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Job summary

Main area
Endoscopy
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Bank
Hours
Flexible working
Job ref
096-5703367
Employer
Merseyside & West Lancashire NHS Lead Employer
Employer type
NHS
Site
Cheshire and Merseyside Collaborative NHS bank
Town
Liverpool
Salary
Pay will be on a hourly rate bank basis equivalent to Band 6
Closing
31/08/2024 23:59

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Bank Endoscopy Ward Sister/Charge Nurse

NHS AfC: Band 6

Job overview

Are you a senior Endoscopy Nurse looking for flexible working across a variety of NHS Trusts in the Cheshire and Merseyside region?  

We are looking for Bank Nurses who specialise in NHS Endoscopy to join the new Cheshire and Merseyside NHS Collaborative Bank.

By joining this new collaborative bank, you would open up access to a greater choice when it comes to working additional hours, the additional benefits include:

  • earning additional pensionable income - paid on a weekly basis
  • choosing duties or shifts to suit your work life balance
  • gaining experience working in another Endoscopy department/Trust
  • sharing learning and knowledge with others within the field of Endoscopy

Main duties of the job

The Cheshire and Merseyside NHS Collaborative Bank are looking for bank nurses with current NMC registration who specialise and have experience of NHS Endoscopy to work across a variety of endoscopy units across Merseyside and Cheshire on a bank basis.

You will need to be adaptable in your approach to work, enthusiastic and a self-motivated individual with up to date endoscopy skills who is able to integrate quickly and work as part of the team. You will need to have excellent verbal and written communication skills.

The NHS constitutional values and 6Cs are at the heart of everything we do at the NW Collaborative Bank, and it is vitally important that our workers represent these values at all times. There are six values in the NHS Constitution:

  • working together for patients
  • respect and dignity
  • commitment to quality of care
  • compassion
  • improving lives
  • everyone counts.

Working for our organisation

Lead Employer has partnered up with a number of NHS Trusts across Merseyside and Cheshire and the workforce platform Patchwork Health to launch the Cheshire and Merseyside Collaborative Bank

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please review the attached documents. 

Please be aware that this job description describes the substantive job role, which the individual would work on a bank basis, which means that not all elements of the job description may apply. As this is a generic job description the post-holder will be given further information regarding the context of their role when assigned to a specific ward/department.

Person specification

PS Declaration Form

Essential criteria
  • Registered General Nurse with current NMC Registration
  • Nursing Diploma, or equivalent experience
  • Knowledge of clinical skills required to undertake the role
  • Knowledge of current professional & clinical issues
  • Knowledge of Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults procedures
  • Substantial years post registration experience
  • Substantial years Acute Nursing experience
  • Experience and evidence of quality improvement in patient care
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Excellent time management, record management and organisational skills
  • Leadership skills
  • Good IT skills
  • Ability to work autonomously and as part of a multi-disciplinary team
  • Flexible approach to working pattern
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of post registration study/development
  • Recognised teaching qualification
  • Recognised leadership qualification/training
  • Facilitated staff professional development

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Cheshire and Merseyside NHS Collaborative Bank
Job title
Recruitment Team
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0151 676 5588