Nurse Endoscopist

Main area Endoscopy Grade NHS AfC:
Band 8b Contract Permanent: none Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (7 day working. post holder needs to work weekend) Job
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Employer King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site PRUH Town ORPINGTON Salary £72,719 - £83,505 per annum, including HCA Salary period Yearly Closing 03/08/2026 23:59

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c £2.1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 14,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King’s College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in the London Borough of Bromley.

We encourage all our staff to have a healthy work/life balance. In doing so, you can apply for flexible working from the beginning of your employment. We offer a range of options which are designed to suit different circumstances and priorities in line with service requirements.

Nurse Endoscopist performing both endoscopy and colonoscopy, and able to work in the scope of an advanced practitioner.

• To work as a practitioner performing independent diagnostic upper and lower endoscopic procedures and some therapeutic interventions within the individual’s scope of practice
• Nurse endoscopist specialising in colon capsule endoscopy, responsible for interpreting captured images, identifying abnormalities, and collaborating with physicians to provide accurate diagnoses and patient care.
• As a nurse endoscopist, your role involves running transnasal gastroscopy procedures. You will be responsible for preparing patients, administering anaesthesia or sedation, performing the transnasal gastroscopy using specialised equipment, monitoring patient comfort and vital signs, documenting findings, and collaborating with physicians to provide accurate diagnoses and appropriate treatment recommendations.
• To provide high quality specialist nursing care and advice to all patients requiring or undergoing endoscopic investigation who are being treated by King’s College Hospital
• To provide support and advice to patients and their families/carers, attending the Endoscopy Department
• To influence patient care through clinical practice, management, leadership, education, research, audit and professional activities
• Contribute to the strategic development of endoscopy services
• To be an active member of the multidisciplinary team
• Provide strong leadership for staff to keep team motivation and encourage staff development
• Act as a role model and provide professional leadership to unit staff

The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King’s to another level.

We are at a pivotal point in our history, and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.

King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone’s contribution is required to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust’s carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.

• To work as a nursing expert in endoscopy.
• To deliver a minimum of 4 regular sessions of endoscopy per week in addition to providing backfill for dropped endoscopy sessions where…