The closing date is 23 July 2026

Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced, dynamic and compassionate nurse leader to join the Women's Health Directorate as Clinical Lead for the Gynaecology Planned Care Service.

This pivotal role offers the opportunity to provide both clinical and operational leadership to a highly skilled nursing team delivering specialist gynaecology services across University Hospitals Dorset. Working in partnership with the Matron, General Manager, consultants and multidisciplinary colleagues, you will play a key role in shaping and transforming services, improving patient outcomes and delivering excellence in women's healthcare.

As Clinical Lead, you will be a visible role model, supporting nursing excellence, driving quality improvement and ensuring the delivery of safe, effective and patient-centred care throughout the planned care pathway.

The clinical elements of the role involve assisting with procedures in an outpatient setting; such as hysteroscopy, colposcopy, biopsies, urodynamic testing, pessary fitting, endometrial ablations, LLETZ procedures, polyp removal and TWOCs. The service currently operates on the Bournemouth and Poole site. Further amalgamation and expansion of the service is expected in the coming years.

Interview: August 3rd

Main duties of the job

• Provide day-to-day leadership and management of the Gynaecology Nursing Team, including Specialist Nurses, Registered Nurses and Healthcare Support Workers.
• Lead the delivery of high-quality, evidence-based care for women accessing planned gynaecology services.
• Work closely with clinicians and operational leaders to ensure clinics are appropriately staffed and services run efficiently.
• Support service development, redesign and transformation programmes to meet the changing needs of patients and the organisation.
• Lead on clinical governance, quality improvement, patient safety and risk management initiatives.
• Promote and enhance patient experience through continual review of services and implementation of improvements.
• Manage workforce planning, recruitment, retention, appraisal, sickness management and staff development.
• Lead on clinical audit, research participation and implementation of best practice.
• Foster a culture of learning, innovation and continuous professional development across the nursing team.

About us
UHD are investing, developing and transforming Trust services in line with the New Hospital Programme. As part of this, some services may move site this year or next, either temporarily or permanently. Recruiting Managers will be happy to answer any service-specific questions at interview.

If a role or service relocates as part of a planned move, excess mileage will not be reimbursed. Travel from home to the new work base will be classed as a normal commute. Any other changes will be managed under Trust or national terms and conditions.

UHD has active networks including Women's, BAME, Pride, EU, Pro Ability, and Armed Forces. We support Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant interview schemes.

AI tools may be used, but applications must honestly reflect your own skills and experience. Integrity is key to our recruitment process.

Person Specification
Qualifications

• Essential
• Professional registration with relevant professional body
• Degree level qualification
• Recognised mentoring qualification or equivalent experience
• Relevant specialist gynaecology experience and course

Experience

• Essential
• Demonstrable experience of working independently in a Band 6 Clinical role within relevant specialty
• Thorough and up-to-date knowledge of best practice, particularly within specialty area
• Participation in audit
• Experience in managerial responsibilities for a team.

Desirable

• Developing policies and procedures

Other

• Essential
• Ability to be intellectually flexible and to look beyond existing structures, ways of working, boundaries and organisations to produce more effective and innovative service delivery and partnerships.
• A commitment to improving patient services through an ability to sustain a clear performance focus on achieving demanding goals
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, using a range of methods, e.g. verbal, written, record keeping, complex report writing

Language

• Essential
• Able to speak English as necessary to undertake the role

Technical skills and competencies

• Essential
• Clinical reasoning, problem-solving and decision-making skills at an enhanced level
• Demonstrable ability to work in a busy environment and resilience when the service is under pressure.
• To be competent to deal calmly and professionally with patients, relatives and work colleagues in a confidential and sensitive manner.
• Ability to work unsupervised and on own initiative and as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

Knowledge

• Essential
• Understanding of the theory and application of Clinical Governance.
• Ability to demonstrate a depth and breadth of understanding of current issues and policies and have the ability to translate into practice.

Desirable

• Understanding of the principles of effective budgetary management.

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).

Employer contact details
Senior Matron
Joanna Samways
joanna.samways1@nhs.net