Gynae Emergency and Fertility Nurse Specialist

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

  

1.         ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES

 

Supporting Clinical Excellence

-       Be a clinical expert in diagnosis, treatment and care with excellent assessment and interpersonal skills.

 

-       Take responsibility to ensure a high standard of clinical care and patient welfare whilst in the clinic supporting junior staff to do likewise.

 

-       Act autonomously and have the skills to support in the development of protocols and care pathways.

 

-       Assess, implement and evaluate individualised strategies to manage the physical, psychological and emotional needs of patients attending the clinic.

 

-       Assess capacity, gain valid consent and have the ability to work within the legal framework with patients who lack capacity to consent to treatment.

 

-       Carry out comprehensive patient assessments demonstrating skills while working independently, on a wide range of patients of varied age, level of ability, communication barriers, ethnic backgrounds and social status.

 

-       Communicate highly sensitive information, especially where barriers to understanding/acceptance need to be overcome (breaking bad news).

 

-       To coordinate and prioritise day to day working practices within the service.

 

-       Actively strive towards improving the patient experience within the departments, acting as an advocate for the patients attending the clinics.

 

-       Act as a professional role model for nursing and as a clinical expert within the department in both a practical and advisory/educational role.

 

-       Undertake patient teaching sessions including the support of patient’s throughout the Fertility pathway (Injection Training).

 

-       Utilise specialist skills in order to provide care including assessing of patient/couple at initial consultation and planning of appropriate diagnostic testing and on-going treatment.

 

-        Provide counselling support and signpost patients to counselling services as required.

 

-       To ensure that couples/individuals accessing the services are provided with full information about appropriate choices and management options.

 

-       Using specialist knowledge assess, plan, implement and evaluate the needs of women and their partners on an on-going basis, coordinating the care given by all members of the multi-disciplinary team and other appropriate departments.

 

-       To ensure that accurate clinical records are maintained reflecting both changes in the individual’s condition and any treatment delivered, in accordance with NMC and Trust policy.

 

-       Have a thorough understanding of current ICB referral criteria for patients requiring NHS assisted conception treatment.

 

Professional Responsibilities

-       Maintain own continuing professional development and career pathway by attending appropriate courses, study days and conferences to develop, implement and maintain high clinical standards within the services.

 

-       Promote collaborative working partnerships and effective communication between all members of the multi-disciplinary team.

 

-       Work collaboratively and in partnership with practitioners from other disciplines and across organisational, professional and academic boundaries.

 

-       To undertake internal and external training where required and utilise these skills in the teaching of others.

 

-       Support nurses within the service by teaching and providing advice on all aspects of Fertility and Emergency Gynaecology care.

 

-       Act as a trainer/teacher for Nurses, Midwives, Junior Doctors and GPs.

 

-       Act as a professional role model and gain expert knowledge for on-going development in Fertility care and Emergency Gynaecology, in both a practical and advisory/educational role. Demonstrate a high standard of practice and knowledge.

 

-       Act as a mentor/preceptor to learners, nursing/midwifery students and health care assistants.

 

-       Actively participate in clinical governance, providing expert input when required.

 

-       Participate in staff appraisal scheme and ensure NMC revalidation.

 

Policy and Service Development Responsibilities

-       Lead in the promotion of evidence-based practice, reviewing the evidence for clinical practice within the specialist fields.

 

-       Participate in the development of protocols, pathways and guidelines.

 

-       Participate in meeting within the directorate or Trust when required and related to Fertility Service and Emergency Gynaecology Provision.

 

-       Be proactive in participating and chaperoning ultrasound scans for both the fertility and emergency gynaecological service to ensure future service development.

 

Supporting Financial Excellence

-       Ensure effective use of resources and safe methods of practice including having shared responsibility for safe use and maintenance of highly specialised and expensive ultrasound equipment.

 

-       Demonstrate budgetary awareness in the planning and implementation of clinical practice.

 

Quality Assurance and Monitoring

-       Possess knowledge of the audit process and method of critically appraising research.

 

-       Involvement in clinical audit and evaluation of practice within the clinical area.

 

-       Contribute ideas and undertake monitoring with regards to quality of patient centred care.

 

-       Participate in research relating to Fertility and Emergency Gynaecology Services.

 

Information Technology Responsibilities

-       Input information and have a working knowledge of the Hospital Information systems.

 

-       Attend training and updates on implementation and management of Fertility and the Emergency Gynaecology Service.

 

-       Ensure proficiency in computerised methods of patient documentation and image recording.

 

General Responsibilities

-       Maintain personal professional profile including evidence of professional development within these roles.

 

-       Identify and negotiate training needs, actively address these through the Trust appraisal system.

 

-       Maintain an awareness of issues relating to nursing on the national agenda.

 

-       Keep up to date with current issues relating to Fertility care and Emergency Gynaecology, for example ensuring current practice is evidence based.

 

-       Ensure the frequency of own practice affords maintenance of skill level.

 

-       Communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.

 

-       Co-ordinate the responsibilities, capabilities and workload of team members.

 

 

2.         OTHER INFORMATION

·           The post holder may be required to carry out other relevant duties as required.

 

·           The post holder will adhere to the duties specified under the Staff Responsibilities of the NHS Constitution in their day to day work and behaviours.

 

·           The post holder will be expected to aspire to the Values of the Trust in their day to day work and behaviours in order to support the Trust in achieving its Vision.

 

·           The post holder will adhere to, at all times, any Professional, NHS Code of Conducts and legislation relevant for their area of work.

 

·           The post holder will make themselves familiar with, and adhere to, at all times, the policies and procedures of the Trust, and their area of work.

 

·           The post holder will be expected to work to any Corporate/Division/Directorate/Department objectives and standards in order to provide an acceptable level of service.

 

·           The post holder will be expected to undertake training, including mandatory and role specific training, relevant to their role and ensure it is renewed as required.

 

This job description reflects the present requirements of the post and it does not form part of the contract of employment.  As the duties of the post change and develop the job description will be reviewed and will be subject to amendment, in consultation with the post holder.  It is the Trust’s aim to reach agreement on reasonable changes, but if agreement is not possible the Trust reserves the right to effect changes to the post holder’s job description after consultation with them.  Appropriate notice of such changes will be given.