Lead Clinical Endoscopist

Job Opportunity: Clinical Endoscopist

Well it’s not often a new post like this comes up and what an opportunity it is! This is a role which involves working as a Clinical endoscopist and managing and developing the Clinical endoscopist team. This really is a career opportunity for the right person who wants to progress.

Your passion for endoscopy, excellent communication skills coupled with your experience of working as a Nurse/Clinical endoscopist will make you flourish in this role and enrich our team Each week you will have 3 fixed endoscopy lists with 2 further ad-hoc lists and be delivering an endoscopy service across 2 sites, including the provision of gastroscopies, flexible sigmoidoscopies and colonoscopies.

Responsibilities

• Working with and training the Trainee Clinical endoscopists/medical/non-medical trainees.
• Working closely with the consultant and nursing teams to provide the highest standards of patient care and achieve national targets to meet service need and ensure continuing JAG accreditation.
• The Lead Clinical endoscopist has a clinical responsibility to work independently and autonomously and carry out diagnostic & therapeutic OGDs, flexible sigmoidoscopy and colonoscopy and cover endoscopy lists for other endoscopy colleagues.
• Leading, developing and line managing the Clinical endoscopist and Trainee clinical endoscopist team by providing support, advice and education (both formal and informal) on all aspects of endoscopy management.
• Providing formal training to Trainee clinical endoscopists, nursing staff and other staff in endoscopy and having completed the Train the trainer qualification (or complete this within 6 months of appointment).
• Supporting the endoscopy leadership team in ensuring excellent standards within the endoscopy units across the Trust and to maintain JAG accreditation.
• Managing patients appropriately through the diagnostic pathway using pre-assessment, outpatient clinics, telephone clinics and MDT review.
• Participating in research, risk management and clinical audit and representing the Trust in relevant clinical networks (for example, attending the Bowel Cancer Screening Programme Board meetings) and in joint work with local, regional and national bodies.