About this role
Job summary
Band 5 Staff Nurse (Endoscopy Unit)
**This is a fixed-term/secondment opportunity for 12 months to cover maternity leave.**
The Royal Berkshire Hospital's Endoscopy Unit is committed to delivering a high quality patient-focused service.
We are a well-equipped and modern department which specialises in a wide range of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures for patients attending as day cases, in-patients and emergencies.
We are a JAG accredited unit and undertake bowel cancer screening as part of the National Screening Programme.
An opportunity has arisen for a dynamic individual willing to learn some highly skilled endoscopy techniques and actively assist in providing quality care for patients undergoing endoscopy procedures.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will provide excellent individualised nursing care to patients attending the endoscopy unit from pre-assessment, support in the procedure rooms through to discharge.
In return, we offer you a flexible and motivating work environment and you will have full support of the Endoscopy Unit in providing both a clinical and competency based training programme (Jets workforce). In addition, the endoscopy unit consist of a multidisplinary team and we encourage all our staff to develop their clinical, managerial and leadership skills in a positive learning environment.
We are a very busy, expanding unit and are seeking reliable and flexible staff. The unit is open Monday to Saturday 08:00 to 18:30.
If you interested in joining our friendly and supportive team, please contact the unit sister Chiedza Chiweshe 0118 322 7458 / [email protected] or Indira Bahal-Jalloh (Practice Educator) 0118 322 5651/7458 / [email protected].
About us
Reading sits on the river Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.
The CQCrated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.
Our "CARE" values:Compassionate,Aspirational,Resourceful,Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.
Job description Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details of the job role.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Registered Nurse with NMC registration
Desirable
Educated to degree level or working towards
Experience Essential
Experience in an acute set-up Evidence of recent continous professional development
Desirable
Shows interest in facilitating learning and developing others Experience in speciality may be an advantage
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
Address Royal Berkshire Hospital
Craven Road
Reading
RG1 5AN
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.royalberkshire.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)