Endoscopy Staff Nurse

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Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, (LGT), is a community-focused provider of local and acute care, delivering high-quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich, and Bexley. We provide whole-life care and are here to support our communities to live healthier lives as well as taking care of them when they need us the most.

Employing almost 7,500 colleagues, affectionately known as Team LGT, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham, and at over a dozen community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup.

We have recently launched our new vision and values to mark the LGT10 – the tenth anniversary of our Trust forming in 2013. Our trust vision is to be exceptional. In the quality of our patient care; our support for colleagues; and in the difference we make through our partnerships and in our communities.

To achieve this we value Respect, Compassion, and Inclusion; Being accountable over staying comfortable; Listening over always knowing best; and Succeeding together over achieving alone. You can read more about our visions and values here

Our hospitals and community sites provide a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services, as well as emergency and planned care. The Trust is rated as “good” or “outstanding” in over three-quarters of the services inspected by the Care Quality Commission.

Every year our work includes performing 10,000 procedures in our theatres; bringing seven and a half thousand new lives into the world; carrying out 570,000 visits to patients in their homes or communities and providing emergency care for more than 300,000 patients arriving in our busy Urgent and Emergency Departments.

LGT is a centre for the education and training of medical students enrolled with King’s College London’s GKT School of Medical Education. We are a training centre for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals. We are pioneering new roles that will support the changing needs of our patients and are one of the largest employers of physician associates in the country.

We are committed to working with our partners to deliver the best outcomes for our local communities. This means playing an active role in the South East London Integrated Care System (ICS), and in formal partnerships including the South East London Acute Provider Collaborative, provider partnerships with our local mental health trusts and borough-based boards of the ICS in Bexley, Greenwich and Lewisham.

Job overview

A new and exciting opportunity has arisen for a post for Band 5 Staff Nurses in the Endoscopy department at the University Hospital Lewisham. The UHL Endoscopy department is a 4-procedure room department offering both diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy (including ERCP, Colonoscopy Gastroscopy, and Bowel Screening) as well as supporting our inpatient service. The department has a progressive, motivated and highly experienced team who are keen to support new staff in their clinical development skills.

The suitable candidates can be experienced Endoscopy nurses who are highly motivated and enjoy developing new skills in Endoscopy or those who are ready to learn new skill in Endoscopy.


Endoscopy unit covers a 5 day service, full time hours are usually completed over 4 days.

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A Band 5 Endoscopy Nurse provides holistic, high-quality care from pre-assessment through to discharge for patients undergoing endoscopic procedures. Core duties include assisting with procedures monitoring, administering medication, monitoring patient recovery, and maintaining infection control standards.

Key responsibilities include:

• Clinical Duties: Assessing, planning, and delivering patient care before, during, and after endoscopic procedures (e.g., gastroscopy, colonoscopy).
• Procedure Support: Assisting endoscopists in procedure rooms, managing specialized endoscopic equipment, and providing technical support.
• Patient Monitoring: Monitoring vital signs, conscious levels, and administering sedation/medication in accordance with policy.
• Recovery and Discharge: Monitoring patient recovery, ensuring stability, providing discharge advice, and managing patient care from admission to discharge.
• Safety and Standards: Ensuring infection control compliance (e.g., COSHH), maintaining accurate documentation, and adhering to JAG (Joint Advisory Group) standards.
• Teamwork and Development: Acting as a role model, mentoring junior staff/students, and participating in on-call rotas.
• Communication: Acting as a key member of the multidisciplinary team to ensure a positive patient experience.

Working for our organisation

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:

1. Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
2. Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
3. Improving the experience of staff with disability
4. Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
5. Making equalities mainstream

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Act as a Named Nurse within a Team taking responsibility, over an appropriate span of time, in conjunction with the Ward/Unit Manager and the multidisciplinary team, for the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care from admission to discharge within the in-patient setting.
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Be patient centred in approach to developing clinical care plans
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Be aware of current advances in clinical care and be able to facilitate the team members in implementation of evidence-based practice.
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Take an active role in the continuing development and use of protocols and standards for nursing care.
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Participate in evaluation, audit, and research of nursing care.
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Actively work to promote health and prevent ill health in staff, patients and their relatives.
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Promote and maintain a safe and pleasant environment for patients, visitors, and colleagues.
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Check the readiness for use of emergency/special equipment and ensure all equipment in use, is in good working order.
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Have knowledge of recording relevant patient/nursing data on to computer.

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Accept responsibility for the administration, care, and custody of medicines, in accordance with legal requirements and NMC and Trust Guidelines on drug administration.
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Attend mandatory annual updates in fire training, basic life support, other identified sessions and maintain knowledge of relevant policies.
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Have knowledge and understanding of all relevant Trust policies, including the Major Incident Plan, ensuring that junior colleagues are aware of such policies.
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Have knowledge of and adhere to relevant parts of national legislation, including Health and Safety at Work Act, COSHH Regulations, and Moving and Handling Regulations.
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Transport people and/or items safely and to time consistent with legislation, policies and procedures.
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Ensure all biomedical investigations and interventions are undertaken safely and in a timely manner, reporting and documenting results appropriately and in line with legislation, policies and procedures.
Workforce
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Manage a group of patients, prioritising their needs in conjunction with those of the ward/department, to ensure safe and effective care.
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Manage the ward/unit in the absence of senior staff, ensuring safe and effective patient care.
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Manage an area of responsibility as required within allocated resources.
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Escalate any concerns to the Senior Staff Nurse/Ward/Unit Manager
Financial
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Understand ward/department budgets and how the division may become more cost-effective. With support work within budgetary requirements whilst maintaining standards of care.
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Participate in the management of skill mix issues, stock control, and available resources.
Partnerships
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Take an active role in developing and maintaining effective communication with members of the interprofessional team, patients, and relatives about difficult matters in difficult situations.
General

• Participate in the orientation of new members of staff when relevant.
• Act as a change agent where necessary.
• Ensure all Trust Nursing policies and procedures are adhered to.
• Be aware of human resource issues relevant to the directorate including
management of absence and sickness, disciplinary and recruitment matters.
• Ensure own continuing professional development and identify own Personal
Development Plan.
• Participate in the clinical and educational development of other staff within the
team.
• Act as a clinical role model for all levels of staff.
• Encourage other staff to keep abreast of new developments and encourage
the exchange of information, ideas and experiences.
• Endoscopy staff – ensures care is delivered to the JAG standards
• Endoscopy staff – ensures competencies are identified for this area

We reserve the right to close the post before the stated closing date, please apply early. We do not contact applicants with the outcome of the shortlisting. If you have been shortlisted, you will receive an invite to an assessment day or interview.

As a local employer and anchor institution we work closely with our community to recruit locally and we welcome applications from the widest variety of people to ensure our workforce are reflective of the local communities which we serve. We encourage all suitable candidates to apply including if you are Black, Asian or other ethnic minorities, live with a disability (visible or not) or are LGBT+. We have a number of active staff networks including Disability, LGBT+, Multicultural Inclusion and Women’s staff networks to bring staff together and celebrate diversity across our whole workforce.

Please note: Information provided during recruitment and pre‑employment checks must be accurate. Misrepresentation may be investigated as fraud and could lead to withdrawal from the process, professional sanctions, or criminal action.

Please note: that sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route is subject to Trust allocation and UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) approval.

Use of AI in recruitment: We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support the initial review of applications against the essential criteria for this role. Where AI is used, it will support rather than replace human decision-making, and applications will remain subject to appropriate human review.