RN / Midwife

Are you looking for the next step in your nursing career? We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic nurse or midwife. You will work at our various clinics in the Staffordshire/West Midlands and Black Country area. We are looking for nurses who can deliver safe and effective care of patients wanting to access consultation for unplanned pregnancy, surgical and medical abortions, contraception and sexual health services for women. You will need to be able to fulfil an integral role within our multidisciplinary team delivering a confidential abortion service. You will need to be motivated, enthusiastic, caring and empathetic. Pro-choice is a must.

Main duties of the job:

• To support with the care delivery throughout all clinical services at NUPAS as required.
• To deliver safe and effective care of patients from admission to discharge in accordance with local and national guidelines, NUPAS policy and independent regulatory expectations.
• To uphold NUPAS core values and behaviours at all times, promoting choice.
• The role includes a combination of work in NUPAS clinics and working from home providing telephone consultations.
• NUPAS provide abortions via medical and surgical routes and the post holder will be expected to support all areas of the care we provide.
• The post holder may be expected to provide care in remote services, early medical abortion clinics, ultrasound scanning, contraception, and surgical unit, and training will be provided as required to facilitate this.
• To promote, support and deliver safe and efficient abortion and associated services in line with the Abortion Act 1967, Department of Health RSOPs, and medical guidelines across our acute day care treatment centres.
• The post holder will have a good understanding of clinical safety and understand the importance of compliance.
• The postholder will be proficient in providing appropriate family planning and sexual health care to patients.
• The post holder will engage with learning identified through the patient safety incident response framework.

About us:

NUPAS provide abortions via medical and surgical routes. Pro-choice is essential. The post holder will have a duty to ensure that the principles of patient, carer and public involvement and engagement are adhered to in line with Section 11 of The Health and Social Care Act 2012 for Improving Patient Experience. NUPAS is committed to safeguarding and safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults is everyone's responsibility. Onboarding checks are undertaken in line with the NHS Employment Checking Standards including a basic disclosure check under the Disclosing and Barring Service. All staff are required to adhere to the principles of patient centred care as detailed in the NICE Quality Standard for Patient Experience and to treat patients with dignity, kindness, compassion, courtesy, respect, understanding and honesty. The post holder will, in support of the NUPAS values, ensure that everyone is treated as an individual, and will acknowledge and value difference in order to treat everyone fairly.

Job responsibilities:

• NUPAS provide abortion care from Telephone consultations, through to after care support. Following appropriate training the postholder may be required to provide care in remote services, EMA/Surgical units and after care.
• The post holder will be expected to support clinical care as required operationally across all areas of the service. However, the post holder must be appropriately trained and competent in the care administered.

Responsibilities:

• To provide clear understanding, and implementation of informed choice to patients.
• To offer excellent skills in patient assessment with a clear understanding of treatment options, and informed choice.
• Skilled in clinical observation and assessment, enabling identification of normal baseline observations and the deteriorating patient.
• Can interpret and undertake point of care testing including pregnancy testing either face to face or via the telephone.
• Have the knowledge base to facilitate discussion around contraceptive options and provide/fit contraception in accordance with national guidelines and NUPAS policies.
• To ensure safe administration of medication in line with policy.
• To gain informed consent before the implementation of treatment and procedures.
• Provide a good knowledge base around STI Screening and risk factor assessment.
• To undertake record keeping in line with policy.
• To possess the skills and knowledge to monitor observations, make the necessary safe assessments and implement care based on the patient's condition.
• To assess, monitor and advise our patients at every stage of care to ensure high quality safe care.
• Can engage with patients and promote patient feedback to ensure NUPAS can improve services for our patients.
• Maintains patient safety through escalation and the reporting of incidents.
• Engages in the learning process as and when required.
• Engages with clinical supervision and continually update own professional development and learning to improve practice.
• Always maintains confidentiality and data protection in line with policy.

Patient Care and clinical practice:

• All patient care must be undertaken in line with NUPAS policies and procedures, and the post holder is responsible for familiarising and understanding.
• Identify and elevate any risk or safeguarding concerns to senior colleagues and actively seek to reduce or eliminate those concerns identified in a positive manner.
• Support the services across the region to ensure the delivery of a high standard of patient care and safety, reporting concerns to the Deputy Regional Clinical/Clinical Lead/Lead/Regional Manager.
• Support the implementation of care for patients in accordance with appropriate care pathways.
• Deliver safe and effective abortion, contraceptive, and sexual health advice and care either in the clinical setting or within remote services.
• The post holder is expected to provide care to patients via telephone consultations, clinical assessments, ultrasound scanning, contraceptive care when trained appropriately to do so.
• Always recognise and uphold the patient right to dignity and respect.
• Ensure the full and accurate completion of all documentation.
• Engage with and act upon patient feedback to learn and develop the services provided at NUPAS.
• Ensure the provision of specialist holistic care supplying contraception and medicines in line with company policies.
• Maintain an up-to-date knowledge base to implement and support care delivery in a specialist area of care, and only undertake clinical skills you are trained in.
• Provide any necessary assessment for sexually transmitted infections and advise patients.
• To undertake safe and effective medications management in line with policy.
• Where applicable and appropriately trained: Registered nurses and midwives trained to undertake independent or supplementary prescribing can do so at NUPAS only after discussion with the head of nursing, and with the commitment to attend yearly NMP updates. Prescribing practice must be in adherence with NUPAS policy and medications formulary.

Professional Development:

• Engage in the delivery of training and education.
• Support in providing induction, training and support to new staff and ensure that their development needs are appropriately met in line with NUPAS competency assessment training frameworks.
• To manage own workload in line with NUPAS Visions and Values.
• To engage in own clinical and safeguarding supervision ensuring clinical knowledge is up to date.
• Ensure that practice is compliant with professional bodies, regulatory standards. Report concerns via the correct NUPAS processes.
• To escalate and voice concerns and complaints to the relevant manager.
• To engage with learning responses in relation to clinical incidents.

Qualifications:

• Current Nurse or Midwife NMC registration as a Registered Nurse Sub part 1 of the NMC register Registered Midwife.
• Contraceptive Qualification or Experienced in fitting subdermal implants Letter of competence required.
• Professional Nurse or midwifery advocate.
• Independent Non-Medical or Supplementary Prescribing qualification.

Experience:

• Ultrasound scanning experience in first and second stage trimester or willingness to work toward training within 3 months of commencement where available.
• Must be pro-choice.

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.

Depending on experience £20 to £24 an hour Dependent on Skills and experience.