Endoscopy Pre-Admission Nurse Manager

Job summary

The post holder will:

• Provide clinical leadership to the Endoscopy Pre-Admissions team ensuring patients receive accurate and timely information in a manner they understand.
• Provide a high standard of individualised care to patients, acting as a role model for the Trust's Endoscopy service to professionals within primary and secondary care.
• Assess the elective patients' fitness for endoscopic procedures.
• Identify patients' health and ill-health, noting and organising specific action resulting from the assessment which may include requesting additional investigations.
• Liaising with GPs, nursing, anaesthetic, medical and surgical divisions and the endoscopy booking team, ensuring the patient is kept informed at each step.
• To lead on training the Endoscopy Pre-Admission team and in the development of the policies and protocols relating to the endoscopy Pre-Admission service.

Main duties of the job

• How would you like to come and work in a dynamic and forward thinking endoscopy unit based at St George's Hospital?
• We have 6 procedure rooms and undertake a wide range of procedures including OGD, Colonoscopy, ERCP, EUS, Bronchoscopy, EBUS and EMR. The unit houses the Southwest London Bowel Cancer Screening Centre and is JAG accredited.
• We pride ourselves on putting our patients first and provide a supportive environment for staff for training in Endoscopy both in the formal and informal setting.
• We are looking for an enthusiastic Band 7 nurse to lead, develop and manage a team for the pre-admission service for endoscopic procedures.
• This is an permanent full-time post.

About us

St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey.Our sites include St George's Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).

After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.