Nurse Practitioner (Clinic Manager): Community Women’s Health Service
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time.It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
Barts Health supports the Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage.
Job overview
Bart’s Sexual Health Services is looking for a Nurse Practitioner to join their ALL EAST team, providing community-based women's health services and integrated sexual health. The role will primarily be based at the Tower Hamlets Community Women’s Health Service at Mile End Hospital, but will involve working across other EAST services, including the Ambrose King Centre at the Royal London Hospital.
Key responsibilities include managing patient care autonomously, providing specialist clinical care, fitting and removing Long Acting Reversible Contraception, conducting termination of pregnancy counseling, and working in the Early Medical Termination Service.The successful candidate will have higher-level clinical skills, management experience, and the ability to work independently in a busy clinical environment. An essential requirement is being pro-choice on abortion.
The role offers clinical supervision and opportunities to help develop junior team members. Independent prescribing will be expected.
For more details or to arrange an informal visit, contact Lovelle Smith at [email protected]
Main duties of the job
The Nurse Practitioner in the community women’s health services and Integrated Sexual Health will use their specialist knowledge, skills and experience in providing sexual healthcare to undifferentiated clients attending integrated sexual health clinics (termination of pregnancy, menopause, female genital mutilation reversal, GUM, contraception and
associated outreach services).
They are responsible and accountable for the total episode of
care of the patient including assessment, diagnosis, treatment and referral as appropriate using Trust guidance. They will also specifically work within the Early Medical Termination Service to administer the medication for the termination and support the women physically
and emotionally through the procedure, according to the department’s guidelines. They will work in collaboration with the Multi-professional Team and within Trust governance framework.
The Nurse Practitioner in community women’s health services and Integrated Sexual Health will be a direct provider of higher level nursing practice to patients with sexual health needs. They will also function in a variety of non-provider roles including education and research.In
conjunction with the Senior Nurse – SH, HIV, CWHS & Immunology, Lead Nurses, Practice Development Nurses and other team members, they will contribute to the development of the nursing profession, nursing practice and the speciality group.
Working for our organisation
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time.It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.
Please note: When calculating the basic salary for sponsorship, HCAS (High Cost Area Supplement) is not included for non-medical roles. This ensures fairness and consistency within our organisation, as some of our sites fall under inner HCAS, while others are classified as outer HCAS.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- Registered Nurse Adult (Level 1)
- Educated to 1 st degree level or demonstrable equivalent clinical experience
- Teaching Qualification
- Family planning and sexual health courses or other relevant courses (eg BASHH STI foundation competency)
- Independent Nurse prescribing course
- Master’s degree
Skills
Essential criteria- Higher level clinical skills in the assessment, treatment and management of patients attending with sexual health needs
- Highly developed communication skills
- Developed teaching and assessing skills
- Demonstrates the ability to influence others, share ideas and utilise feedback effectively
- Demonstrates ability to build and maintain productive and positive relationships within the multi-disciplinary team
- Demonstrates the ability to critique, interpret and utilise research information effectively
- Computer and IT skills
- Demonstrates the ability to interpret and clinical information
- Demonstrates experience of using and/or developing Patient Group Directions and integrated care pathways
- Demonstrates experience of independent prescribing
- Competent in cytology
- Implant insertion and removal competency
- Intra-uterine device fitting competence
- Demonstrates the ability to interpret and utilise numerical and financial information
- Ultrasound Scanning competence
Experience
Essential criteria- Experience of providing care and treatment to patients with sexual health needs at an advanced level
- Autonomous management of clients requiring sexual health services, provided in one or more of the following – termination of pregnancy, cervical screening, menopause, sexual health, gynaecology services
- General post registration experience and current integrated sexual health experience required
- Evidence of working with staff from different professional disciplines
- Evidence of utilising Evidence-based Practice
- Evidence of Clinical Supervision
- Evidence of practice development
- Evidence of local resolution of complaints
- Experience of providing care and treatment to women undergoing termination of pregnancy
- Participated in clinical audit and research
- Evidence of managing Human Resource issues
- Experience of working in outreach services
- Publication in a relevant field
- Evidence of experience in financial management
Knowledge
Essential criteria- Demonstrates an understanding of relevant issues in sexual health services and the government sexual health agenda
- Able to discuss pertinent issues regarding integrated sexual health nursing practice E Demonstrates an understanding of the concept of clinical and shared governance
- Demonstrates an understanding of quality strategies
- Demonstrates knowledge of patient group directions and integrated care pathways
- Up to date knowledge and experience of TOP/gynaecology/ service provision
- Knowledge and understanding of legal issues in regards to Termination of Pregnancy
We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.
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Barts Health is committed to safeguarding the welfare of children and to child protection. The Trust aims to ensure as far as is possible that anyone, paid or unpaid, who seeks to work in our organisation and who gains access to children, is safe to do so.As such, you may be required to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Check as part of the recruitment process if appointed to a post with direct access to children or vulnerable adults.