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Endoscopy Team Lead

2 months ago


Luton, Luton, United Kingdom Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust Full time
Job Overview

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Endoscopy Deputy Lead Nurse to join our team at Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust. This is an exciting opportunity for a Band 7 registered nurse to take on a leadership role in our specialist Endoscopy department.

Main Responsibilities
  • Provide professional leadership, direction, and support to all department staff, users, consultants, their teams, and directorate management.
  • Ensure that clinical practice and care are underpinned by evidence-based practice, where applicable, and ensure the application of research into clinical practice.
  • Develop and maintain key working relationships with Gastroenterologists, GI surgeons, GI Clinical Nurse Specialists, Nutrition Nurse Specialist, Endoscopy Unit Manager, Divisional Manager, Matron, and staff.
  • Communicate effectively verbally and via formal documentation and electronic sources, with all members of the nursing, multidisciplinary team, patients, and their relatives, and discuss complex issues to ensure patients receive optimum care.
  • Assist in the development of induction programs, guiding practice, assessing competence, enabling, and supporting learning.
  • Participate in regular 1:1s and IPR with line manager.
  • Adhere to the NMC Code of Conduct and Trust policies.
  • Act as a role model, encouraging and promoting good practice.
  • Work in collaboration with the Endoscopy Unit manager and Endoscopy practice development Nurse to contribute to developing and delivering teaching programs with regard to the use of highly specialized technical and expensive Endoscopy equipment.
  • Act as an advocate for the patient.
  • Ensure all members of staff receive mandatory training and all staff are correctly trained to use all equipment and to keep accurate records of such training.
  • Identify training needs with regard to the continuing development of the department and to ensure appropriate programs of education are commissioned.
  • Ensure that all staff receive orientation, induction, mandatory training, and completion of Endoscopy.
  • Ensure all staff are properly trained in relation to COSHH, decontamination, and other health and safety issues within the department.
  • Represent the department's staff at various forums, promoting the profile of endoscopy nursing.
  • Use the appraisal framework to progress personal and professional knowledge and skills.
  • Liaise with all Consultants to ensure that list schedules are maximized.
  • Ensure resources are available and used effectively.
  • Ensure that all endoscopy services are delivered efficiently and effectively within the allocated budget.
  • Manage the development, implementation, and evaluation of new and existing practices and policies.
  • Promote a culture where change is embraced and there is commitment to achieving and sustaining high standards of patient care and clinical practice.
  • Monitor patient satisfaction within the department while working closely with the Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS) and the Complaints & Legal Services Department.
  • Help ensure that action plans to achieve level A in the Global rating Score are followed through in a timely fashion.
  • Take an active part in the Global rating Score and JAG assessments for endoscopy in conjunction with the Endoscopy Unit Manager and Clinical lead.
  • Ensure that patients and their relatives have access to information that is current and allows them to make informed decisions about Endoscopy procedures and treatment.
  • Help lead on the development and implementation of the Trust's nursing strategy within the department and support the directorate in developing and progressing the corporate nursing agenda.
  • Contribute significantly to and/or lead unit clinical projects, standard settings, audits, and quality monitoring in conjunction with the Unit manager.
  • Investigate complaints and incidents and to provide reports in line with Trust policy.
  • Help develop a strategic plan for the endoscopy service that involves patient-centered evidence-based programs of care for patients through continuous quality improvement and regular review of the service.
  • Assist in audits and research both internally and externally.
  • Work regularly with all grades of staff to observe and influence practice and process.
  • Monitor the effectiveness of the preceptorship scheme in place to ensure that new staff receive the appropriate support.
  • Act upon information gained from exit interviews to continuously improve the work environment.
  • Adopt a flexible approach to rostering, balancing the needs of the service and staff members to ensure sufficient numbers of staff at the appropriate level to deliver high-quality care and maintain morale.
  • Ensure rotas comply with the Working Time Directive.
  • Effectively and safely delegate roles and responsibilities within the department and the multidisciplinary teams.
  • Organize own workload and practice accordingly.
  • Initiate projects that raise the profile of the endoscopy service.
  • Help take responsibility for the recruitment, interviewing, and selection of staff.
  • Help ensure sickness, establishment, and agency usage figures are monitored monthly and to take necessary action to remedy problems.
Qualifications

• Registered Nurse First Level

• Documented evidence of CPD

• ENB 998 or equivalent

• Nursing degree or working towards

• Management or Leadership Qualification or willing to work towards

Communication Skills

• Excellent verbal and non-verbal communication skills

Experience

• Experience of working as an Endoscopy Nurse at Band 6 for a minimum of 1 year

• Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team at a senior level

• Knowledge and understanding of JAG, JETS, and accreditation requirements

• Clinical expertise within Endoscopy

• Managing change

• Experience of audit and research

• Experience of preparing agendas and chairing departmental meetings

IT Knowledge

• Excellent IT skills, on Endoscopy software, IPM, word, excel, outlook

Skills

• Leadership skills

• Able to organize and prioritize workload

• Experience of producing and maintaining nursing rosters

• Time management and prioritization skills

• Able to work autonomously

• Able to present and analyze complex data

• Venepuncture and cannulation skills

Personal Skills

• Open/Reflective/Warm

• Enthusiastic and self-aware

• Team-focused

• Creative and Flexible

• Reliable, Adaptable, and Dependable