Endoscopy Lead Practitioner - JR113829 in Orpington

We are Circle Health Group, the number one independent provider of hospital services in this country, with more than 50 hospitals, 6000 specialists and 2 million patient visits each year. We offer high quality, safe, accessible and affordable healthcare. We want to be the most innovative and patient-focused healthcare organisation.

You make sure that standards of patient care are consistently applied and maintained. You maintain and enhance customer service and satisfaction. You promote and safeguard the wellbeing and interests of all patients, employees and visitors.

You support, coordinate and actively assist in the management and organisation of care provision within the Endoscopy Unit. You provide quality planned care for patients during their peri-procedure phase of care by delivering quality patient care through appropriate clinical supervision and managerial leadership. You implement best practice standards (HTM 01 06, Royal College guidelines, GRS, JAG, etc.) in endoscopy service delivery. You develop and support business initiatives, policies and strategies which improve the service delivered to all our customers. You are responsible for adhering to the departmental decontamination programme for flexible endoscopes. You participate in completing all departmental risk assessments, COSHH assessments and implementing action plans to address risk. You comply with all relevant mandatory training.

Previous experience as a Senior Registered Practitioner or equivalent in an endoscopy service is required. Experience and training in pain management, care of the deteriorating patient, care of patients under conscious sedation requiring monitored recovery is essential. Experience of clinical governance and audit, along with applying clinical reasoning skills across a varied patient case mix and competence across a range of skills, including clinical and decontamination, is necessary. Evidence of working in partnership with Consultants to explore and challenge existing practices while maintaining and enhancing services and standards is important. Registration as a Practitioner with NMC or HCPC, along with basic and advanced competence/qualification in Endoscopy Care and Decontamination, is required. An Operators and Managers Course in Endoscopy Decontamination, teaching/assessing/mentorship qualifications, and knowledge of appropriate standards and external bodies (Care Quality Commission, GRS, JAG, HTM 01 -06) are also needed.

You are a great communicator with different people at different levels. You are an excellent judge and decision maker. You are a highly effective problem solver. You are proactive and driven to succeed. You are punctual, committed and reliable. You are flexible and adaptable. You are committed to lifelong learning.

This is intended as an outline of the general areas of activity. This is not exhaustive and may change due to future changes and developments. You have to maintain your knowledge and conduct your duties responsibly with the guidance of the Health & Safety at Work Act. You treat all patient information as confidential and would only breach confidence if you felt that a patient or member of staff was at risk of harm.

You must maintain knowledge of the Health and Safety at Work Act, ensuring appropriate measures are taken in respect of Health and Safety for staff, visitors and contractors. In the course of your duties, you will have access to confidential material about patients, members of staff and Circle Health Group. On no account must information relating to identifiable patients be divulged to anyone other than authorised persons, for example, medical, nursing or other professional staff, as appropriate, who are concerned directly with the care, diagnosis and/or treatment of the patient. Similarly, no information of a personal or confidential nature concerning individual members of staff should be divulged to anyone without the proper authority. Failure to observe these rules will be regarded as serious misconduct, which could result in disciplinary action being taken including dismissal.

Circle Health Group is committed to creating a diverse workforce offering inclusive opportunities for all our colleagues. Our definition of diversity goes beyond the established characteristics protected by the Equality Act, as we strive to attract candidates with diverse experiences, backgrounds, identities or expressions, skills, work styles and more. We are passionate about creating an environment where our people can thrive, grow and develop professionally and personally. Our principles and values guide our colleagues to be selfless, compassionate, committed, collaborative, brave, agile, tenacious and creative and are at the core of our purpose and culture.