Job summary
Band 8a - Lead Nurse - Colposcopy Part time 30 hours per weekPermanent contractWe have an exciting opportunity for an accredited and experienced Colposcopy Nurse Specialist to join our team in the Gynaecology service at Tameside & Glossop Integrated Care Foundation Trust.
This role provides leadership for our colposcopy nursing service. You will oversee the delivery of high quality, safe and effective care, lead on improving the outcomes and experiences for patients using the service, and ensure that patients are placed at the centre of care delivery.
We are looking for an experienced hysteroscopy nurse with British Society for Gynaecological Endoscopy accreditation, with additional specialist skills in colposcopy and have the Accredited Nurse Hysteroscopist course.
Our ideal candidate will have initiative, drive and the ability to work well both independently and as part of a team.
If you are a well-motivated, enthusiastic, flexible and resilient nurse who wishes to expand your portfolio of skills within the Gynaecology specialist area we would like to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
Duties will include the following:-Lead and co-ordinate the delivery and development of the Colposcopyservice using effective evidence-based practice online with agreed nationalstandards for patient safety and clinical practice.-Support progress against the key performance indicators-Work with the Lead Colposcopist, Head of Nursing and wider team incolposcopy to support the development and delivery of the cervicalscreening service in accordance with NHS England Service specifications.-Responsible for the effective and efficient operational management of theSpecialist Gynaecology Outpatient department on a day-to-day basis-Provide senior clinical leadership, expertise, advice, and support to thenursing and wider multi-professional team to facilitate the effective delivery of care to patients at all times.-The post holder will provide clinical and professional advice at ClinicalService Unit and Divisional level.
As a Nurse Colposcopist/Hysteroscopist you will have an extensive theoretical and practice knowledge and experience of the clinical skills required within the outpatient gynaecology service
About us
Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children.Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.
We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate:
- Safety
- Care
- Respect
- Communication
- Learning
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+& Disabled people.
Benefits include; flexible working, 27-33 days annual leave plus bank holidays, sick pay, NHS Pension Scheme, free eye tests and health checks, gym discount, free bicycle loan scheme, salary sacrifice car scheme, support with stress, bereavement, relationships, finance, and much more.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical Duties and Patient Care
- Undertake nurse-led outpatient colposcopy as an independent and autonomous practitioner working in conjunction with the Lead Colposcopist, other Nurse Colposcopist(s) and consultant team for the service and within NHS Cervical Screening Programme (CSP) guidelines and protocols.
- Undertake nurse-led outpatient hysteroscopy clinics as an independent and autonomous practitioner working in conjunction with other Nurse Hysteroscopists and consultant team within Trust guidelines and protocols.
- Manage patient case load with own professional competence, request patient investigations, analyse results and prescribe patient care and monitor outcomes, monitor treatment compliance, and advise on modifications to treatment within agrees guidelines.
- To provide the highest standard of safe, effective, equitable and compassionate care through the effective use of evidence-based practice in line with agreed local and national colposcopy and hysteroscopy standards and the NMC Code.
- Have an in-depth knowledge and awareness of womens health issues.
- Provide a continuously improving service in line with the clinical governance framework, Trust objectives and the NHS performance network.
- Act as the patients advocate in all matters relating to care, treatment and welfare acknowledging and incorporating cultural preferences, health beliefs and behaviours.
- Actively participate in multi-disciplinary team meetings.
- Accountable for ensuring cytology and pathologies of the nurse led clinics are reviewed, documented, and discussed with the patient.
- Escalate abnormal pathologies to the Lead Colposcopist.
- Facilitate an environment where health promotion and informed patient choice is encouraged and developed to maximum potential within the available resources.
- Ensure accurate clinical records are kept in line with current NMC guidelines on records and recordkeeping and Trust Policies.
- Respond to enquiries from relatives, carers, deals with concerns, formal complaints, including PALS concerns, and actively problem solves to improve patient experience.
- Constantly promote the importance of the patient experience within the team, and actively seek the views of patients and carers in the process of evaluating and developing care delivery in the department.
- Ensure safe prescribing and administration of drugs in accordance with current NMC guidelines and Trust Policies.
