Job summary
An exciting opportunity is available to join the Gynaecology Outpatient team at Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust as a Clinical Nurse Specialist. You would be able to support all clinical activities and undertake nurse led clinics within the department. These will mainly focus on early pregnancy, recurrent miscarriage and pessary clinics for pelvic organ prolapse.
Main duties of the job
A Band 6/7 (Depending on experience) Sister/Charge Nurse must take a key role in the management and leadership of the gynaecology unit. As a registered, accountable, and autonomous nurse to always act in the best interests of your patients and take personal responsibility for your actions and decisions. To be responsible for patient assessment, planning of care, giving, and supervising safe and compassionate care, and evaluating the effectiveness of care. As an NMC registrant facilitate learning and development of all staff and students. You will demonstrate strong leadership qualities and be open, transparent, and trustworthy. As a Trust employee act with integrity and uphold the values and beliefs of the Trust and the NMC Code of Conduct. You should hold a Bachelors Degree Level qualification in Adult Nursing or Midwifery. It is desirable to hold post graduate certificates in Advanced history taking and physical assessment & Non medical prescribing. It would also be desirable to hold a post graduate certificate in Medical ultrasound in gynaecology and first trimester scanning.
About us
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we're driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.
We are an acute Trust, rated "Good" by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.
We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.
Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible. Don't just take our word for it, why not explore what Salisbury has to offer by visiting www.experiencesalisbury.co.uk
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached Job description and person specification for full details of roles and responsibilities.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in Adult Nursing or Midwifery
- Minimum of 2 years post graduate experience
Desirable
- Post graduate certificate in Advanced history taking and physical assessment
- Post graduate certificate in Non-medical prescribing
- Post graduate certificate in medical ultrasound specialising in gynaecology and first trimester scanning
- Certificate in gynaecology assessment and examination
- Certificate in Informed consent training
- Certificate in Breaking bad news
Experience
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate collaborative working across the multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to organise own workload whilst supervising others
- Ability to think creatively and contribute to service improvement initiatives
- Ability to be empathetic during sensitive consultations and evidence of being a patient advocate
Desirable
- Competent in vaginal examination, both biannually and with a speculum
- Experience of working within gynaecology
- Experience of working within early pregnancy
- Experience of working within recurrent miscarriage
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in Adult Nursing or Midwifery
- Minimum of 2 years post graduate experience
Desirable
- Post graduate certificate in Advanced history taking and physical assessment
- Post graduate certificate in Non-medical prescribing
- Post graduate certificate in medical ultrasound specialising in gynaecology and first trimester scanning
- Certificate in gynaecology assessment and examination
- Certificate in Informed consent training
- Certificate in Breaking bad news
Experience
Essential
- Ability to demonstrate collaborative working across the multi-disciplinary team
- Ability to organise own workload whilst supervising others
- Ability to think creatively and contribute to service improvement initiatives
- Ability to be empathetic during sensitive consultations and evidence of being a patient advocate
Desirable
- Competent in vaginal examination, both biannually and with a speculum
- Experience of working within gynaecology
- Experience of working within early pregnancy
- Experience of working within recurrent miscarriage
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).
