Specialist Nurse Gynae Hysteroscopy and Colposcopy

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Main duties and responsibilities:

1. Clinical Practice

• To undertake independent and comprehensive clinical assessments of patients referred to gynaecological, demonstrating extensive specialist knowledge of a wide-range of presentations in patients of all ages.
• Undertake colposcopy examination to help in excluding and treating suspected cervical abnormalities.
• Undertake hysteroscopy examination to help in excluding and treating suspected endometrial abnormalities.
• To contribute to and coordinate Quality Assurance Inspections in collaboration with colleagues
• Actively participate in the management of patients on the gynaecological cancers and other gynaecology pathways attending MDTs and other relevant fora.
• To provide specialist nursing advice and support to patients, their families and other healthcare professionals following diagnosis, and through treatment
• To ensure continuity of a high standard of evidence based nursing care, assessing health, health related and nursing needs of
• Ordering and performing diagnostic tests
• Making and receiving referrals
• Admitting and discharging women with continence needs and within agreed protocols
• Maintain caseload of clinics with visible presence
• To accept responsibility for own patient caseload, ensuring all patients have an accurate plan of care, which reflects the assessment undertaken and incorporates the issues and recommendations made ensuring clear documentation in the patient’s records
• To follow-up patients as appropriate and ensure all relevant information is available to enable patients to make an informed choice about their treatment
• To provide leadership and act as an effective role model for best nursing practice, acting as an expert in colposcopy and giving clinical advice as necessary.
• To lead standards of care, improving and developing these to ensure they incorporate current professional recommendations (including BSCCP and NHSCSP) and evidence-based
• To attend, prepare and contribute to MDT meetings ensuring all relevant patients are represented
• To deliver a seamless service through the development of enhanced Multidisciplinary team (MDT) processes and communication
• To co-ordinate regular MDM meetings to ensure optimal care is delivered in a timely manner to all women accessing the colposcopy
• To monitor the patient's pathway for women with suspected cervical / vaginal / vulval cancer and ensure cancer targets are met by liaising with colleagues within the joint cancer centre and taking the appropriate action when necessary.
• To participate in the identification and development of clinical protocols and strategies to enhance both the continuity and standard of colposcopy care whilst ensuring equity of access to the service
• To participate in the process of operational policies review annually in accordance with BSCCP guidelines
• To ensure all care is given in accordance with agreed
• To work with key staff members to deliver nurse led assessment and out- patient follow-up services, providing detailed baseline patient assessment with education and support to patients and their families
• To maintain a suitable mechanism for MDT referrals to the Clinical Nurse Specialists
• To work with the MDT to develop, implement and evaluate integrated care pathways and systems of MDT documentation
• To liaise with local community, social services, and voluntary organisations to develop existing services for clients, carers and health professionals
• To actively involve service users in providing feedback of their experience of the current service and suggestions for
• To participate in the development of appropriate patient group directions to facilitate/enhance the discharge process
• To participate in relevant forums both at Trust level and external as requested by Director of Midwifery and

2. Education and Research
   • To ensure all patients are fully informed of the risks and benefits of proposed procedures / treatments, contributing to the process of securing informed consent
   • To produce and provide all patients with relevant and accessible written information regarding their treatment in accordance with Trust standards
   • To supervise and participate in the delivery of programmes of education and training according to the identified needs of women, carers and others involved in their care
   • To work with other clinical staff to identify knowledge gaps in relation to specialist patients and ensure staff are appropriately educated
   • To contribute to the development of nursing practice within the team, additionally to act as a practice supervisor to Trust and honorary contract employees.
   • To actively participate in educational events provided by the Trust and primary care sector.
   • To lead the development of practice knowledge within the speciality through internal and external presentation and publication
   • To establish networks with other specialists at local, national, and international level to exchange and enhance knowledge and
   • To attend meetings and conferences as appropriate ensuring that you are fully conversant with current issues both within the Trust and within the specialist services locally and
   • To promote and facilitate evidence-based practice and clinical audit within the Trust, raising the profile and enhancing the contribution of nursing to patient care and informing business and service development
   • To promote nursing research and evidenced based practice relevant to the speciality

3. Management
   • To ensure the Colposcopy failsafe procedure is adhered to in conjunction with the Colposcopy Nurse and administrative teams
   • To act up for and represent the department as .
   • To participate in the process of annual budget setting and ensure the best use of available resources in terms of staff and equipment within the agreed budget to provide a cost-effective, high-quality
   • To maximise the use of resources within gynaecology in accordance with the division and business plan objectives and
   • To set optimal stock levels of stores and equipment to meet service needs
   • To ensure appropriate staffing within Colposcopy Nursing  so that service needs are met.
   • To promote innovative and flexible responses to changing service and team demands, through appropriate direction, delegation, and
   • To investigate accidents and incidents within the colposcopy/ wider team and to implement corrective action where necessary in conjunction with the Matron/Service Manager/Director of Midwifery and
   • To undertake/support appropriate audit activity such that the quality of the service can be evaluated and developed as
   • To support the Matron in implementing Trust initiatives and
   • To extend support to other departments as
   • To ensure that the standards of data recoding are maintained and contribute to improving documentation and communication.
   • To report and handle complaints made by patients and members of the public in accordance with the Trust policy.
   • Ensure compliance with the Trust's Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Policy
   • To ensure that the division is fully aware of Trust Safeguarding Children’s Procedures and that strategies and plans are in place across all areas of gynaecology to accurately identify children and vulnerable adults at risk of
   • To liaise effectively with all other disciplines within the Trust and at local
   • To participate in the management of change to improve standards and communication links from Acute Trusts through to Primary .
   • To have responsibility for the health, safety, and welfare of self in the working environment to follow safe working practices and to always comply with the Trust’s health and Safety Policies and
   • To contribute positively to the leadership of nursing within the division acting as an effective role
   • To comply with measures to actively manage and reduce risk to patients, ensuring the formal reporting and recording of adverse incidents in line with Trust policy
   • Network with the team of clinical nurse specialists within the Trust to evaluate, develop and promote the specialist-nursing role
   • Maintain contemporaneous and accurate treatment records, submitting relevant statistics, reports and activity data as
   • To participate in the evaluation of the service in terms of clinical effectiveness, clinical excellence, and value for money
   • To forge effective links within primary, secondary, and tertiary care to ensure effective communication
   • To act as a liaison and expert advisor for community / primary care team