Job summary
Endoscopy Manager
The post holder will provide expertise in clinical practise, professional leadership, education and consultancy in all aspects of the field of Endoscopy Services. The post holder will work closely with the Directorate Manager to the deliver the NHS diagnostic, Cancer Access and elective access targets, ensuring services are re-designed to meet the target deadlines.
Collaborative working with the Clinical Director and Directorate Manager and other Trust teams will deliver improved quality standards for both staff and patients to a sustainable and high standard.
Main duties of the job
- Continually monitor quality of care provision and initiate remedial action where necessary.
- Provide visible high level support and assistance to staff in dealing with difficult situations / conflicts and other professional / clinical issues.
- leadership to the whole Endoscopy nursing team and across the Clinical Business Unit.
- Review staffing establishments and skill mix with the Endoscopy service Manager to ensure safe staffing within budgetary provision.
- Proactively participate in the prevention and investigation of complaints and take constructive action to change practise where necessary.
- Implement and work within the Trust Human Resource policies on all staffing matters including sickness and absence management and disciplinary and capability issues.
- Take a lead role in the recruitment and selection of staff. Develop, implement and maintain a competency based training programme for all staff working within the Endoscopy.
About us
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Aintree University Hospitalis the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility.Broadgreen Hospitalis home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation.Liverpool Women's Hospitalspecialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. TheRoyal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Ability to initiate and implement change
- Participation in service development projects
- Ability to communicate in a variety of settings with staff, patients and carers of varying levels of understanding
- Knowledge of and participation in financial management within the clinical setting
- Ability to communicate unpleasant and sensitive information
- Ability to present written information in a logical manner
- Basic IT skills in word processing and spreadsheets
- Ability to manage own workload, plan the work of others and work autonomously
- Effective delegation of skills
- Ability to demonstrate leadership and motivational skills
- Experienced in staff management, able to persuade and influence and handle conflict
- Knowledge of professional and NHS issues
- Assertive
- Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues in the health care setting
- Evidence of involvement in research and development
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Ability to initiate and implement change
- Participation in service development projects
- Ability to communicate in a variety of settings with staff, patients and carers of varying levels of understanding
- Knowledge of and participation in financial management within the clinical setting
- Ability to communicate unpleasant and sensitive information
- Ability to present written information in a logical manner
- Basic IT skills in word processing and spreadsheets
- Ability to manage own workload, plan the work of others and work autonomously
- Effective delegation of skills
- Ability to demonstrate leadership and motivational skills
- Experienced in staff management, able to persuade and influence and handle conflict
- Knowledge of professional and NHS issues
- Assertive
- Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues in the health care setting
- Evidence of involvement in research and development
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RGN
- Post Graduate Degree
- ENB 998/C&G 7307 or relevant teaching experience
- NURB 360 or ENB 906 equivalent
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Broad range of clinical experience
- Demonstrable post registration experience
- Experience of managing people
- Experience in teaching multidisciplinary groups in skills and disseminating knowledge
- Previous experience of working/managing within an endoscopy/ theatre department
- Participation in service development projects
- Experienced in staff management, able to persuade and influence and handle conflict
- Evidence of involvement in research
Desirable
- Previous experience of patient and public involvement in service redesign
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of and participation in financial management within the clinical setting
- Knowledge of professional and NHS issues
Desirable
- Capacity and Demand issues and service redesign
Skills
Essential
- Ability to initiate and implement change
- Ability to communicate in a variety of settings with staff, patients and carers of varying levels of understanding
- Ability to communicate unpleasant and sensitive information
- Ability to present written information in a logical manner
- Basic IT skills in word processing and spreadsheets
- Ability to manage own workload, plan the work of others and work autonomously
- Effective delegation of skills
- Ability to demonstrate leadership and motivational skills
- Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues in the health care setting
Desirable
- Advanced IT skills including knowledge of databases
Other
Essential
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RGN
- Post Graduate Degree
- ENB 998/C&G 7307 or relevant teaching experience
- NURB 360 or ENB 906 equivalent
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Broad range of clinical experience
- Demonstrable post registration experience
- Experience of managing people
- Experience in teaching multidisciplinary groups in skills and disseminating knowledge
- Previous experience of working/managing within an endoscopy/ theatre department
- Participation in service development projects
- Experienced in staff management, able to persuade and influence and handle conflict
- Evidence of involvement in research
Desirable
- Previous experience of patient and public involvement in service redesign
Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of and participation in financial management within the clinical setting
- Knowledge of professional and NHS issues
Desirable
- Capacity and Demand issues and service redesign
Skills
Essential
- Ability to initiate and implement change
- Ability to communicate in a variety of settings with staff, patients and carers of varying levels of understanding
- Ability to communicate unpleasant and sensitive information
- Ability to present written information in a logical manner
- Basic IT skills in word processing and spreadsheets
- Ability to manage own workload, plan the work of others and work autonomously
- Effective delegation of skills
- Ability to demonstrate leadership and motivational skills
- Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues in the health care setting
Desirable
- Advanced IT skills including knowledge of databases
Other
Essential
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
