Staff Nurse - Gastroenterology | Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
- knowsley, england, United Kingdom
- Permanent
- Part time
- £32 - £39 Per Annum
Job Description
Staff Nurse - Gastroenterology | Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Company: St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
We are seeking a motivated nurse, with a passion for excellence within the delivery of patient care to join our Gastroenterology team on Ward 3D.
As a Staff Member on Ward 3D you will have opportunities to care for a range of patients, with conditions such as; GI bleeds, Elective & Emergency Endoscopy procedures, Palliative care patients, Alcohol dependency, Eating disorders, and Oesophageal and Liver disorders.
As the speciality of Gastroenterology continues to expand, we now provide true 7 day working supported by our Multidisciplinary team of Health Care Assistants, Nurses, 8 Consultants and Nurse Specialists. Both wards work closely with one another to ensure our teams are fully supported.
If you have any experience in working within an environment treating patients with multiplex needs , then we would love for you to apply, although if not please be assured that our staff are fully supported through your induction to ensure each member of the team is adequately equipped and confident to deal with our busy ward environment.
The post holders will be expected to deliver care of the highest standard and work closely with other members of the multi-disciplinary team. The ability to work as part of a team is essential. The Successful candidate will be expected to rotate to both days and nights is to be flexible in their approach to caring for a group of patients.
- Assess, plan develop and implement programmes of care to patients, providing advice invariety of settings.
- Carry out nursing procedures in line with current NMC standards of proficiency.
- Ensure the health, wellbeing and independence of patients and service users across healthcare settings, maintaining associated records, ensuring all patients receive safe and effective care at all times.
- Supervision of junior staff and all learners
- Understand and demonstrate the Trust values at all times.
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.
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, freeing up space for more unwell patients. 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
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 elevate 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 elevate 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 patient’s 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 Trust’s 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 department’s 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
This advert closes on Wednesday 19 Aug 2026
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Staff Nurse - Gastroenterology | Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Company: St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Salary: £32,073 - £39,043 Per Annum, Pro Rata Hours: Part-time Location: Prescot, L35 5DR Job type: Permanent Posting date: 12 Aug 2026 Closing date: 11 Sept 2026
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