Job summary
We are looking for a compassionate and highly motivated, experienced, Early Pregnancy nurse to join our team. You should have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and a genuine passion for caring for women undergoing a range of early pregnancy complications and gynaecology issues. This is a busy Outpatient Early Pregnancy Unit, seeing approximately 30 patients a day so EPU experience, a comprehensive knowledge and understanding of EPU pathways, patient care and treatment option, together with a proactive, dynamic and flexible approach are prerequisites of this role.

You will be working alongside a supportive and committed team. The service ethos is to provide time-critical rapid assessment of women, working closely with our ED, Gynaecology Doctors GPs Midwives and community providers.

You must have full NMC membership and a minimum of 6 months post registration experience within the NHS, preferably within EPU /Gynaecology to apply for this post.

Main duties of the job
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• To work within the Early Pregnancy Unit/Emergency Gynaecology Unit delivering high quality care and support to women.
• To be responsible for all aspects of patient care including the assessment, planning, delivery and evaluation of direct patient care with supervision from senior staff.
• To support the Charge Nurse/Senior Sister to monitor the safety and quality of care for patients.
• To help in the management of running a busy clinic
• To ensure the compliance of mandatory training and appraisal requirements for delegated Healthcare Assistants.
• To ensure a positive focussed service incorporating patients' feedback to maintain and improve patient care.
• To act as an effective role model promoting excellence through practice.

You will familiarise yourself with the Trust's data protection policy which sets out its obligations under the General Data Protection Regulation and all other data protection legislation.

You must always comply with the Trust's data protection policy, and you agree that you will only access the systems, databases or networks to which you have been given authorisation.

About us
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

Job responsibilities
To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.

Person Specification
Essential

• Full NMC membership
• NHS experience minimum 6 months
• Band 5

Desirable

• Previous experience within EPU/Gynaecology
• Cannulation and phlebotomy
• Nurse sonographer

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).

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