- To lead and be involved in research and audit projects undertaken by the Gynaecology service.
Communication and Relationship Skills
- Develop and maintain effective working relationships with the multi-disciplinary team, allied groups within the acute Trust and Community Health, public and voluntary sectors.
- Represent and promote the Women's Service Unit, Women & Children's Division and Trust internally and externally as required.
- Provide and disseminate professional and clinical knowledge to multi-disciplinary team.
- To communicate highly sensitive and complex information to women and their families clearly explaining the benefits and risks of different care approaches and the alternatives available recognising barriers to acceptance.
- To ensure that essential information on clients condition and decisions taken regarding care are recorded and communicated appropriately according to Trust policy and Nursing and Midwifery Council Guidelines.
- Demonstrate courtesy and diplomacy in dealing with professional colleagues and members of the public.
Professional
- To always act in a safe and professional manner in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council, Midwives Rules and Code [2018].
- Complete and maintain the required specialist training and related advanced clinical, technical, and interpersonal skills and competence required as an autonomous practitioner.
- Ensure that all clinical care personally provided is of a high standard and reflects current evidence.
- To provide professional and clinical nursing leadership, acting as a role model for professional practice.
- To maintain eligibility to practice via professional development and maintenance of professional portfolio to ensure compliance with revalidation.
- Assess, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of care, providing specialist advice and actively meet the needs of a group of patients in accordance with local, National protocols and BSCCP National guidelines. A holistic approach to caring should be planned that will include the appropriate level of physiological; pathological; spiritual, socioeconomical and cultural aspects which influence the care of clients within your specific speciality.
- Independently select, perform, and interpret diagnostic laboratory tests as required within the scope of practice.
- Develop tools to improve the quality of the service. Monitor the quality of nursing care and action audit information to achieve agreed standards and take the lead on customer care initiatives. This will include the development and utilisation of local action plans.
- Ensure that documentation is maintained to the Trust standard (including electronic records) and implement audits of records to measure and evaluate care planning.
- Provide information and support to relatives/carers as appropriate
- Identify clinical risks and ensure appropriate action is taken, in accordance with the Trust Risk Management policy.
- Investigate complaints, accident reports and untoward incidents within own clinical speciality and in conjunction with the Line Manager and implement recommendations for action.
Lead on the implementation of the Trusts framework for Clinical Governance within own clinical speciality.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Clinical Duties and Patient Care
- Undertake nurse-led outpatient colposcopy as an independent and autonomous practitioner working in conjunction with the Lead Colposcopist, other Nurse Colposcopist(s) and consultant team for the service and within NHS Cervical Screening Programme (CSP) guidelines and protocols.
- Undertake nurse-led outpatient hysteroscopy clinics as an independent and autonomous practitioner working in conjunction with other Nurse Hysteroscopists and consultant team within Trust guidelines and protocols.
- Manage patient case load with own professional competence, request patient investigations, analyse results and prescribe patient care and monitor outcomes, monitor treatment compliance, and advise on modifications to treatment within agrees guidelines.
- To provide the highest standard of safe, effective, equitable and compassionate care through the effective use of evidence-based practice in line with agreed local and national colposcopy and hysteroscopy standards and the NMC Code.
- Have an in-depth knowledge and awareness of womens health issues.
- Provide a continuously improving service in line with the clinical governance framework, Trust objectives and the NHS performance network.
- Act as the patients advocate in all matters relating to care, treatment and welfare acknowledging and incorporating cultural preferences, health beliefs and behaviours.
- Actively participate in multi-disciplinary team meetings.
- Accountable for ensuring cytology and pathologies of the nurse led clinics are reviewed, documented, and discussed with the patient.
- Escalate abnormal pathologies to the Lead Colposcopist.
- Facilitate an environment where health promotion and informed patient choice is encouraged and developed to maximum potential within the available resources.
- Ensure accurate clinical records are kept in line with current NMC guidelines on records and recordkeeping and Trust Policies.
- Respond to enquiries from relatives, carers, deals with concerns, formal complaints, including PALS concerns, and actively problem solves to improve patient experience.
- Constantly promote the importance of the patient experience within the team, and actively seek the views of patients and carers in the process of evaluating and developing care delivery in the department.
