Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

Staff Nurse (Endoscopy)

The closing date is 01 June 2025

Job summary

Band 5 Staff Nurse (Endoscopy)

Are you a Registered Nurse who is looking to develop and enhance your knowledge of Endoscopy?

We would love you to consider joining our JAG Accredited Unit at the Royal Berkshire Hospital and we think we have got something special to offer you.

We currently work a 6 day working week (Monday to Saturday 08:00 to 18:30) and have the benefit of doing self-rostering with priority requests.

Endoscopy is a friendly team and we welcome applicants from anyone who is a good team player and has a willingness to learn and develop new skills.

We are a busy, diagnostic and therapeutic unit dealing with out-patients and in-patients and we also support the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme.

The Royal Berkshire Endoscopy Unit is committed to delivering high quality patient-focused service - we are a well-equipped and modern department which specialises in a wide range of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.

We are a JAG accredited unit and undertake bowel cancer screening as part of the National Screening Programme.

We are looking for dynamic individuals willing to learn some highly skilled endoscopy techniques and actively assist in providing quality care for patients undergoing endoscopy procedures.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide excellent individualised nursing care to patients attending the endoscopy unit from pre-assessment, support in the procedure rooms, through to discharge.

In return, we offer you a flexible and motivating work environment and you will have full support of the Endoscopy Unit in providing both a clinical and competency based training programme (Jets workforce).

In addition, the endoscopy unit consist of a multidisciplinary team and we encourage all our staff to develop their clinical, managerial and leadership skills in a positive learning environment.

We are a very busy, expanding unit and are looking for some reliable and flexible staff.

The unit is open Monday to Saturday 08:00 to 18:30.

About us

Reading sits on the river Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.

The Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is the main provider of hospital services for the population of Reading, Newbury, Wokingham and the towns and villages of west Berkshire.

At our heart we are a local hospital that works with NHS and social care partners to provide excellent healthcare services for over 500,000 people who currently live in our catchment area. We also provide specialist hospital services beyond the county's borders.

Each year we are responsible for efficiently and effectively spending more than £400m of NHS resources on the services we provide.

As a founder member of the Berkshire West Integrated Care System, we are one of NHS England's demonstrator sites for integration between primary, community, mental health and acute healthcare services.

The CQC recently rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.

Our "CARE" values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Resourceful, Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.

Details

Date posted

08 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

193-7101500PCG

Job locations

Royal Berkshire Hospital

Craven Road

Reading

RG1 5AN


Job description

Job responsibilities

You will be responsible for undertaking and recording comprehensive nursing assessment and planning, delivering and evaluating high standards of evidenced-based nursing care to a diverse group of patients.

Deliver care without direct supervision and be accountable for the care delivered and any omissions of care.

Teach and supervise more junior staff, students and the non-registered nursing workforce.

Be accountable for care or any omissions of care that you delegate to others.

Act as role model, delivering care with empathy and compassion as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Please refer to the attached Job Description & Person Specification for further details.

Job description

Job responsibilities

You will be responsible for undertaking and recording comprehensive nursing assessment and planning, delivering and evaluating high standards of evidenced-based nursing care to a diverse group of patients.

Deliver care without direct supervision and be accountable for the care delivered and any omissions of care.

Teach and supervise more junior staff, students and the non-registered nursing workforce.

Be accountable for care or any omissions of care that you delegate to others.

Act as role model, delivering care with empathy and compassion as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Please refer to the attached Job Description & Person Specification for further details.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Nurse - part 1
  • Current NMC registration
  • Evidence of recent continuous professional development

Experience

Essential

  • Experience in a hospital acute set up

Desirable

  • Relevant endoscopy experience
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registered Nurse - part 1
  • Current NMC registration
  • Evidence of recent continuous professional development

Experience

Essential

  • Experience in a hospital acute set up

Desirable

  • Relevant endoscopy experience

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Berkshire Hospital

Craven Road

Reading

RG1 5AN


Employer's website

https://www.royalberkshire.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Royal Berkshire Hospital

Craven Road

Reading

RG1 5AN


Employer's website

https://www.royalberkshire.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Sister

Chiedza Chiweshe

chiedza.chiweshe@royalberkshire.nhs.uk

01183227458

Details

Date posted

08 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

193-7101500PCG

Job locations

Royal Berkshire Hospital

Craven Road

Reading

RG1 5AN


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