Endoscopy Nurse

An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Endoscopy Unit at the Manchester Royal Infirmary. We are recruiting staff to increase our service to cover 7 days improving patient access. We are a state of the art JAG accredited Endoscopy Unit and one of the hosts of the North West Training Academy. You will be supported by our dedicated Clinical Educator to become competent in assisting with a wide range of diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy procedures. If you are enthusiastic, motivated and keen to learn then this is a perfect opportunity to extend your skills and join our friendly team.

Join us and you’ll have the opportunity to work in our state of the art unit which opened in January 2018 making us one of the largest Endoscopy Departments in the North West. What’s more, we’ll be facilitating the latest and most current and complex procedures in our field, partnering with our counterparts at Trafford General Hospital in order to commence an Endoscopy Academy for both nurses and doctors, coupled with a satellite teaching facility.

With access to 5 procedure rooms including fluoroscopy (x-ray) room, our procedures are varied and diverse and include diagnostics, therapeutics and surveillance, gastroscopy, flexible sigmoidoscopy , colonoscopy, PEG insertion, bronchoscopy, EBUS, ERCP/Spyglass, HALO, EUS/FNA, Double Balloon Enteroscopy (DBE), BRAVO delivering high quality care to our patients. What’s more, we also host the NHS Bowel Cancer Screening Programme (BCSP) so there is a real range of specialisms to develop your skills and experience.

To succeed, you’ll need to be committed to delivering high quality, patient focused care with pride and respect, have excellent interpersonal skills and be able to provide evidence of personal and professional development. With recent acute NHS experience as a must, we’ll train you in our endoscopy services and along the way, you’ll be supported by our in-house endoscopy educator with access to some of most sought after bespoke courses to progress your knowledge and experience in this field.

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Lynsey Phelan Job title: Endoscopy Unit Manager Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 0161 276 4882