PCOS Clinical Nurse Specialist

A exciting opportunity has arisen for an individual to contribute towards the provision of excellent patient care within the endocrine service. We are looking to appoint a PCOS Clinical Nurse Specialist Nurse to join the Endocrine team at UHCW.
The post holder will play a key role in developing the PCOS service and you will be expected to perform autonomously to carry out tests, specialist screening, treatments, procedures, clinics, develop audit tools and clinical protocols, participate in audit and research activites as well as develop patient/ staff education programs., · To provide direct, specialised care and advice to patients within a defined caseload, using specialist nursing skills and ensuring that care and support to patients and families is sensitive to their needs for courtesy, dignity and privacy.
· Provide Nurse led clinical activity to support the PCOS service across the Trust. This will include running nurse led day case Clinic. Telephone advice and general support.
· Meet with the patient and, when wished, their family at key stages in their pathway to provide individualised written and verbal information and support that will help them to prepare for treatment and its outcome at key points in their pathway.
· To act as a patients' advocate and to give advice regarding treatment options in order that patients are able to give informed consent.
· Provide on-going support and continuity of care to patients and their families in hospital, clinic and home settings and by telephone contact. Refer to other agencies as necessary - acting as key worker.
· Meet the patient's individualised care needs through utilising the holistic assessment process throughout the patient pathway, promoting self- management following treatment.
· To work in collaboration with all members of the local and Specialist multi-disciplinary teams in order to ensure the provision of a high quality, timely service for patients and their families., · In collaboration with members of the MDT develop patient information resources utilising the views of users and patient partnership groups.
· Attend and participate in Divisional, Trust and Network committees and steering groups as required.
· Evaluate the existing PCOS service, identifying gaps and making recommendations on improvements and their implementation in order of priority.
· In collaboration with the MDT and lead clinician, to regularly review Trust policies relating to clinical practice, and to develop new policies as necessary based upon current research findings and ensure effective implementation., · Maintain a professional awareness of developments in research, nursing practice and current trends within the fields of PCOS/Endocrine Nursing.
· Assess the skills and training needs of staff and in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team, identify priority areas and maintain educational programs in order to deliver expert and specialist care for patients and carers.
· Promote and demonstrate evidence based practice, participate audit projects and encourage and support staff that wish to be actively involved in research and service development in line with local and national initiatives.
· Identify personal training needs and career development in conjunction with the Lead Endocrine clinician.
· Identifying and utilising appropriate resources.
· Promote own professional development by attending appropriate conferences, courses and study days, accessing and utilising relevant information.
· To be responsible for complying with Trust and local Safeguarding policies and procedures.
· To be responsible for the quality of data recorded. The data should be accurate, legible (if hand written), recorded in a timely manner, kept up to date and appropriately filed
For further details please see the attached job description.
To ensure that we provide world-class patient care, UHCW recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust's Values and Behaviours in their everyday life. Therefore, if you are invited to interview, you will be undertaking a Values Based Interview/Assessment, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.
Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trust's Values and Behaviours which can be accessed on the right side of this page under the job description.
The Supporting Information Section in your application should therefore reflect your understanding of the Trust's Values and associated Behaviours. You will be expected to provide us with examples from work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviour.
The Trust is committed to Equal Opportunities within the workplace. All vacancies will be considered for Job Share unless otherwise stated. All applicants who have a disability and who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be interviewed. Where a post has an overwhelming response, this Trust may use random selection in order to reduce numbers to interview, any disabled applicants will automatically be guaranteed an interview and will be exempt from this process.
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If you are successful at interview you will receive a conditional offer of employment and we'll ask you for information so that we can carry out pre-employment checks. You must successfully complete all pre-employment checks to progress to a final unconditional offer.
We must confirm the identity of our staff and their right to work in the United Kingdom. We will ask you to submit proof of your identity and right to work documents via a secure digital platform approved by the Home Office, named TrustID. Alternatively, you may be asked to attend our office with original documents.
Depending on you level of exposure with patients you may be required to undertake a Standard or Enhanced DBS. The cost of this check will be charged to you and will be deducted from your salary over the first 3 months of employment at the current rate.
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University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.
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