Level one competencies | Level two competencies - in development | Level three competencies |
Section one: Foundation | Section three: Advanced endoscopy | Section four: Management and leadership |
1.1 Professional values and interpersonal effectiveness | 3.1 Care of patients undergoing complex therapeutic upper GI endoscopy | 4.1 Endoscopy unit management |
1.2 Communication and patient assessment | 3.2 Care of patients undergoing complex therapeutic lower GI endoscopy
| 4.2 Team leadership
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1.3 Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy (OGD) | 3.3 Care of patients undergoing placement of enteral feeding tubes
| 4.3 Clinical leadership
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1.4 Lower gastrointestinal endoscopy (colon and flex sig)
| 3.4 Care of patients undergoing ERCP
| 4.4 Teaching
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1.5 Infection prevention | 3.5 Care of patients undergoing EUS
| 4.5 Audit and use of data |
Section two: Decontamination | 3.6 Assisting with complex therapeutic upper GI endoscopy | Section five: Assessing clinical practice |
2.1 Decontamination – flexible endoscope manual cleaning
| 3.7 Assisting with EMR
| 5.1 Assessing clinical practice
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2.2 Decontamination – flexible endoscope – use of automated endoscope re-processors (AER)
| 3.8 Assisting with colonic stent placement
| 5.2 Giving constructive feedback |
2.3 Decontamination – storage of flexible endoscopes and accessories
| 3.9 Assisting with ESD
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2.4 Preparation of the procedure room
| 3.10 Assisting with placement of enteral feeding tubes
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2.5 Assisting with diagnostic upper GI gastrointestinal endoscopy
| 3.11 Assisting with ERCP
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2.6 Assisting with diagnostic and simple polypectomy (<1cm) lower gastrointestinal endoscopy (colonoscopy and flexible sigmoidoscopy)
| 3.12 Assisting with EUS
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2.7 Operation of diathermy
| 3.13 Assisting with emergency GI bleeds | |
2.8 Nurse pre-assessment of patients undergoing diagnostic gastroscopy, flexible sigmoidoscopy, and colonoscopy with/ without biopsy/ polypectomy
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2.9 Nurse confirmation of written consent for diagnostic gastroscopy, flexible sigmoidoscopy and colonoscopy with/ without biopsy/ polypectomy | | |