As a qualified Nurse Colposcopist you will work autonomously and undertake an independent practitioner led diagnostic and therapeutic role using your highly advanced clinical judgement. This role includes, facilitating, enabling, and supporting the development of this service, based on best practice ensuring delivery of high quality, compassionate, effective and efficient care within the colposcopy service, Run nurse led clinics, managing a clinical caseload, whilst adhering to BSCCP and local guidelines with accountability for professional actions
To collaborate closely with medical and nursing staff, the management team, patient pathway coordinators, administrators, and other multidisciplinary team members to ensure the seamless delivery of care
To maintain a cost-effective service aligned with the objectives of the department and care group
To manage a patient caseload within Women's Services, ensuring high-quality care
To ensure that patients and their families are fully informed and supported, providing both clinical and social care.
To contribute to the development of evidence-based clinical nursing practices in accordance with current research and guidelines
To participate in MDT., Works autonomously to manage his/her own caseload of patients whilst working as part of a multidisciplinary team within colposcopy service.
Willingness to attend cervical smear taker training and enrol on colposcopy accreditation course
Be able to manage emergency situations
Enables patient choice and involvement and initiates appropriate action.
Coordinates and develops patient care pathway and liaises across organisational boundaries.
Ensures each patient is placed in the correct treatment pathway at the appropriate time and necessary investigations and treatments are organised.
Provides clinical advice and support to healthcare professionals within and across organisational boundaries.
Provides clinical advice in accordance with current evidence-based practice.
Undertakes nurse/practitioner -led clinics, participates in consultant led clinics and multidisciplinary team meetings.
Participates in case conferences in relation to future management or discharge arrangements.
Independent Nurse Prescriber or willing to undertake this qualification
Financial awareness and knowledge of budget management
Support the lead colposcopist in the development and review of evidence based local guidelines, procedures and patient information documents
Support the lead colposcopist in the acquisition and validation of data to support the production of quarterly and annual performance information, including the mandatory KC65 return
Support, and represent the views of, colposcopy nurses within the department
Support, and represent the views of, other support staff within the colposcopy department
To ensure a system to disseminate examples of "best practice" is developed and maintained.
Promotes and encourages a learning culture and develops systems whereby evidence-based practice is supported and implemented.
Provides liaisons with UWE/UoG/UoW for all matters affecting nurse education within the Colposcopy Service and works alongside Clinical Nurse Managers in ensuring appropriate clinical placements are made and ensuring a high-quality practice placements for students.
Encourages the development of a supportive infrastructure at clinical level for nursing and midwifery research and development, promoting the dissemination of, participation and debate and the implementation of evidence-based practice
Able to demonstrate commitment to self-development and life-long learning through Individual Performance Development Review
To consolidate and develop personal knowledge, practical skills and clinical knowledge
Provide expert advice, support and clinical education to nursing staff and junior medical staff in the care and management of early pregnancy and gynaecology patients
Provide mentorship and clinical supervision of students, post-registration nurses and junior doctors and act as a resource and role model. Support and facilitate the integration of theory and practice to colleagues developing knowledge and skills for advanced practice
To deliver expertise and enthusiasm so as to monitor the National Health Service Cervical Screening Program National Standards
Participate in Trust-wide and National clinical audit projects to provide continued improvement to quality of care
To Co-ordinate and/or participate in research projects within the Colposcopy Service and ensure they are carried out efficiently, effectively and within the ethical Guidelines of the Trust.
Lead and/or participate in the development, implementation and evaluation of protocols, policies and ICPs that are consistent with National and International standards and current research, facilitating changes in practice which improve clinical outcomes and meet needs of patients and carers
Network locally, regionally and nationally, working in conjunction with colleagues and organisations to develop the service. To set clinical standards and monitor progress against outcome measures in line with local and national strategies
Critically evaluate evidence-based research findings from diverse sources in order the change or develop services and clinical practice
Membership of British Society of Clinical Colposcopy and Pathology (BSCCP)
Ability to work under pressure in a challenging and every changing environment
Frequent exposure to unpleasant working conditions e.g. Aggressive behaviour of patients, clients, relatives and carers; direct contact with bodily fluids, blood, wounds, unpleasant smells, infestation and foul linen.
Adherence to all Trust policies relevant to nursing and current role
Responsibility to manage challenging people and situations including those of conflict
Breaking bad news and highly sensitive information to patients and their carers on a daily basis
Expected to frequently manoeuvre patients/objects over 15 kgs using appropriate aids always in confined spaces. Ongoing requirement to exert moderate physical effort e.g. moving patients and heavy objects with occasional sudden explosive effort e.g. emergency situations
Constant concentration on patient related activities within an unpredictable environment
Frequently bending in confined spaces for long periods of time for wound and cervical assessment
Use surgical instruments within a confined space to undertake colposcopy procedure
Working across two or more hospital sites and driving a car between sites
The health and wellbeing of our staff and patients remains the priority of the Trust. Vaccination remains the best chance we have of conquering COVID and the Trust encourages everyone to take up this offer.
Please note, this vacancy may close as soon as sufficient applications have been received, so please apply as soon as possible if you are interested. The Recruitment Team are unable to accept any applications after the position has closed on NHS Jobs.

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By joining Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust new colleagues can look forward to a warm welcome and a future full of opportunities and support.

Working for our organisation
With a team of over 9,000 employees, we are proud to be the largest employer in Gloucestershire and rank among the top 10 largest Trusts in the South West region. By joining our Trust, you will benefit from an excellent package that includes exclusive benefits, flexible working opportunities and the chance to gain valuable experience in one of our innovative hospitals. As well as generous annual leave allowance, access to the excellent NHS pension scheme, competitive bank rates, discounts at local shops and restaurants, access to two on-site nurseries, discounted public transport, reward and recognition and a range of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.
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