Job overview

Registered Nurse / Operating Department Practitioner – Endoscopy
Substantive & Fixed-Term Maternity Cover Opportunities

We have exciting opportunities for a Registered Nurse (RN) or Operating Department Practitioner (ODP) to join our JAG-accredited Endoscopy Unit within Princess Anne Day Surgery and Endoscopy Unit.

Our service supports diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy in partnership with  GHNHSFT colleagues, delivering high-quality care to our local community. This is a varied and rewarding role supporting patients throughout their endoscopy journey — from admission to discharge — alongside assisting with procedures and decontamination.

We are recruiting to both substantive and fixed-term maternity cover posts.

The role may include cross-site working across the wider endoscopy service, so flexibility to work across Gloucestershire sites when required is essential.

The ideal candidate will have post-registration experience in endoscopy, theatres, day surgery, or a similar acute clinical setting. Knowledge of JAG standards and JET training would be beneficial, but is not essential, as a comprehensive training package is available for the right candidate.

You’ll join a highly experienced, supportive team with strong clinical leadership, a commitment to innovation, and outstanding patient feedback. We are passionate about delivering excellent care and supporting our staff to grow and develop in their roles.

Come and be part of a team that makes a real difference every day.

Main duties of the job

As an Endoscopy Practitioner, you will play a key role in delivering safe, high-quality, patient-centred care within our JAG-accredited Endoscopy service at Stroud Hospital.

Working as part of a supportive multidisciplinary team, you will care for patients throughout their endoscopy journey, including admission, preparation, assisting with diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, recovery, discharge and aftercare.

You will support the smooth day-to-day running of the unit, ensuring high clinical standards, excellent patient experience and safe use of equipment, including participation in endoscope care and decontamination processes following appropriate training.

This is a varied and rewarding role offering the opportunity to work collaboratively with colleagues across Endoscopy, Day Surgery and partner services, contributing to service development, quality improvement and continuous learning.

Working for our organisation

We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people’s homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.

Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us.  In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views.  It was great to hear that:

• 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
• 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
• 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust’s priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.

This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement.  However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.