Job summary
- Main area
- Endoscopy
- Grade
- NHS AfC :Band 5
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (Will involve seven day working)
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week (This post involves some weekend working and bank holiday working on a rota basis)
- Job ref
- 262-A-25-7499789-A
- Employer
- North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Cumberland Infirmary
- Town
- Carlisle
- Salary
- £31,049 - £37,796 pa pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/11/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Staff Nurse, Endoscopy * Internal Applicants Only*
NHS AfC :Band 5
Job overview
Band 5 Staff nurse, Endoscopy Department up to 30 hours 12 months fixed term
Are you looking for a new and exciting challenge? Endoscopy Nursing provides you with a varied role. Hours will be considered to give you a work life balance. We aim to provide a high standard of care to all our patients. We are very excited to have moved into our new purpose built Endoscopy unit in mid June 2025.
Plus, we are keen to nurture and develop our staff. Many of our staff progress onto Nurse specialist roles or Trainee Nurse endoscopists. Endoscopy can provide this opportunity for you.
Dedicated quarterly training and well being days are protected for all our nursing team. Weekends and bank holidays are on a rota basis.
Main duties of the job
We are a dynamic team and training and development is high on our agenda on the unit. As well as diagnostic procedures we specialise in GI Bleeding emergency cases daily, ERCP and Respiratory lists twice weekly.
If you are at all interested please feel free to come into the unit for a visit or alternatively send us an email.
The Trust will provide a twelve month preceptorship period for all newly registered healthcare professionals.
- Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.
- If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.
Working for our organisation
At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.
Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of ‘safe, high quality care every time’:
· Being a clinically led organisation
· Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
· A positive patient experience every time
· A great place to work
· Managing our money well
As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.
Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.
Please note, due to changes implemented by the Government to the UK immigration policy, individuals who require a Health and Care Visa or a Skilled Worker Visa may no longer be eligible for sponsorship where the UKVI salary threshold is not met or if the occupation is not included in the updated Immigration Salary List (ISL). Applicants must check their eligibility to be employed in any role they are interested in applying for, prior to completing an application for employment. Any applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria will not be progressed. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
If you are applying under the Disability Confident Scheme or Armed Forces Covenant and you meet all the essential criteria for a post, you will be guaranteed an interview.
Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see our Policy for eligible vacancies.
Disclosure and Barring Service:
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
The cost of the DBS must be met by the successful candidate(s) through salary deduction. DBS charges are as follows if applicable to the post:
Standard Check: £21.50 + Administration cost of £5.90 = £27.40. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.
Enhanced Check: £49.50 + administration cost of £5.90 = £55.40. Deducted from salary over a 4 month period or a one-off payment.
NCIC can offer successful future employees the following benefits:
27-day holiday scheme rising to 33 after 10 years
Flexible working Scheme
NHS Discounts*
Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars and Cycle to Work*
Excellent opportunities for development*
Competitive NHS Pension scheme
Vivup is a free, confidential counselling and information service to assist with personal or work-related problems
*Subject to eligibility
Important Information
Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.
If sufficient response is received this post could be closed earlier than the specified closing date, please apply as soon as possible to ensure that your application is considered.
Candidates who have been successfully shortlisted for interview will be asked via an email notification to log on to their Trac account to select an interview time. This will usually be within 2 weeks of the closing date.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered nurse with active registration.
Desirable criteria
- Teaching qualification NST 307 or equivalent
- ENB 906 endoscopy nursing or equivalent.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Relevant field of nursing.
- Clinical supervision.
Desirable criteria
- Mentor to pre-registration nursing students.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Budgetary awareness.
- Continuing professional development with portfolio
- NMC code of professional conduct.
- Professional leadership within area of practice
- Equality legislation and best practice
Desirable criteria
- Role of the PCPI strategy.
- Endoscopy procedures
- Audit and research in practice.
Skills and Aptitudes
Essential criteria
- Developed communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work as a team member, without close supervision.
- Able to act as a clinical supervisor, mentor and preceptor.
- Able to demonstrate the compassionate values and behaviours needed for dignified care
Desirable criteria
- IT skills.
- Project development skills.
- Able to undertake I.V. drug administration, cannulation and venepuncture.
Other requirements
Desirable criteria
- Flexibility over working hours.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Karen Prokas
- Job title
- Endoscopy Unit Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01228 814154
- Additional information
Best way of contact is to Email and to arrange a visit to the Endoscopy Unit
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