Slough - Gynaecology Nurse (Unscheduled Bleeding) Specialist
Job overview
We are seeking an enthusiastic Gynaecology Nurse (Unscheduled Bleeding) Specialist to come and join our Gynaecology team, as part of our managed clinical service.
The vacant role is to work within our Gynaecology division. You will work closely with our medical and nursing teams to provide a person centred approach to care.
Main duties of the job
Working within an outpatient setting alongside other Gynaecology Specialist Nurses and the multi-disciplinary team, this role will be responsible for creating, implementing, managing and developing a pathway for women experiencing unscheduled bleeding on HRT.
The post holder will be responsible for the development, implementation and running of the nurse-led clinic service. The post holder will have an integral role in service development, workforce planning, and ensuring the implementation of high-quality, evidence-based care.
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details of the post's key responsibilities, please refer to the attached Job Description.
Some of the core tasks for the role are listed below:
- To lead, initiate, and develop specialist CNS services, including nurse-led clinics, to enhance patient care delivery.
- To provide expert clinical care, education, and guidance to patients and healthcare professionals.
- To drive service improvement, policy development, and governance within the specialty.
- To act as a strategic lead in pathway development, working across primary and secondary care.
- To oversee workforce planning, resource allocation, and financial management in line with service demands.
- To evaluate service needs and directs financial resources, ensuring value for money and optimising department performance within the financial constraints.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- Degree or relevant experience
- Extensive Gynae nursing experience
- Advanced level communication skills
- Leadership qualification
- Completion of Advanced Physical Assessment
- Knowledge and experience of Gynacological Cancer management and treatment
- Ability to undertake Hysteroscopy procedures
- MSc/Master’s in Advanced Practice or working towards MSc/Masters
- Nurse Prescriber
Experience
Essential criteria- Considerable experience at CNS or Sister level with a comprehensive knowledge of Gynaecology Pathways
- Expert knowledge of current clinical and professional nursing issues impacting Gynaecology services.
- Training and education of nurses and other health care professionals
- Multi-professional working
- Utilising research-based evidence and recent use of audit
- Analytical and assessment skills
- Ability to lead and influence change.
- Oncology experience
- Management of a team
- Experience of running nurse-led clinics
- Previous involvement in clinical trials
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria- Ability to work independently, but equally well as a team member.
- Evidence of continuing profession development
- Evidence of good leadership skills
- Ability to work without direct supervision.
- Good interpersonal skills
- Enthusiastic, motivated, and self-starter
- Computer literate and knowledge of spreadsheets
- Ability to analyse data and provide written reports.
- Demonstrate involvement in recent research.
- Report writing
- Project management
- Audit experience
Special Requirements
Essential criteria- Ability to travel between sites
- Ability to work occasional flexible hours to meet the needs of the service
- Willingness to acquire and develop additional skills
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) has an outstanding reputation and a proud record of achievement. As a well performing, well led and ambitious Foundation Trust, we have exciting times ahead of us. We have an ongoing commitment to improving the health and care services for the 900,000 people we serve across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
We are proud of the ambitions laid out in our strategy, Our Future FHFT, including our vision to be a leader in health & wellbeing, delivering excellence for our communities.
We continue to invest in our services and facilities, including a £10 million upgrade to the hospital maternity unit as well as £49m major new Emergency Assessment Centre on our Wexham Park site. The opening of a brand new £100m state of the art hospital which replaced the existing hospital facility at Heatherwood and are planning to invest further in diagnostics and inpatient capacity at Frimley Park.
We have also made significant investment in our quality improvement and digital programmes to support our vision and we will ensure that we achieve our aim of providing the highest quality healthcare to our patients. Our new EPR – Epic – went live in June and we are already beginning to reap the benefits of this ambitious investment.
Our three core values, and the behaviours that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.