Ward Clerk

3 weeks ago


Blackburn, United Kingdom East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust Full time
Job overview

To provide and promote the highest possible standard of care based on professionally determined standards and accept accountability for the patient as an individual, providing autonomy.

Participate as an effective practitioner within a multi - disciplinary unit, demonstrating effective team work and providing good morale within the department. To rotate through all clinical areas to meet service need and professional development.

Main duties of the job

Provide care in the clinical area as an effective member of the clinical team.

Establish a safe working environment for patient and staff and ensure that patient contact and dignity are compromised as little as possible.

Arrange the admission, transfer and nurses led discharge of patients, assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating programmes of care within speciality.

Demonstrate knowledge of Endoscopy equipment.

Maintain appropriate department documentation policies, care plans and electronic record.

Undertake daily checks within Endoscopy and report any faults.

Co-ordinate the safe transfer of patients.

Working within a team.

Working for our organisation

Ensure that personal actions and conduct comply with the trust policies and procedures e.g Health and Safety, Tobacco policy, equal opportunities, confidentiality, the data protection act (1998). Moving and handling regulations, attend training courses as required e.g induction, moving and handling, fire lectures etc.

Conduct duties with regard to values underpinning the Trust Vision:

  1. If it's about me, involve me
  2. Working together in partnership.
  3. Aspiring to excellence.
  4. Ongoing improvement of our service.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities
  • Provide care in the clinical area as effective member of the clinical team.
  • Establish a safe working environment for patient staff and ensure that patient contact and dignity are compromised as little as possible.
  • Assessing, planning, implementing, preparing the patient for their procedure .
  • Working within a team.
  • Maintain appropriate documentation.
  • Co-ordinate the safe transfer of patients.
  • Develop professionally through self development - extending own knowledge and understanding of Endoscopy.
Person specification Endoscopy staff nurse Essential criteria
  • Registered Nurse 1st Level
  • Basic life support
  • Able to work within the procedure rooms for all procedures including wearing radiology leads for ERCP and procedures requiring radiology support.
  • flexibility, able to work the hours of the service, across all sites
  • Proven ability to work unsupervised.
  • people skills, able to be an effective member of a team, a good team leader.
  • Audit skills
  • Good IT skills
  • Clear written and verbal communication
  • Able to prioritise and plan workload
  • To rotate across all 3 sites.
Desirable criteria
  • Previous Endoscopy Experience
  • Post registration Endoscopy related Qualification



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