Gynaecology Nurse incl Early Pregnancy

Job description

Job responsibilities

Patient Care

Provide specialist nursing expertise, ensuring all staff are supported in their practice on day to day and ongoing basis.

To ensure the assessment, development and evaluation of programmes of care in order to co-ordinate the holistic needs of women.

Uses advanced decision making skills to utilise all available resources to deliver nursing care effectively and efficiently in a timely manner.

To take measures to ensure the safety of women, which includes delegation of patient care to nurses and/or support staff with the appropriate levels of skills at all times, making adjustments as workload and caseload alters, using developed decision making skills.

To report any incidents/accidents to the matron, completing Datix when appropriate Lead and/or assist in investigation of complaints and implement recommendations arising from these investigations.

To facilitate research based practice within the department and ensure appropriate implementation. To ensure that Nursing and Clinical Pathways/Guidelines/Protocols are implemented and maintained.

To ensure good standards of practice in the department, through participation in effective quality assurance measures such as clinical audit programmes.

Audit and evaluate the emergency gynaecology service in order to developstaff and practice.

To manage and effectively support patients through the delivery of difficult news, e.g. diagnosis of miscarriage, termination or ectopic pregnancy.

Provide care to bereaved patients and their relatives introducing the bereavement team for specialised care and follow up.

Communicate effectively with multi-disciplinary professionals and agencies, ensuring seamless care at a high standard.

Produce patient information, ensuring it is updated to reflect current research based practice.

To engage with service users, ensuring feedback is actively shared and supports developments within the service.

Work two clinical shifts per week in the clinical area and provide support where necessary where staffing limits fall short of the required limits

Management and ensure that duty rotas for the staff will provide effective and well balanced cover to meet with the requirements of the service and ensure the presence of suitably qualified and experienced nurses and support staff at all times.

Develop new ways of working if workload requires this.

To liaise with other ward/department managers and Lead Sonographer within the Directorate as necessary, to ensure workload and skill mix are effectively managed.

Inform and discuss with Matron any problems highlighted.

Participate in audit programmes and present results.

Respond appropriately to incidents reported via the Datix system and investigations with monitoring of action plans

To develop and embed evidence-based care ensuring national guidance is implemented.

Communicate complex and sensitive patient and staff information facilitating good working relationships. Ensure all resources are used to the optimum and manage the departmentsbudget. To ensure all staff are conversant and comply with Trust policies and regulations and attend mandatory updates as instructed.

To monitor the safe and effective use of all equipment and the economic use of supplies and ordering equipment replacement, together with maintenance of that equipment.

To maintain accurate management records relating to all aspects of department management.

To lead, motivate and develop staff to provide high standards of nursing care and be responsible for the management of Health & Safety matters, identifying that their work areas comply with all Health & Safety regulations. To carry out annual Personal Development Reviews of staff within the unit.

To have knowledge and ability to appropriately escalate to matron ensuring safe practice and care at all times. To provide support to medical staff who are working in the department

To be responsible for the maintenance of day to day discipline within the ward/department and to undertake, where necessary, initiation of the disciplinary procedure.

To counsel staff in relation to professional and personal matters including the management of sickness absence.

To manage hazards/unsafe practices and ensure all accidents/untoward incidents are recorded in accordance with the laid down procedures, escalating to Matron/Operational Manager when required.

Monitor staff performance with mandatory training. Organise staff appraisals, ensuring that developmental needs are linked to the maternity training plan.

For a full comprehensive list of main responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to job description and personal specification attached.

Person Specification

Person Specification

Essential

• Previous nursing experience at Band 6 (5 years)
• Evidence of being up-to-date with current issues relating to professional practice
• Knowledge of key national policy drivers for acute care including a desire to improve services and the patient experience
• Can demonstrate practical application of quality standards within the clinical setting e.g. Care Quality Commission, NICE guidance
• First level NMC nursing registration
• Degree or working towards
• Evidence of further Professional Development relevant to current post.

Desirable

• Evidence of implementing change in the workplace
• Able to promote equality, diversity and rights
• Mentorship of student nurses
• Evidence of advanced nursing studies, Master's degree (or working towards)

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust

Address

George Eliot Hospital

College Street

Nuneaton

CV10 7DJ

Employer's website

http://www.geh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)