Endoscopy Clinical Educator

An Exciting opportunity has become available for a 12 month secondment into an Endoscopy clinical educator (CE) role at St Thomas' hospital.

The job will involve working clinically with staff to assist them in gaining their required competencies. Induction of new staff, training on endoscopy equipment and consumables, and organising monthly audit days and external training

The ideal candidate will have several years experience of working in Endoscopy and assisting in advanced endoscopy procedures such as POEM and EMR., Working clinically alongside all staff within the unit to ensure a competent workforce.

Be able to achieve high standards of clinical knowledge and skills.

Coach and mentor staff to achieve their full potential and career development.

Maintaining an up to date data base of all staff competencies.

Arranging and providing training sessions to improve patient safety and experience when adverse events have occurred.

Liaising with external companies to arrange bespoke training sessions.

Guy's and St Thomas' is among the UK's busiest and most successful NHS foundation trusts. We provide a full range of hospital and community services for people in south London and as well as specialist care for patients from further afield including cancer, renal, orthopaedic, respiratory and cardiovascular services.

We have a reputation for clinical excellence and high quality teaching and research. We are part of King's Health Partners, one of eight accredited UK academic health sciences centres.

Patients are at the heart of everything we do and we pride ourselves on ensuring the best possible patient experience as well as safe, high quality care. We are proud to have one of the lowest mortality rates in the NHS. Following a comprehensive Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection in 2019 we maintained our overall rating of 'good'. Our adult community services achieved a rating of 'outstanding'.

The commitment of our 23,500 staff is key to our success. We are one of the largest local employers and we aim to develop and support all our staff so they are able to deliver high quality, safe and efficient care. The 2019 NHS staff survey results show that we have one of the most engaged and motivated workforces in the NHS. We know this has a positive impact on the care provided to our patients.

We have one of the most ambitious capital investment programmes anywhere in the NHS.