Endoscopy Practitioner
Job Description
Job title: Endoscopy Practitioner
Company: Community Eye Care CHEC
Job description: Job Title: Endoscopy Practitioner
Location: Worcester
Contract Type: Permanent
This is a full-time role for 37.5 hours a week. You will be required to cover variable days and weekends to meet business needs.
Tier 2 visa sponsorship available.
We are always looking for great talent to join our team and help achieve our ambitious goals and growth. We care about our people, and we care about the future of community health and how CHEC can play an innovative part in making this great, with your help.
We are on an exciting journey in expanding our services into Endoscopy. Our services will include gastroscopy, flexible sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy, and haemorrhoidal banding.
Are you an Endoscopy Practitioner who wants to continue helping people but need a better work life balance? If yes, then CHEC is your employer of choice! We have an exciting opportunity for an Endoscopy Practitioner to join us on a permanent basis as we continue to expand throughout the UK.
About the Role
The role will be to teamwork under the coordination of the Endoscopy Nurse in Charge and provide the best possible experience for patients.
You will participate in the entire pathway for patients from pre-admission to procedure, then recovery and discharge. EPs contribute to the safe and effective working of their Unit and support CQC and JAG GRS activities and accreditation.
We are looking for someone who can:
- Complete clinical tasks depending upon supervising and contributing to training in others
- Can carry out site intravenous access when admitting patients requesting sedation, when competent
- Contribute to the team’s tasks to ensure that the endoscopy list flows smoothly and efficiently and according to CHEC Endoscopy SOP and other Policies
- Prepare clinical areas for clinical activities daily
- Participate in CQC and JAG accreditation and continuing competency training requirements through the JETs framework
- Have a passion for patient care: compassionate nurses with an appreciation of patient’s care-needs, first class communication skills
- Attention to detail and an eagerness and ability to learn
- Good listening abilities and logical thought processes
- Good team-working
To be successful in this role you will need:
- Registered practitioner with the NMC or HCPC
- At least 1-year previous experience as registered practitioner or equivalent in Endoscopy service
- Experience with JAG accreditation
- Passion for high quality patient safety and care
- Educated to degree level or equivalent level of experience
Why work for us?
- 25 days holidays plus bank holidays
- Buy and sell annual leave scheme
- Refer a friend scheme
- Company pension
- Company sick pay scheme
- Life assurance scheme
- Bluelight Card- 100’s of discount and cashback options
- Performance review with a training and development plan
- Employee discounts portal
- Cycle to work scheme
- Tech scheme
- MediCash – Health cash plan
Founded in 2012, CHEC has worked in partnership with thousands of optometrists to deliver our shared care partnership model. We are now one of the largest providers of community-based ophthalmology services in the UK.
As a specialist provider of community ophthalmology, we are pleased to have built a reputation for high quality, patient-focused care that ensures we always remain responsive and considerate to the needs of our patients. This model is underpinned by our dedicated clinical and non-clinical teams across the country who continue to serve our patients by providing excellent end to end care for every eye condition, as well as supporting the NHS. We consider this one of our USP’s, setting us apart from other independent sector providers as we strive to work in partnership with providers to improve services for all.
Our vision is simple. To make eyecare more readily available and accessible throughout local communities by offering patients greater choice, flexibility and reduced waiting times.
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Expected salary: £35500 – 40000 per year
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