Job overview

Staff Nurse – Endoscopy

We are looking for a dedicated and compassionate Registered Nurse to join our dynamic Endoscopy team at Southend Hospital. If you are committed to high‑quality patient care and eager to grow your skills in a supportive environment, we would love to hear from you.

We place a strong emphasis on education and professional development. With an approachable senior sister and an open‑door policy, you will always have access to guidance, mentorship, and opportunities to discuss your goals and future progression. Your growth matters to us, and we are committed to helping you flourish in your chosen career pathway. Our team prides itself on fairness, respect, and collaboration. We work together to ensure that both our staff and patients receive the very best experience.

In this role, you will use your excellent communication skills to work closely with multidisciplinary teams and other departments, ensuring seamless patient journeys. You will also provide exceptional patient‑centred care while confidently managing your own caseload.

If you are enthusiastic, motivated, and passionate about delivering outstanding care in a friendly, supportive team, this could be the perfect next step in your nursing career.

Main duties of the job

Your role will be to access, plan, implement, evaluate, holistic, high quality and individualised care which respects our patient personal dignity and beliefs whilst maintaining a safe working environment for patients, visitors and staff and promoting effective communication within the care team and with colleagues, patients, relatives and visitors.

You will act as a mentor to students and newly qualified staff including teaching and assessing, within their realm of competence, upholding the philosophy of evidence based practice and assist in the management of the ward budget and ensure appropriate stock levels are maintained advising of any shortfalls and taking action appropriate to their level of expertise.

In this role you will assist your Senior staff with service development and the overall implementation of relevant policies within the department, supporting the Senior Management team with formulation of long term strategic plans which require flexibility impacting across the whole Trust.

You will help to Identify strategies for increasing patient demand whilst being technically competent and clinically effective and maintaining a professional profile and develop skills, knowledge and competencies adhering to the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and Trust Policies and Procedures

Working for our organisation

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust