Overview

This is an exciting opportunity for nursing associates to join a supportive and dynamic team to help develop a career in nursing. Come, join, and develop your future with us at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust.

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is one of the largest acute trusts in the UK and we can provide opportunities for you to gain further knowledge and experience, with training provided to the highest standards.

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You will have the opportunity to lead by example and support the safe delivery of individualized care for patients undergoing diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopic procedures.

Hammersmith Hospital Endoscopy Unit is a Specialist Centre for Hepatobiliary in North West London. We provide tertiary care in ERCP (endoscopic retrograde cholangio-pancreatography (ERCP), EUS (endoscopic ultrasound) as well as luminal endoscopic procedures.

Our three endoscopy departments have gained JAG accreditation. All our departments offer a wide range of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, including:

  • upper and lower GI endoscopy.
  • gastroscopy.
  • colonoscopy.
  • flexi sigmoidoscopy.
  • bronchoscopy.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part-time or job share.

 

Main duties of the job

  • The Role of the Nursing Associate is to assist and support the Registered Nurse/ Midwife in ensuring optimal care for the patients across the trust.
  • The post holder will be responsible for delivering high-quality, patient-centred compassionate care under the direction of a Registered Nurse/ Midwife with a focus on promoting health and independence. They will be an accountable professional and have the ability to work without direct supervision; within the parameters of practice by undertaking a range of duties appropriate to the level of responsibility and knowledge and skills acquired.

 

About us

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values – expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast-forward your career.

Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

 

Person Specification

Education/ Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Nursing Associate on the NMC register.
  • Nursing Associate foundation degree qualification.

Desirable

  • Other health relation qualification.

 

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of working in teams under appropriate supervision as part of a multidisciplinary team.
  • Insight into how to evaluate own strengths and development needs, seeking advice where appropriate.
  • Experience of providing and receiving complex, sensitive information.

Desirable

  • Understanding NHS/ Health and Social care.
  • Previous NHS experience.
  • Endoscopy experience.

 

Skills/Knowledge/ Abilities

Essential

  • Understanding of the scope of the role of the Nursing Associate in the context of the nursing and interdisciplinary team and the organisation, and how the role may contribute to service development.
  • Understanding of the importance of following procedures and treatment plans.
  • Understand the requirements for NMC professional Revalidation.
  • Knowledge of when to seek advice and escalate to the appropriate professional for expert help and advice.

 

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.

 

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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