Staff Nurse - Endoscopy UnitNHS

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Prescot, L35 5DR Permanent £32,073 to £39,043

Posted 17 September 2026 Closing date 25 September 2026

Prescot Rail Station (0.6 miles, direct) Altrincham (Manchester Metrolink) (18.2 miles, direct) Prescot Bus Station (1.1 miles, direct)

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Endoscopy Staff Nurse to join our Busy Endoscopy Team!

Are you a Registered Nurse with experience within the Endoscopy Department?

As a Band 5 Staff Nurse in Endoscopy, applicants must hold an active NMC registration and have the essential knowledge, skills, and experience required to practise safely within an Endoscopy environment.

If so MWL are recruiting with interviews taking place onSaturday 3rd October2026!

An exciting opportunity has arisen for qualified Registered Nurses to join our Endoscopy team on the band 5 at Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

The post holder will be assigned to work in the Endoscopy Unit and in an Endoscopy Treatment unit this is on a Rotational basis between St Helens and Whiston Hospitals.

The Endoscopy unit requires the post holder to work shifts on a 7-day working week, the shift patterns are 8-4, 8.30-16.30, 10-6 and 12.30-20.30 these can be subject to change to ensure they maintain the service needs

We are looking for highly motivated, enthusiastic, and dedicated individuals with a flexible approach to working who are able to demonstrate good organisational and communication skills along with a commitment to a quality patient focused service.

Interview date: Saturday 3rd October 2026.

Please note that it is a requirement of the application process that candidates are required to attend Whiston Hospital in-person for their interview as part of the recruitment event.

Main duties of the job

To participate effectively in the formulation and implementation of client individualised care
To be able to participate in the Undertaking of Research, Outreach and Clinical audits as directed by the Unit manager to ensure maintaining and improving the delivery of Service to the clients attending for procedures.
To promote a concise and effective Communication with the service users/clients and ward nurses and staff within the hospital as per Trust and Unit policies.
To ensure that all equipment in the Endoscopy Unit is maintained safe and functional working order.
To be able to contribute efficiently in the setting and implementation of effective patient care and standard of monitoring system in the Endoscopy Unit

"Due to current service demands, we are only able to consider applicants who have relevant UK experience. Candidates must also be available to commence employment immediately or within a very short timeframe. We regret that we cannot progress applications that do not meet these essential requirements."

Job description

Communications and relationship skills

Provides and receives complex information, communicating sensitively and confidentially information relating to patients/clients (for example, care plan discussions with patients).
Communicates in a compassionate and empathetic manner, using persuasion and reassurance.
Ability to recognise barriers to communication, and ability to modify communication style as and when required.
Ability to effectively communicate whilst providing training to students.
Demonstrate effective communications skills with the wider MDT team.

Clinical Skills

To be responsible for planning and organising a defined caseload of patients on a continuing basis.
To assess, plan, implement/deliver and evaluate patient care for a defined caseload and recognize signs of deterioration/change and respond according to protocol.
Maintain appropriate levels of training for clinical skills as needed within scope of practice.
To maintain safe custody of drugs, ensuring that checking, witnessing and administration procedures are compatible with statutory and trust requirements.
In the absence of Sister/Charge Nurse effectively respond to complaints/concerns and escalate as required
To ensure clinical incident/near misses are managed and reported and escalated in a timely manner.
To be part of the multidisciplinary team decision making, acting when required as the patients advocate in order to support the patients pathway.
Work within the organisational policy, standard operating procedures and guidelines.
To undertake risk assessments and implement risk reducing measures. To report and escalate to the Line Manager any deficiencies in the arrangements for minimizing risk.
Ensure that privacy, dignity and safety of individuals is maintained at all times.

Use of Resources

To actively participate in the effective and efficient use of the ward/departmental resources and equipment, including stock management and care and maintenance of equipment.
Handles patients valuables, ensuring safe storage and transportation
Sign off agency timesheets in order to verify and record the hours worked.
Liaise with the Roster Coordinator to ensure your personal roster is balanced within the roster period.
To order and receipt goods in accordance with the Trusts financial framework.

Team Development

To deputise in the absence of the Sister/Charge Nurse.
To manage own time and that of others, through delegations to ensure high quality service delivery.
To act as assessor/supervisor for junior staff and students.
To participate in the setting of yearly personal and professional objectives for self
Support the departments appraisal process for junior staff, by providing feedback.
To be flexible in the delivery of safe staffing across the Trust and participate in redeployment requirements within scope of practice.

Research and Audit

To contribute to the collection of data for research and audit purposes.
To identify audit topics relevant to the ward/department.
To critically evaluate research before applying to clinic practice in order to enhance patient care.

Personal Development

To identify areas for self-development, areas of interest and training requirements within individual personal performance planning and development review.
To maintain a professional portfolio and reflective diary for developmental purposes and revalidation.
Support the rest of the team by recognising own and promoting self-help and wellbeing
Develop a culture of learning and innovation, developing high quality learning environments
Adopt a reflective approach to own practice with a view to continually improve

About us

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 10,500 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

Our services:

Acute Care

Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.

Primary Care

Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.

Community Services

Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.

Specialist Regional Services

We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

Achievements:

Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme

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