- Ensure safe prescribing and administration of drugs in accordance with current NMC guidelines and Trust Policies.
- To lead and be involved in research and audit projects undertaken by the Gynaecology service.
Communication and Relationship Skills
- Develop and maintain effective working relationships with the multi-disciplinary team, allied groups within the acute Trust and Community Health, public and voluntary sectors.
- Represent and promote the Women's Service Unit, Women & Children's Division and Trust internally and externally as required.
- Provide and disseminate professional and clinical knowledge to multi-disciplinary team.
- To communicate highly sensitive and complex information to women and their families clearly explaining the benefits and risks of different care approaches and the alternatives available recognising barriers to acceptance.
- To ensure that essential information on clients condition and decisions taken regarding care are recorded and communicated appropriately according to Trust policy and Nursing and Midwifery Council Guidelines.
- Demonstrate courtesy and diplomacy in dealing with professional colleagues and members of the public.
Professional
- To always act in a safe and professional manner in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council, Midwives Rules and Code [2018].
- Complete and maintain the required specialist training and related advanced clinical, technical, and interpersonal skills and competence required as an autonomous practitioner.
- Ensure that all clinical care personally provided is of a high standard and reflects current evidence.
- To provide professional and clinical nursing leadership, acting as a role model for professional practice.
- To maintain eligibility to practice via professional development and maintenance of professional portfolio to ensure compliance with revalidation.
- Assess, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of care, providing specialist advice and actively meet the needs of a group of patients in accordance with local, National protocols and BSCCP National guidelines. A holistic approach to caring should be planned that will include the appropriate level of physiological; pathological; spiritual, socioeconomical and cultural aspects which influence the care of clients within your specific speciality.
- Independently select, perform, and interpret diagnostic laboratory tests as required within the scope of practice.
- Develop tools to improve the quality of the service. Monitor the quality of nursing care and action audit information to achieve agreed standards and take the lead on customer care initiatives. This will include the development and utilisation of local action plans.
- Ensure that documentation is maintained to the Trust standard (including electronic records) and implement audits of records to measure and evaluate care planning.
- Provide information and support to relatives/carers as appropriate
- Identify clinical risks and ensure appropriate action is taken, in accordance with the Trust Risk Management policy.
- Investigate complaints, accident reports and untoward incidents within own clinical speciality and in conjunction with the Line Manager and implement recommendations for action.
Lead on the implementation of the Trusts framework for Clinical Governance within own clinical speciality.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse with current NMC registration.
- BSCCP accredited colposcopy qualification.
- Master's degree or working towards
- Accredited Nurse Hysteroscopist course.
Desirable
- Leadership and/or management qualification.
- ENB 997/998, Mentorship or similar teaching qualification
Experience
Essential
- Clinically competent in colposcopy/hysteroscopy and managing own caseload.
- Experience of undertaking diagnostic procedures.
- Knowledge and understanding of colposcopy/hysteroscopy and undertaking own consultations.
- Advanced theoretical and practical knowledge of Gynaecology.
- Experience of research and development.
Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of developing, influencing, and changing clinical practice
- Experience of clinical audit
- Experience of delivering training and presentations.
- Good written verbal communications
- Evidence of continued professional development.
- Ability to work as a team
- Ability to supervise other Nursing staff.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse with current NMC registration.
- BSCCP accredited colposcopy qualification.
- Master's degree or working towards
- Accredited Nurse Hysteroscopist course.
Desirable
- Leadership and/or management qualification.
- ENB 997/998, Mentorship or similar teaching qualification
Experience
Essential
- Clinically competent in colposcopy/hysteroscopy and managing own caseload.
- Experience of undertaking diagnostic procedures.
- Knowledge and understanding of colposcopy/hysteroscopy and undertaking own consultations.
- Advanced theoretical and practical knowledge of Gynaecology.
- Experience of research and development.
Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of developing, influencing, and changing clinical practice
- Experience of clinical audit
- Experience of delivering training and presentations.
- Good written verbal communications
- Evidence of continued professional development.
- Ability to work as a team
- Ability to supervise other Nursing staff.
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
