Nurse Endoscopist

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.

The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.

The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.

Job overview

• To provide individual episodes of care to a client group based on assessment of physical, social, psychological, emotional and spiritual needs.
• To demonstrate a high level of clinical decision-making and an ability to monitor and improve standards of care.
• To work within his/her own scope of professional practice.
• To work closely with the multi-professional team to develop the nurse endoscopist service and provide expert nursing practice without direct medical supervision but within agreed Trust protocols.
• To work unsupervised in the provision of clinical care to patient.
• To provide training and education to the multi-professional team, patients and their relatives.

Main duties of the job

• Work as an autonomous practitioner undertaking diagnostic & therapeutic investigations for patients requiring GI endoscopy procedures.
• To ensure these lists run efficiently and effectively
• To act as an excellent role model and develop own clinical expertise keeping abreast of changing developments in endoscopy practice.
• To provide quality patient standards in accordance with those identified in the GRS and JAG.
• To ensure that families and carers are involved in the planning and provision of care where this is appropriate.
• To participate in the formulation and development of clinical governance action plans.
• To actively participate in the Endoscopy Users Group.
• To ensure that nurse lead clinics are organised and run effectively.
• To recognise and refer to appropriate primary care services for clients with acute/chronic conditions.
• To demonstrate critical thinking and reasoning skills in diagnostic decision-making
• To document all relevant information regarding the client according to Trust standards.
• Where agreed, to dispense medication to the client using agreed protocols.
• Where appropriate, to select, perform and interpret screening and diagnostic laboratory tests, as agreed in protocols.
• To evaluate results of intervention using accepted outcome criteria, revise the plan of care, where appropriate, and consult/refer when needed.
• To provide a ‘follow-up’ service within the consultant led clinic.