Junior Sister​/Charge Nurse - Endoscopy

Go back Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

The closing date is 24 February 2026

To act as clinical expert and effectively lead, co‑ordinate and manage a team of staff for a span of duty. To support the Matron in the management, planning and development of the nursing service for the Endoscopy Unit. To ensure the provision of high standards of holistic care for the group of patients within their sphere of responsibility.

• Professional Leadership and Clinical Expertise
• Daily Operational Management
• Education & Research
• Clinical Governance

Looking for a Band 6 Junior Sister/Charge Nurse in a challenging nursing specialty? The Endoscopy Unit at St Helier needs you!

Across sites, we provide a full range of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures for 16,000 patients per year. The service is usually provided Monday to Friday although some work on Saturdays will be required as part of your normal working week. This will be a great opportunity for an enthusiastic, highly skilled and experienced Endoscopy nurse who wishes to be part of this growing specialty.

This post requires the candidates to have extensive Endoscopy experience. They must hold either the ENB 906 or Endoscopy and related procedure course or equivalent experience, hold a teaching and accessing qualification or mentorship and be able to insert cannulas and give IV's. They must be willing to undertake instruction on insertion of gastrostomy tubes and be able to lead a team.

St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George's Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area;
St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC). After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000‑strong workforce.

Please see the attached supporting documents Job Description and Person Specification which contain more information about the role.

• Registered General Nurse
• BSc healthcare related
• Advanced Communication Skills training

• In depth knowledge of current practice
• Holistic patient assessment
• Clinical supervision
• Clinical governance
• Research / clinical audit
• Budgetary awareness
• Quality Improvement

• Multidisciplinary team leadership
• Teaching staff and patients
• Set and maintain standards/protocols of care
• Development of pathways

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust

£44,485 to £52,521 a year pro rata, pa incl HCAS