Endoscopy Practitioner

Job Title: Endoscopy Practitioner

Location: Stevenage

Contract Type: Full time, permanent.

Salary: £36,000 - £38,000

This is a full-time role for 37.5 hours a week. You will be required to cover variable days and weekends to meet business needs.

Tier 2 visa sponsorship available.

We are always looking for great talent to join our team and help achieve our ambitious goals and growth. We care about our people, and we care about the future of community health and how CHEC can play an innovative part in making this great, with your help.

We are on an exciting journey in expanding our services into Endoscopy. Our services will include gastroscopy, flexible sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy, and haemorrhoidal banding.

Are you an Endoscopy Practitioner who wants to continue helping people but need a better work life balance? If yes, then CHEC is your employer of choice! We have an exciting opportunity for an Endoscopy Practitioner to join us on a permanent basis as we continue to expand throughout the UK.

About the Role

The role will be to teamwork under the coordination of the Endoscopy Nurse in Charge and provide the best possible experience for patients.

You will participate in the entire pathway for patients from pre-admission to procedure, then recovery and discharge. EPs contribute to the safe and effective working of their Unit and support CQC and JAG GRS activities and accreditation.

We are looking for someone who can:

• Complete clinical tasks depending upon supervising and contributing to training in others
• Can carry out site intravenous access when admitting patients requesting sedation, when competent
• Contribute to the team’s tasks to ensure that the endoscopy list flows smoothly and efficiently and according to CHEC Endoscopy SOP and other Policies
• Prepare clinical areas for clinical activities daily
• Participate in CQC and JAG accreditation and continuing competency training requirements through the JETs framework
• Have a passion for patient care: compassionate nurses with an appreciation of patient’s care-needs, first class communication skills
• Attention to detail and an eagerness and ability to learn
• Good listening abilities and logical thought processes
• Good team-working

To be successful in this role you will need:

• Registered practitioner with the NMC or HCPC
• At least 1-year previous experience as registered practitioner or equivalent in Endoscopy service
• Experience with JAG accreditation
• Passion for high quality patient safety and care
• Educated to degree level or equivalent level of experience

About CHEC

Community Health and Eyecare, or CHEC as we like to be called, are a leading provider of NHS services in the UK, with an established group of hospitals and community clinics. Our vision is to provide accessible healthcare services across the UK. Our bespoke state of the art Cataract and Surgical Centres are a beacon of envy, where we are contracted to deliver cataracts, YAG laser and wAMD services across the UK, providing end-to-end care for every eye condition whilst continuing to support the NHS nationwide with our services.

Why work for us?

• 33 days holidays inclusive of bank holidays
• Buy and sell annual leave scheme
• Refer a friend scheme
• Company pension scheme
• Company sick pay scheme
• Death in service scheme
• Bluelight Card- 100’s of discount and cashback options
• Career development opportunities – dedicated reward framework and multiple learning opportunities
• Performance reviews with a training and development plan
• Better work life balance – no night shifts
• Dedicated clinical education team
• Great team and working environment