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Clinical Endoscopist

Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Cambridge, CB2 0QQView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Salary

£57,528 to £64,750

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Not specified

Closing date

20 October 2026

1 day left

Job description

Clinical Endoscopist - Shape the Future of Endoscopy at CUH Ready to take your endoscopy career to the next level? Come and help us shape the future o...

What you'll bring

  • Independent experience in Upper and Lower GI endoscopy
  • JAG accreditation
  • Non-Medical Prescriber status, or willingness to undertake this
  • Bowel Cancer Screening colonoscopy accreditation, or be working towards it
  • Excellent clinical judgement and evidence-based decision-making
  • Advanced communication skills, including confidence in breaking bad news
  • A passion for delivering outstanding, patient-centred care

Our values -- Together, Safe, Kind and Excellent -- are at the heart of everything we do.

You'll join a supportive, innovative team where collaboration, education and continuous improvement are encouraged, while having the opportunity to make a real difference to patients and shape the development of Clinical Endoscopy at CUH.

The post is based in Cambridge, with potential opportunities to work at other local sites as the service develops.

Come and meet us. See the unit. Meet the team. Imagine what you could achieve at CUH.

We strongly encourage an informal visit or discussion about this exciting opportunity

Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.

This vacancy will close at midnight on 20th October 2026.

Interviews are due to be held in November 2026.

All appointments with a start date on or after 1 October 2026 will be subject to a 12-week probationary period. This provides a structured and supportive period to help you settle into your role, with regular reviews and feedback.

As there is a 12-week probationary period, successful candidates are expected to have the Right to Work for a period of at least 6 months from the proposed start date. Immigration and Right to Work status will be discussed with successful candidates at conditional offer. CUH will not offer sponsorship to candidates that have applied for a fee waiver.

To be added to all advertised permanent vacancies:Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full-time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full-time permanent contract unless you have:- applied for a Graduate visa- or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment

Benefits to you

At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.

On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only caf, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.

CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.

Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.

We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.

For further details / informal visits contact:NameRebecca NortonJob titleDeputy Divisional Head of NursingEmail addressrebecca.norton18@nhs.netTelephone number07355 101410

Come Nurse with us...

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the country. It comprises Addenbrooke's Hospital and the Rosie Hospital. We provide accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge and regional and national specialist services. It's a great place to nurse, work and live.

You will work on a vibrant hospital campus with a friendly community feel; we have excellent facilities to practise your skills and abilities to support your career pathway and development. Our values of Together - Safe, Kind, Excellent support the delivery of outstanding care. We have a fully electronic patient record system that is improving health-care quality; this is transforming services, improving patient safety and clinical outcomes.

o Our values and reputation for outstanding careo Opportunities to experience a range of specialitieso Career and development opportunitieso Preceptorship and mentoring programmes delivered by a dedicated clinical education support teamo Research experience and opportunitieso Lovely location and quality of lifeo Excellent schools/colleges and transport links (road, rail and air)

Qualifications

Essential

  • RGN with a degree
  • JAG accredited endoscopist in basic skills colonoscopy and OGD
  • Research Module
  • Advanced clinical assessment skills (if nurse led services part of role)
  • Teaching & mentoring qualification
  • Evidence of professional continuous development and portfolio of learning
  • Leadership or management module
  • Willingness & ability to work toward masters
  • ILS/ALS
  • Non-medical prescriber, or working towards
  • Accredited practitioner Bowel cancer screening programmes (or working towards)

Desirable: - Advanced communication skills or Counselling qualification.; - Masters degree

Knowledge/ Experience

Essential

  • Significant clinical experience as nurse specialist in the speciality.
  • Recognised as an expert in the field of practice with the ability to clinically assess and diagnose.
  • Experience in project management
  • Evidence of leading service change.
  • Audit or research experience
  • Managing and or leading a team
  • Experience of training endoscopists, TTT course

Desirable

  • Practical experience of policy development
  • Managing a budget
  • Experience of nursing cancer patients
  • Involvement in GRS/JAG accreditation
  • Evidence of standard setting and protocol development
  • NHS experience

Skills

Essential

  • Advanced communication and counselling skills
  • Proven leadership and team leading skills
  • Proven ability to manage and progress own professional development
  • Ability to assess psychosocial and psychological needs of patients

Desirable: - Working towards advance therapeutic interventions such as EMR, managing large polyps, PEG insertion

How to apply

Applications are handled entirely by the employer on the original advert. We do not collect CVs, supporting statements or application data.

Provenance

Source

NHS Jobs

First seen

6 October 2026

Last checked

8 October 2026

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About the employer

CUH
Cambridge University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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