Womens Health Enhanced Practice Nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

The Womens Health Enhanced Practice Nurse will lead and expand womens health services across the PCN, delivering advanced clinical care, education, and leadership in line with the Network Contract DES 2025/26 Section B18.

This role aims to:

• Increase access to womens health services, including coils, implants and cervical screening.
• Support QOF and IIF performance through improved prevention and early detection.
• Provide clinical leadership to nursing teams across the PCN.
• Work collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team (MDT) to enhance the overall general practice offer.

Person Specification

Other Requirements

Essential

• Ability to work without direct supervision and use own initiative
• Ability to work well in an integrated and multi-skilled team
• Ability to work well and remain calm under pressure
• Ability/willingness to travel to other sites to work during work hours when necessary
• Ability to self-motivate, organise and prioritise own workload.
• Flexibility of working hours/ability to attend meetings or training as required

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).
• Level 7 postgraduate qualification in an area relevant to enhanced practice (e.g. Womens Health, Advanced Clinical Practice, Public Health, or Long-Term Condition Management).
• Non-medical prescriber qualification (V300).

Experience

Essential

• Proven experience delivering womens health services in primary care or sexual health settings.
• Fitting/removing coils and implants, or willingness to complete FSRH Letters of Competence.
• Evidence of working at enhanced practice level, per the Primary Care and General Practice Nursing Career Framework

Desirable

• Trained cervical sample taker.
• Experience in service leadership, teaching, or clinical supervision.
• Experience in QI and data reporting (QOF, IIF, audits).

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Drake Medical Alliance Primary Care Network

Address

Knowle House Surgery

4 Meavy Way

Plymouth

PL5 3JB

Employer's website

http://drakemedicalalliancenetwork.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)