Registered Nurse- Hysteroscopist, Band 7 in Gloucester

At Gloucestershire Hospitals, our people are at the heart of everything we do. As the county’s largest employer, we are proud to provide high-quality acute, elective, and specialist services to more than 650,000 people across our county. Our care is delivered across Gloucestershire Royal, Cheltenham General and Stroud Maternity Hospital. With over 9,000 employees representing more than 95 nationalities, we bring together a mix of cultures and experiences to the care that we deliver.

We’re investing heavily in innovation, research, and transformation, with more than 100 active clinical studies and major developments underway across our hospitals. We take pride in working as one team, driven by a shared ambition to grow, develop, and continually improve. Every contribution is valued and by combining our collective strengths, we support not only our diverse communities but one another. You can expect a warm, supportive culture and colleagues who are passionate about teamwork, professional development and delivering exceptional care.

We offer structured development programmes, mentoring and leadership opportunities to help you progress in your career. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone feels they belong. By joining our Trust, you will benefit from a comprehensive package that includes flexible working opportunities, generous annual leave, the NHS pension scheme, competitive bank rates, local discounts, access to on-site nurseries, reduced public transport costs, reward and recognition schemes and a wide range of health and wellbeing initiatives.

The gynaecology service is proud of our hysteroscopy service and are expanding our clinical diagnostic services to include a nurse specialist who will support the consultant team in the diagnosis of women’s health conditions. We have the exciting opportunity for a 12 month fixed term fulltime specialist nurse hysteroscopy post, based within the gynaecology service at Gloucestershire Hospitals Trusts. Any candidate who is unable, for personal reasons, to work full time will still be considered for the post. If such a person is appointed, modification of the job content can be discussed on a personal basis. Job share applicants are also welcome.

The successful candidate will carry continuing responsibility for a defined caseload, including the setting of standards of care, the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programme of care. The successful applicant will provide nursing expertise to a specific patient group and will contribute to the development of the specialty service as well as contributing to the strategic direction of nursing within the Trust. You will be expected to work closely with gynaecology and oncology clinicians as well as the gynaecology dedicated outpatient nursing team to provide a seamless service and deliver high quality surgical outcomes within national targets.

Main duties of the job:

• To ensure the delivery of a high-quality patient-centred clinical service
• To provide effective leadership to all staff engaged in that same task
• To sustain and develop teaching and research wherever appropriate
• To work in accordance with our trust’s procedures and operating policies and develop and update Standard Operating Policies relevant to the service
• To support the business plans and development strategies formulated for the specialty, the Women and Children Division and our Trust
• To work within the framework of team decisions
• To take a whole systems approach to working with the wider health community both NHS and social services
• To show initiative, enthusiasm and flexibility

The Gynaecology Directorate is part of the Trust’s Women and Children’s Division. The Gynaecology service is based at Gloucester Royal Hospital, and provides care for women from Gloucestershire. Operating lists are undertaken at both Cheltenham and Gloucester hospital with outpatient clinics being held in the Women’s Centre at Gloucestershire Royal, Cheltenham General and surrounding community hospitals.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision of providing Best Care for Everyone and our success depends on the commitment and dedication of our staff, many of whom are world leaders in healthcare, teaching and research. You could make a real difference to our patients’ lives by joining our team.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities:

The appointee will be expected to share responsibility for the delivery of high-quality care to the patients presenting to the Department. The provision of high-quality care in all clinical settings, including outpatient clinics and working well as part of a multidisciplinary team.

• To support the clinical decision making of resident medical and nursing staff
• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate care and treatments using advanced clinical knowledge and clinical skills
• Take clinical responsibility for all women who attend to include follow up arrangements
• Utilise critical decision-making skills and advanced nursing skills such as performing IUS insertion, directed biopsies, polypectomy
• Act autonomously and have the skills to develop protocols and care pathways to carry out criteria led outpatient treatment
• Assess, implement and evaluate individualised strategies to manage the physical, psychosocial and emotional needs of the women who present to the clinic.
• Maintain accurate contemporaneous records of all interventions of care and advice given, in line with Trust policies and NMC code
• Provide evidenced-based information to patients and their relatives/partner/carer to facilitate informed choices and establish ‘informed consent’
• Determine in partnership with the women the most appropriate management and care pathway
• Work as a non-medical prescriber in accordance with NMC code and Trust policies in area of clinical expertise, or willingness to undertake qualification.
• Refer patients as appropriate to other members of the multi-disciplinary team
• Work with Matron to lead the development of nursing practice, reflecting the CMT and Corporate Nursing business plans
• Provide a clinical lead and role model to the nursing team by delivering high quality care as an expert practitioner
• Set, monitor and seek to continuously improve standards and the quality of patient care, including those standards defined in the National Benchmarks for Essential Care
• Develop and implement policy and practice guidelines specific to the clinical specialty
• Safe management of unwell patients including management of vasovagal episodes, uterine perforation
• Management of patient analgesia including the use of Entonox or similar drug which may require additional study or training
• Preparation and/or updates of relevant patient information
• Attendance of involvement in MDT meetings
• To respond to telephone enquiries and be able to assess patients via telephone communication

Professional Development, Education and Training:

• To participate in ongoing training and personal development including attendance at BSGE conference as per requirements to maintain registration
• To contribute to multi-disciplinary skills training
• Provide formal teaching/education sessions to other health professionals and the public to include participation in outreach work, particularly those in vulnerable groups in order to help address inequalities

Management and Leadership:

• To provide medical information for the development of systems appropriate for Trust needs
• To participate in departmental consultant and senior staff meetings whilst remaining within the framework of the agreed strategy of the Trust and the department
• To attend other departmental, divisional and Trust meetings as necessary
• To attend regional and national meetings as necessary
• To undertake all work in accordance with Trust procedures and operating policies

Person specification:

• First Level Registered Nurse
• Teaching and Mentoring Qualification
• Postgraduate Certificate in Outpatient Diagnostic Hysteroscopy and Therapeutic Practices
• Evidence of active BSGE Hysteroscopy accreditation
• Evidence of continual professional development and portfolio of learning
• Specialist clinical skills including history taking, physical examination, diagnostic assessment, treatment procedures.
• Informed decision making skills
• Demonstrable level of Experience within speciality
• Experience of Formal/Informal Teaching in practice
• Experience of collecting data for audit
• Experience of Managing and Leading a team

We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications have been received. You will only be contacted by the Recruitment Team via email if you are shortlisted for this post. Please ensure therefore that you check your e-mail account regularly. If you require sponsorship for a visa to work in the UK, to avoid disappointment, please check to ensure you are eligible under the UKVI points based system.