Clinical Endoscopist

Are you an experienced Clinical Endoscopist looking to provide world-class care to our community?

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust would like to offer you a warm welcome to the Endoscopy team. Our JAG Accredited service provides a range of diagnostic and therapeutic gastrointestinal (GI) endoscopic procedures to a population of over a million people across Coventry and Rugby.

It's an exciting time to join our Trust as we work through our new Community Diagnostic Centre Programme (CDC), which provides patients with more convenient access to vital diagnostic procedures with shorter waiting times. As part of the CDC programme, a new Endoscopy Unit opened at the Hospital of St Cross. This includes three fully-equipped Endoscopy procedure rooms and facilities with separate male and female waiting and recovery areas, improving privacy and comfort for patients. This is in addition to the 5 procedure room unit on the Coventry site.

Main duties of the job

As an established Clinical Endoscopist, you will work in collaboration with the gastroenterology and endoscopy departments across both our University Hospital, Coventry and Hospital of St Cross, Rugby sites.

• Be independently competent in undertaking diagnostic endoscopy (OGD, Flexible sigmoidoscopy and/or Colonoscopy).
• Collaborate with the management teams within the gastroenterology and endoscopy departments.

About us

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.

We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high-quality patient care at the heart of everything we do.

Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.

By joining our Trust, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities.

The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care.

As an established Clinical Endoscopist competent in delivering education, supported with audit and research, the post holder will take personal responsibility for the setting of professional standards and the monitoring of performance against the agreed local and national standards for the Service, in collaboration with the management teams within the gastroenterology and endoscopy departments.

• To be competent in the delivery of endoscopy including OGD, FOS, Colonoscopy.
• The promotion of clinical excellence in his/her practice through the implementation of research evidence-based care and NICE guidelines.
• Being responsible for the day-to-day function of their own caseload, assessing, implementing, and directing endoscopy cases, including liaison with all members of the MDT, patients, and their families, and in nurse/non-medical led endoscopy sessions.
• Work autonomously as a Clinical Endoscopist to deliver a differential diagnostic GI endoscopy service including delivering life-changing diagnoses, initiating treatment, and breaking bad news. The option to develop therapeutic GI endoscopy could be discussed.
• Administer local anaesthetic and IV sedation to patients undergoing endoscopy in accordance with Trust policies and group protocols.
• Refer patients to other healthcare providers to ensure patient care is continued, including independent referral for radiological intervention such as x-ray, CT, and MRI.
• The establishment and maintenance of effective collaboration and co-operative relationships with other members of the multidisciplinary team, working towards the optimisation of high standards of care in endoscopy.
• To work in collaboration with partners across the local system, contributing to and developing system pathways for the benefit of patients referred via GI 2WW pathways.
• Provide practical guidelines for the treatment/management of patients including setting of policies and protocols that direct both medical and non-medical practice.
• Continue to provide Clinical excellence through his/her practice that remains up-to-date through training and mentorship.
• Develop and maintain an appropriate knowledge base of anatomy in order to distinguish between normal and abnormal endoscopy findings.

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