Nurse Consultant- Women's Health Hub

Job responsibilities

Main duties of the job (please see attached job description for full info on role)

As a Nurse Consultant, you will:

• Provide senior clinical leadership and oversight across all three Womens Health Hubs.
• Lead and support teams of Advanced Practitioners and Nursing Associates.
• Take responsibility for all four pillars of advanced practice: clinical practice, leadership and management, education, and research.
• Deliver high-quality, evidence-based care and lead on initiatives to reduce health inequalities.
• Supervise, mentor, and develop nursing staff to embed trauma-informed, patient-centred practice.
• Undertake clinical and regulatory audits, quality improvement programmes, and research activity.
• Contribute to the Senior Leadership Team, ensuring high professional standards and safe, effective care delivery.
• Inspire, influence, and motivate colleagues across the service to deliver excellence in womens health within a health and justice context.

Education & Qualifications

Essential

• NMC registered RN, Educated to master's level or equivalent level of experience of working at a senior level in Primary Care, specialist areas including long term conditions. Non-medical prescriber (V300)
• MSC or PGdip in Advanced Clinical Practice or equivalency criteria as per national standards
• If PGdip must have previously completed an MSc
• Extensive knowledge of women's health specialist areas, acquired through post graduate diploma or equivalent experience or training plus further specialist knowledge or experience to master's level equivalent
• Evidence of post qualifying and continuing professional development.
• Member of relevant professional body

Desirable

• Teaching qualification
• Additional Leadership training

Previous Experience

Essential

• Extensive Health & Justice experience across community and inpatient - an expert in their field.
• Can demonstrate experience of advanced clinical skills in women's health management
• Ability to deliver teaching and training and mentoring

Skills & Knowledge

Essential

• Must have an understanding of the background to and aims of current healthcare policy in Health & Justice and appreciate the implications of this on engagement
• Should have an appreciation of the relationship between the NHS England and individual provider and commissioning organisations
• Developed communication skills for delivering key messages to a range of stakeholders both internal and external (including outside the NHS) to the organisation, some at very senior level.
• Ability to identify risks, anticipate issues and create solutions and to resolve problems in relation to project or service delivery.
• Ability to understand a broad range of complex information quickly and making decisions where opinions differ/no obvious solution
• Abilities for financial and staff management
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office with intermediate keyboard skills.
• Ability to work without supervision, providing specialist advice to the organisation, working to tight and often changing timescales.
• Will consider the most effective way to promote equality of opportunity and good working relationships in employment and service delivery and has the ability to take actions which support and promote this agenda.
• Interpreting national policy for implementation
• Previously responsible for a budget, involved in budget setting and working knowledge of financial processes

Attitudes, aptitudes & personal characteristics

Essential

• Team working skills
• Ability to move between details and the bigger picture.
• Demonstrates honesty and integrity and promotes organisational values.
• Embrace change, viewing it as an opportunity to learn and develop

Other

Essential

• The post holder must have the ability to understand and implement the equal opportunities policy at a level appropriate to the job.
• Ability to promote anti-discriminatory and anti-racist practices.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

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