Trainee Clinical Endoscopist Bolton, England
Job description
Whilst training the candidate will be supported with adhoc and dedicated training lists to enable them to obtain the procedural numbers they will require for independent certification. They will be required to work as part of the Clinical Endoscopist team and therefore undertake shared administration duties such as validation of referrals. The post holder will also have their own telephone clinic for which they will be supported to obtain the necessary underpinning knowledge through shadowing and teaching. The successful candidate will be expected to have excellent communication skills and be highly motivated and proactive in pursuing learning opportunities whilst being mindful of the shared administration tasks of the wider team and supporting the team in completing these tasks in a timely manner and to a high standard.
Once competent the post holder will carry out both upper and lower endoscopy, make diagnoses, take biopsies and perform polypectomy. They will document their findings using the endoscopic reporting system with both written reports and photographic evidence. Recommendations will be made based on the findings and if relevant, advice given to GP referrers. Comprehensive knowledge of the relevant guidelines will be used to arrange follow-up endoscopy and further investigations.
Endoscopic and histological findings will be communicated to patients both verbally and through correspondence and the post holder will also be expected to communicate bad news to patients in a sympathetic and professional manner when there is suspicion of cancer. Currently each clinical endoscopist has a single weekly telephone clinic for lower GI referrals on the two week pathway. The team also validates all primary care upper GI endoscopy referrals and internal outpatient referrals to ensure safe and appropriate, guideline driven, diagnostic and therapeutic procedures.
