Staff Nurse/ODP Endoscopy

Job Description

Endoscopy – Beacon Park Hospital

We have an exciting opportunity for an Endoscopy Practitioner who is passionate about delivering excellent standards of care, to join our committed Team at Beacon Park Hospital.​

It is essential that the applicant will have a:

• Registered General Nurse (NMC)/Operating Department Practitioner (HCPC)
• Experience working in an Endoscopy Unit
• Comprehensive understanding of relevant and current clinical standards
• Recent post qualification experience
• Knowledge in current national guidance around pre-optimizing patients prior to surgery
• Experience of a team approach to care delivery
• Proven ability to work effectively in a team environment and on own initiative as required.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrable excellent customer service
• Demonstrated computer skills.
• Flexibility and adaptability to meet the changing needs of the service.
• Proven organizational skills.
• Confident and engaging telephone skills.​

Technical Skills and Application:

• Assessment of Patients
• Endoscopy experience within the Endoscopy suite
• Decontamination of Scopes
• Assesses, plans, implements and evaluates nursing care in collaboration with patients and their careers using data collected from medical questionnaires, previous notes, telephone communications and face to face consultations.
• Identify individual patient requirements and plan an individualized care pathway
• Responsible for carrying out appropriate clinical interventions required to deliver comprehensive patient care
• Liaise with all departments to ensure pathway can be delivered
• Maintain accurate accounts of nursing treatment, care planning and delivery.
• Ensures Pre-admission statistics are correctly recorded for collection/evaluation/audit. 
•  Uses excellent communication skills to undertake pre and post-operative phone calls to ensure continuity for the patient
• Reports clinical concerns to relevant consultants and Out Patients Manager
• Liaises with GPs and health professionals for all patients which require a cancellation or postponement.
• Ability to empathize with patients and deal with difficult situations.
• Pre Assessment experience desirable  

In return, we offer the successful candidate:

• •    25 Days Leave + Bank Holidays
  •    Buy & Sell Flexi Leave Options
  •    Private Pension where Ramsay will match up to 5% after a qualifying period
  •    Flexible shift patterns available where possible
  •    Enhanced Competitive Parental Leave Policies
  •    Private Medical Cover with option to add partner & dependants
  •    Life Assurance (Death in Service) x3 base salary
  •    Free Training and Development via the Ramsay Academy
  •    Free Parking on site (where possible)
  •    Subsidised staff restaurant (where possible)
  •    Concerts for Carers
  •    Employee Assistance Programme
  •    Cycle2Work scheme available, in partnership with Halfords
  •    The Blue Light Card Scheme

About Us:

Ramsay Health Care UK is a well-established global hospital group with over 50 years’ experience. It is well respected within the healthcare industry and is one of the leading providers of independent hospital services in England.

We love people with a positive, “can do” attitude who want to make a difference in their work. "Our employees are Ramsay." The skills and commitment of our employees forms the basis for our success.

“The Ramsay Way” culture recognises that people – staff and doctors – are Ramsay Health Care’s most important asset and this has been key to our ongoing success.

For further information or an informal conversation about the role, please contact Mathew Marskell via email- #####

All offers of employment in respect of this appointment will be subject to receipt of a satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure Certificate from the Disclosure & Barring Service.

We care.
 

It’s more than what we do, it’s who we are. Everything we do is about striving to deliver the best care. And it's a belief that's as true today as it was when we welcomed our first patients in 1964.
 

“The Ramsay Way” culture recognises that our people are our most important asset and this has been key to our ongoing success.

We are proud to support the UK’s Armed Forces and Reservists and have already achieved the Silver Award as part of the MOD’s Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme. The scheme recognises employers who actively support Defence while encouraging other organisations to adopt the same behaviours in their workplace. As a company we are committed to supporting the wider Armed Forces community and this includes our staff as well as our patients.

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all. This position is subject to background and DBS checks.