Job summary
- Main area
- ENDOSCOPY (Trainee Clinical Endoscopist)
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 153-ME04524
- Employer
- University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- UHD - both sites
- Town
- Bournemouth
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 pa
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 22/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Trainee Clinical Endoscopist- Lower GI (Band 7 on JAG accreditation)
NHS AfC: Band 6
As University Hospitals Dorset we are a three site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m.
We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £250m estates programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.
In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.
We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work.
We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.
At UHD our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group.
As a Trust we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.
Job overview
The principal role of this position is to be trained as a Lower GI Clinical Endoscopist. The successful candidates will be motivated, demonstrate drive, vision and enthusiasm to make a major contribution to the unit activity as an advanced practitioner. They will be required to have excellent communication skills, a flexible attitude and will need to demonstrate a commitment to their own personal development.
The successful candidate will take part in the next cohort of the Health Education England (HEE) Clinical Endoscopist Training Program based at the Regional Endoscopy Training Centre. They will be supported by JAG accredited Endoscopy Trainers utilizing regular protected training lists.
The Royal Bournemouth unit consists of 6 procedure rooms (including ERCP which is performed in the X-ray department), the Poole Unit has a further 3 procedure rooms with more expansion planned and Wimborne is operating as a satellite unit. We provide a full range of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures including: Upper and Lower GI Endoscopy, Endoscopic Ultra sound (EUS), Bronchoscopy and Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP). The Clinical Endoscopist team is also involved with providing JAG basic skills courses .
These jobs will include 6 day working (Monday-Saturday)
Please look at the Health Education England website to find out more about the Clinical Endoscopist Training Programme.
Main duties of the job
The principal role of this position is to be trained as a Lower GI
Endoscopist. Training will initially be started In-house before being completed as part of the South West Endoscopy Training Academy (SWETA) Clinical Endoscopist Training Program.
This is an accelerated programme aiming to achieve an independent level of competency in line with the JAG (Joint Advisory Group in Endoscopy) standards.
The post holder will exercise professional autonomy and make clinical
judgements using specialist knowledge and skills in order to provide high
standard holistic patient care, practising within local and national codes,
recommendations, clinical protocols and guidelines.
The successful candidate will be guaranteed a minimum of 2 endoscopy training sessions per week until full sign off. Once fully accredited they will be expected to deliver an anticipated 4+ endoscopy sessions per week
Working for our organisation
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued team mates and colleagues.
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme.
In some cases this means that a services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have at interview.
Please note if the role or service is relocated as part of a planned move, employees will not be eligible for excess mileage reimbursement. Travel from the postholder's home to the new work base will be considered a normal commute. Any other changes not related to this relocation will be managed according to the relevant Trust or National terms and conditions.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description as relevant to this position
The successful candidate will be guaranteed a minimum of 2 endoscopy training sessions per week until full sign off. Once fully accredited they will be expected to deliver an anticipated 4+ endoscopy sessions per week
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered health care professional
- Degree level education in related subject or studying towards this.
Desirable criteria
- Teaching or health promotion qualification
- Working towards a qualification in Advanced Clinical Practice (Masters Level)
- Independent Prescribing
- Health and Physical Assessment
Experience
Essential criteria
- Substantive post registration experience within Endoscopy or related speciality
- Evidence of managing a caseload or care group in a clinical setting with multidisciplinary working
- Evidence of having been responsible for day to day supervision or co-ordination of staff in a clinical setting with multidisciplinary working
- Evidence of participation in quality assurance, audit and research
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of providing written and verbal communications to consultants and GPs as an integral part of caseload responsibilities
- Working with patients with GI disease or cancer
- Experience in Capsule Endoscopy
- Responsibility for safe use of equipment and resources/stock control
Techncal Skills and Competencies
Essential criteria
- Patient examination and history taking
- Presentation skills
- I.T skills (standard key board user) Accessing and entering electronic data in clinical systems
- Ability to organize and prioritize own workload
- Ability to communicate sensitive information and address barriers to understanding
- Ability to maintain accurate records
- Highly professional role model
- Flexible and adaptable to working alone or within different groups
- Experienced in managing organisational change
Desirable criteria
- Advanced communication skills
- Competency in Clinical Skills such as ECG, Cannulation and Venepuncture
- Patient teaching/adult education
- Intermediate Life Support training
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge/understanding of confidentiality issues
- Knowledge of clinical governance, risk management, valid consent and withdrawal of consent.
- Knowledge of equality and diversity
Desirable criteria
- JAG/JETS Training portfolio
- HEE Upper/Lower GI training Course
Other requirements specific to the role
Essential criteria
- Adaptive to unpredictable workloads
- Ability to travel within the geographical areas as required by the service/requirements of the post
- Ability to work under pressure and with frequent interruptions
- Ability to stand for long periods and use repetitive hand actions whilst participating in training lists
Desirable criteria
- Aware of national agenda and changes to improve cancer services
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Highly motivated
- Flexible approach to the needs of the service
- Ability to demonstrate compassion
- Willingness to take on challenges and comfortable with constructive criticism
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Mickey Sherman
- Job title
- Lead Clinical Endoscopist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 019 5963
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