Bowel Cancer Screening Clinical Endoscopist

Responsibilities

• Provide and maintain high quality screening colonoscopy across all screening sites of the Humber & Yorkshire Coast Bowel Cancer Screening Centre.
• Participate in National, Regional and Local Meetings to maintain and update skills and knowledge in delivering high quality screening colonoscopy.
• Engage and support screening team members and those across England to ensure a detailed understanding of the screening participants' journey throughout their bowel screening pathway (population screening and Lynch Surveillance).
• Take part in research, audit and teaching opportunities contributing to the positive development and growth of the Screening Centre and the organization as a whole.
• Be a welcome member and contributor of the Large/Complex Polyp MDT.

Education & Qualifications

• Registered Nurse
• MSc or equivalent experience plus significant knowledge acquired over a significant period
• Train The Colonoscopy Trainer (TCT) or Train The Endoscopist Trainer (TET) Course
• Teaching Qualification
• Optical Diagnosis Accreditation

Knowledge, Training & Experience

• Evidence of meeting/exceeding screening colonoscopy KPIs
• Prescribing of medications and evaluation of prescribing decision outcome(s)
• Level 2 Polypectomy Skills and Experience
• Teaching, assessing and evaluating trainees in lower gastrointestinal endoscopy procedures - diagnostic and level 2 therapeutic
• Facilitating learning via a variety of teaching/educational methods
• Evidence of conducting audits (sometimes large and/or complex).
• Involved in Research
• At least one year's experience as an accredited screening Colonoscopist
• Performs Screening Colonoscopy Level 3 Polypectomy Skills
• Assessing endoscopists for fitness to practice independently
• National Screening Colonoscopy Assessor
• Evidence of conducting research and/or changing practice.
• Optical Diagnosis with > 85% high confidence

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.