoscopist (Training Post suitable for NMC Registered Nurse + Physicians Associate)

**Band**: Band 6-8a (dependent upon training progression/completion)

**Location**: Endoscopy Department (Royal & County Sites)

**Hours of Duty**: 37.5 hours per week

**Managerially accountable to**: Matron ? Clinical Leads

**Professionally accountable to**: Associate Chief Nurse / Clinical Director

**Key Relationships**: Medical, Nursing, Therapy Staff
Endoscopy Services Team
Ward Manager
Senior Clinical Nurses (Matron)
Clinical Director
Directorate Manager
External GPs, Patients, Visitors

**PLEASE NOTE**: you must be able to commence in post from 01/09/2023 to commence training.

We are looking for a motivated and enthusiastic Registered Nurse or a Physicians Associate who wishes to undertake fast track training in order to become a Clinical Nurse Endoscopist and join our team at UHNM, working at both our County Hospital and Royal Stoke sites. Our two endoscopy departments consisting of ten endoscopy rooms have a mix of medical and non-medical endoscopists, and we are excited to be able to recruit an additional nurse endoscopist due to service growth.

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.

For more information on working for the Trust, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.

For more details on the post, please contact Sarah Hoole (see contact details)