Registered Nurse - Endoscopy

Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust ,
Norwich, Norfolk
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Endoscopy - Full and Part time Registered Nursing Vacancies available We are looking for enthusiastic, motivated Registered Nurses, with a passion for Endoscopy or those who would like to explore a career change, to join our team. The Endoscopy Unit at NNUH is the largest in the UK and operates Monday to Friday; this role requires some on call working however you will not be working nights or weekends as part of your standard working week. Our dynamic and friendly department offers nurses the opportunity to work alongside a multidisciplinary team in a variety of settings including pre-operative assessment clinics, assisting with therapeutic and diagnostic patient procedures and caring for patients in recovery. Endoscopy has benefited from a huge investment with the construction of the state of the art Quadram Institute on site at NNUH. We can now carry out 40,000 procedures each year making NNUH home to the largest Endoscopy Unit in Europe The Quadram Institute which opened in December 2018 has also created new interfaces between food science, gut biology, human health and disease, capitalising on the world-class bioscience cluster based at the Norwich Research Park. NNUH clinicians work alongside scientists to conduct research to improve human health and wellbeing throughout life. NNUH is also a centre for the National Bowel Cancer Screening Programmes and we are also a centre of excellence for endoscopy training, offering approved courses for doctors and nurses. We are fully JAG (Joint Advisory Group) accredited and at our last assessment the endoscopy team was congratulated for facilitating high quality patient care across all disciplines. We are a large and dynamic department, treating more than 28,000 patients in 2018. Benefits of joining our expanding Unit include: - Great opportunities for training and progression - Encouragement to develop advanced clinical skills - Shift flexibility over three-session days, with the requirement for some on-call working - Working alongside colleagues from a variety of clinical specialties - Strong links with clinical research and studies to advance treatment techniques - Full and part-time opportunities available We would welcome applications from candidates without previous experience in Endoscopy, but experience in an acute Trust is desirable. If you would like to find out more about working at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals as a Endoscopy Nurse in Gastro see pages 14 and 15 of our 'Wish you were here...' recruitment brochure. You may also like to take a look at the video of an interview with one of the Registered Nurses from the Gastroenterology team, talking about why she likes working at NNUH. It's a really exciting time for us at NNUH; if you've got the drive, enthusiasm and skills to make the most of this great opportunity, we'd love to hear from you. Alternatively you can contact us on 01603 286286 ext 6542 to arrange to come in for a tour of our department and to talk to us about working at our hospital. Open for applications: 1st June 2020 Close for applications: 17th June 2020 For further details / informal visits contact: Mel MacCallum - Sister tel: 01603 288641 email: merly.maccallum@nnuh.nhs.uk Employment Type: FULL_TIME

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