Band 6/7 Trainee Nurse Colposcopist
Requirements
Applicants must have current UK professional registration and the ability to undertake clinical competencies for the specialist service. The role requires advanced specialist knowledge in colposcopy and the ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team.
Job Description
The Nurse Trainee Colposcopist Post (Band 6) will include training in the skills, then upon qualifying will be a Band 7, and will take a key role in leading and developing the colposcopy service across the organisation.
Using advanced nursing practice; manage a cohort of patients referred for specialist intervention, care and support.
Demonstrate highly developed and advanced specialist knowledge and skills through innovative practice leading to the development of increasing levels of autonomy. Develop strategies to ensure practice development and education for other health care workers caring for patients within this speciality. The post holder will be a core member of the multi-disciplinary team (MDT).
Main Duties, Tasks & Skills Required
Provide specialist nursing service, to a cohort of patients referred to the specialist service. Care will reflect current local protocols & national guidelines. Work clinically for 100% of the role demonstrating advanced practice skills in the holistic assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care, using analytical and judgemental skills in accordance with the BSCCP/NHSCSP guidelines. Undertake clinical competencies relevant to this specialist service. Advise on the complex disease & symptom management for patients within the speciality. Work autonomously in the development & delivery of nurse led in line with National guidance. Use advanced communication skills to provide verbal & written information to patients & their families/carers, in a timely manner specific to their individual needs. Maintain links with local and national organisations, which support the care of patients within this speciality the care pathway on a frequent basis. Identify & use advanced educational strategies to deliver complex information to patients and carers. Develop policies & protocols to support the specialist service. Raise the profile of the service within the Trust. Maintain membership and attendance to network & debate issues to inform the specialist nursing role & service delivery. Participate in the collection, validation & distribution of the KC65. Provide professional advice & support groups.
About Us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Job Description
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential
Please refer to the attachments to confirm the qualifications required for each role.
Experience
Essential
Please refer to the attachments to confirm the experience required for each role.
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.
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.
UK Professional Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
For Help With Your Application, Contact
Rachel Small
rachel.small@uhb.nhs.uk
01214243505
Pay scheme
Agenda for Change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£39959.00 to £56515.00 Yearly
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-Time, Flexible Working
Reference number
304-9015931
Job locations
Trustwide
Mindelsohn Way
Birmingham
West Midlands
B15 2TH
Attachments
Job Description
Band 6 JD PS.pdf – 489KB Opens in a new window
Additional document 1
Band 7 JD PS.pdf – 507KB Opens in a new window
Education
Skills
About University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) is one of the largest teaching hospital trusts in England, serving a regional, national and international population. It includes Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Solihull Hospital and Community Services, Good Hope Hospital in Sutton Coldfield and Birmingham Chest Clinic. We also run a number of smaller satellite units, allowing people to be treated as close to home as possible. We see and treat more than 2.2 million people every year across our sites and our hospitals deliver more babies than anywhere else in Europe. We are a regional centre for cancer, trauma, renal dialysis, burns and plastics, HIV and AIDS, as well as respiratory conditions like cystic fibrosis. We also have expertise in premature baby care, bone marrow transplants and thoracic surgery and have the largest solid organ transplantation programme in Europe. We provide a series of highly specialist cardiac, liver and neurosurgery services to patients from across the UK. We are world-renowned for our trauma care and have developed pioneering surgical techniques in the management of ballistic and blast injuries, including bespoke surgical solutions for previously unseen injuries. As a result of its clinical expertise in treating trauma patients and military casualties, the QEHB has been designated both a Level 1 Trauma Centre and host of the UK’s only £20m National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre (SRMRC). We have over 24,000 members of staff and we are committed to investing in their development and their health and wellbeing. UHB is a Stonewall Diversity Champion and aims to achieve positive change for LGBTQ+ people by creating an inclusive, inspiring and equal environment for both staff and service users.
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