Lead Nurse

3 weeks ago

Stevenage, United Kingdom East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust Full time
Job overview

We are recruiting for a Lead Nurse in Endoscopy for our two modern Endoscopy Units, who shares our vision to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.


There are 6 endoscopy procedure rooms and we are looking for someone that wants to developed integrated patient care and be involved in the development of new procedures.


Maintaining JAG accreditation is a key part of the role ensuring that all GRS standards are maintained and evidenced.


Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond

Main duties of the job

You will manage and lead the Endoscopy unit at the Lister Hospital and QE11 with responsibility for ensuring high quality, cost-effective healthcare. They will also be involved in the strategic review of clinical services as appropriate. The post holder will also be responsible for implementing a clearly defined integrated approach to patient care encompassing new treatments and evidence-based care.

Maintaining JAG accreditation is a key part of the role ensuring that all GRS standards are not only maintained but evidenced on a yearly basis through annual uploads, and 5 yearly visits.

You will be responsible to ensure that endoscopy equipment is safe for use and service contracts are in place. The procurement and leasing of equipment must be maintained to ensure endoscopy is safe and keeping up to date with technological advances.

Deal effectively with written and verbal complaints taking rapid action to rectify difficulties immediately wherever this is possible. Investigate and formulate responses to written complaints within the Trust Policy timescales and ensure that action is taken to avoid recurrence where appropriate.

Working for our organisation

At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

  • The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
  • New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
  • Hertford County, Hertford
  • Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

Person specificationQualifications / TrainingEssential criteria
  • Registered nurse educated to Degree level
  • Post registration qualification in specialty
  • Teaching and mentoring qualification
  • Evidence of professional continuous development and portfolio of learning
  • Willingness and ability to work toward Masters
Desirable criteria
  • Leadership or management module
  • Master degree
Previous ExperienceEssential criteria
  • Significant clinical experience as a senior nurse within the endoscopy field or as a Nurse Endoscopist
  • Experience in project management
  • Experience of leading service change
  • Experience of managing a budget
  • Experience of managing and/or leading a team
Desirable criteria
  • Practical experience of policy development
  • Audit or research experience
SkillsEssential criteria
  • Effective communicator with proven ability to influence all levels of staff
  • Ability to articulate with advanced written and verbal communication skills.
  • Proven leadership and team leading skills
  • Proven ability to manage and progress own professional development
  • Able to respond to change and apply themselves to development in practice
Desirable criteria
  • Presentation skills
  • Ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines and targets
KnowledgeEssential criteria
  • Knowledge of Endoscopy and endoscopic procedures
  • Knowledge of JETS education programme
  • Knowledge of JAG accreditation process

Our values

We want our staff to believe in, demonstrate and live our values in everything we do.

Include
We value the diversity and experience of our community colleagues and partners, creating relationships and climates that provide an opportunity to share, collaborate and grow together.

Respect
We create a safe environment where we are curious of the lived experience of others, seek out best practice and are open to listening and hearing new ideas.

Improve
We are committed to consistently delivering excellent services and continuously looking to improve through a creative workforce that feels empowered to act in service of our shared purpose.

Committed to our Community

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion for all job applicants, staff, patients and the wider community. We want to create a workforce which represents the communities we serve. We are on a journey to become a more inclusive organisation and we welcome applications from everyone regardless of their background. In particular we encourage applications from candidates with disabilities, and candidates from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds who are currently under-represented in various parts of our workforce .

We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to support flexible working for our staff wherever possible and all our employees are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and achieved our status in 2019.

We will remove barriers that prospective candidates might face at any stage of our recruitment process. If you have a disability and would like the advert in an alternative format, or would like to talk about how we can adjust the interview process to best support you, please contact us by emailing resourcing.enh-tr@nhs.net

We are also proud to support our UK armed forces by supporting Reservists, Cadet Instructors, Veterans and military spouses/partners into employment and offering supportive policies that value their contribution to the community and to our Trust.

We are committed to being a carer-friendly environment, addressing the complex needs of families with caring responsibilities. In partnership with Carers in Hertfordshire, all our working carers have access to support from recruitment. We are also a member of Carers UK, providing resources to make balancing work and caring easier. Our approach is inclusive, recognizing diverse challenges and creating a supportive environment where carers feel valued.

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