Job summary
The Endometriosis / Women's Health Clinical Nurse Specialist will undertake a range of duties including highly skilled clinical knowledge and experience supporting the Head of Midwifery and Sexual Health with the relevant quality improvement programmes relating to the Women's Health service plan.
The post holder will offer clinical knowledge and skills to provide clinical leadership to women's health staff, working in close collaboration and co-operation with members of the multi-professional team and outside agencies. This will be a key leadership post as part of the Women's Health service plan with a requirement to establish and maintain collaborative working with outside agencies.
The post holder will be involved in maintaining and expanding a Powys women's health service inclusive of problems relating to pelvic pain, endometriosis, menopause, patients with mesh complexities.
Main duties of the job
o Be responsible and accountable for the total episode of care of the patient including assessment, treatment and where required onward referral following the Health Board's guidance with appropriate clinical decisions in line with national standards.
o Instigate appropriate follow-up and/or further investigations for any anomalous findings, as per departmental policies, keeping the client informed and gaining appropriate consent.
o Responsibility for the management of women's health clinical services and resources.
o Continuing responsibility for the day to day management of women's health services within the clinical area.
o Provides a full range of women's health, education and social care advice to clients within an integrated model of care.
o Acts as a mentor and educators for clinicians and members of the wider multidisciplinary team providing women's health services.
o Required to work without direct supervision and under their own responsibility to provide women's health services to clients. They will need to work autonomously within departmental guidelines and sphere of professional practice.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
About us
Being the smallest Heath Board in Wales means that you won't get lost in the crowd. Everybody at Powys Teaching Health Board is valued for the contribution they make to our varied and diverse portfolio of community-based services. Together, we can continue to make a real difference to our patients and build on our unrivalled reputation.
As a supportive and progressive employer, we actively encourage you to carve out a career with us, through a range of development pathways. We're also lucky enough to be situated in one of the most beautiful rural counties in Britain, let alone Wales! Achieving a healthy 'life work' balance is essential, and something we recognise by prioritising your well-being.
To start your journey with us, and to learn more about what we can offer you please visit: https://pthb.nhs.wales/working-for-us/. There you will find information about our benefits and values, read staff experiences and more about what our beautiful county has to offer.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
- Independent Nurse Prescribing course
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Masters level qualification or demonstrable experience
Skills & knowledge
Essential
- Current expertise and skills in menopause, endometriosis and gynaecology
Aptitude & Abilities
Essential
- IT literacy in various applications
- Must be able to work independently and be competent to write a concise and accurate report
- High standard of clinical skills
- Must be able to make judgements on a wide variety of complex clinical, staff and operational issues
- Able to provide specialist clinical technical services
- Clear communication skills both oral and written
- Ability to prioritise and work to deadlines
- Ability to maintain confidentiality at all times
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Participate in meetings Participation within the team in care monitoring, audit and evaluation Can demonstrate an understanding of Health & Safety issues Must be able to allocate work and provide day-to-day supervision Must be prepared to contribute to developing service and protocols
Values/Other
Essential
- Demonstrate PTHB Values
- Ability to travel between sites in a timely manner Good time keeping and reliable Ability to manage stressful situations in self Excellent interpersonal and team working skills Good organisational abilities to include the ability to prioritise workload
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
- Independent Nurse Prescribing course
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Masters level qualification or demonstrable experience
Skills & knowledge
Essential
- Current expertise and skills in menopause, endometriosis and gynaecology
Aptitude & Abilities
Essential
- IT literacy in various applications
- Must be able to work independently and be competent to write a concise and accurate report
- High standard of clinical skills
- Must be able to make judgements on a wide variety of complex clinical, staff and operational issues
- Able to provide specialist clinical technical services
- Clear communication skills both oral and written
- Ability to prioritise and work to deadlines
- Ability to maintain confidentiality at all times
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Participate in meetings Participation within the team in care monitoring, audit and evaluation Can demonstrate an understanding of Health & Safety issues Must be able to allocate work and provide day-to-day supervision Must be prepared to contribute to developing service and protocols
Values/Other
Essential
- Demonstrate PTHB Values
- Ability to travel between sites in a timely manner Good time keeping and reliable Ability to manage stressful situations in self Excellent interpersonal and team working skills Good organisational abilities to include the ability to prioritise workload
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
