Band 8a Endoscopy Nurse Practitioner

Band 8a Endoscopy Nurse Practitioner

Closing date: 09 March 2026

The Nurse Endoscopist team at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust is expanding! An exciting opportunity has arisen, for a Band 8a Nurse Endoscopist to join our team.

Working across Birmingham Heartlands, Solihull and Good Hope Hospitals you will ensure endoscopy is delivered in line with best practice with an excellent patient experience at the heart of what we do.

The post holder will be expected to deliver an endoscopic service carrying out gastroscopy, sigmoidoscopy and colonoscopy procedures to a JAG accredited standard.

A training post will be considered for the right candidate.

For full details, please see the Job Description and Person Specification.

All applicants would be encouraged to arrange a visit to the department.

For any further information, or to arrange an informal visit, please contact:

Sinead McCann – Advanced Nurse Endoscopist

• Work independently and unsupervised as an expert Advanced Practitioner in performing diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy procedures, demonstrating advanced levels of clinical judgement, discretion and clinical decision making
• Develop and implement training across the department, actively implementing and provide clinical teaching and education to other colleagues (medical/nursing) in order to enhance clinical practice and improve patient care
• The post holder's job plan should deliver a minimum of 80% clinical component and 20% related to service & staff management, education & research. All ENP's will be expected to undertake a secondary role. This may include reading and reporting of capsule endoscopy, dyspepsia clinic, rectal bleeding clinic, or complex polyp MDT co‑ordination when fully trained and competent to do so.
  
  Other roles may arise as the service develops and grows. The ENP team will be consulted to support the development of these additional services

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people.

As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

Please Note:

For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description.

• Registered Adult Nurse on the NMC Register.
• Professional knowledge acquired through post graduate degree / supplemented by specialist training , experience, short courses to Masters level equivalent
• JAG Accreditation in Gastroscopy and Colonoscopy
• Non‑Medical Prescribing Course or willingness to undertake where this is a requirement of the role
• IR(ME)
  R Radiation exposure safety course
• BCSP Accreditation

• Evidence and ability to revalidate as required by the NMC
• Willingness to become a practice supervisor / assessor or meets Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) standards for student supervision and assessment
• Extensive post registration experience as a Clinical Nurse Specialist at Band 7 or above in defined speciality
• Extensive experience of working autonomously at a specialist level
• Evidence of achievements and career development in current post and of ongoing professional development/ competence.
• Demonstrate expert knowledge underpinned by theory and CPD relevant to speciality
• Working in a multi-disciplinary and cross agency work environment
• Experience of patient service user advocacy role
• Specialist care delivered to patients and give advice and information to patients / relatives/ care staff
• Awareness of current relevant NHS policy context relating to the…