Outpatient Sister/Colposcopy Lead Nurse

NHS; Ilkeston; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS foundation trust is seeking an enthusiastic Outpatient Sister/Colposcopy Lead Nurse. The role involves managing outpatient services, leading a multidisciplinary team, and ensuring high standards of care. Candidates must demonstrate strong leadership and have colposcopy experience. In return, we offer support and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Employee assistance programme

Discounted gym membership

Onsite fitness classes

Car schemes

Development opportunities

Qualifications

• Nursing qualifications required.
• Recent NHS experience needed.
• Evidence of Colposcopy experience essential.

Responsibilities

• Manage clinical services within the outpatient and colposcopy department.
• Provide professional leadership to non-medical staff.
• Ensure delivery of safe and effective community colposcopy service.

Skills

Leadership

Colposcopy Experience

IT Skills

Organizational Skills

Education

Nursing Qualifications

Tools

Microsoft Word

Job description

Go back University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

Outpatient Sister/Colposcopy Lead Nurse

The closing date is 05 June 2025

An opportunity has arisen with Derbyshire Community Outpatients for a dual role of outpatient sister and lead nurse for colposcopy.

We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated individual with previous colposcopy experience to be part of our friendly dynamic multidisciplinary team

The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate excellent leadership skills and have experience in managing staff within a clinical environment.

They will be expected to undertake audits and ensure delivery of a safe effective community colposcopy service.

Applications should be self motivated, flexible , forward thinking and be able to lead and develop the nursing team.

Main duties of the job

Your main responsibilities will include:

• responsibility for the management and delivery of clinical services within the outpatient department and colposcopy service
• With support from senior sister and matron manage complaints, HR management, and resolution of incident forms and local governance issues.
• Providing professional leadership and management to all non-medical members of staff and work in conjunction with all members of the multidisciplinary team.
• To work in partnership with senior sister, matron, service manager, and Head of service to manage provision and modify clinic resources and any strategic issues associated with the clinic. Ensuring that at all time there is appropriate clinical cover for the department and adjusting and escalating where required in order to ensure that clinical standards are maintained at all times.
• Review patients referred to Colposcopy clinic.
• Escalate abnormal pathologies to the colposcopist.
• Ensure accurate and timely input of data onto the colposcopy database so that robust information is collected, reported, and used to improve and provide better care.
• Have sufficient knowledge and adhere to existing failsafe mechanisms in place, ensuring patient waiting times, appointments, letters, and results are managed according to NHS Cervical Screening national guidelines.

Closing date of application: 5 June 2025

Interview date: 20 June 2025

About us

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts:

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.

Job responsibilities

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Person Specification

Qualifications

• Additional nursing qualifications

Experience

• Recent experience within the NHS
• Evidence of Colposcopy Experience

Skills

• Evidence of using different IT system including Microsoft Word
• Evidence of prioritise and organise own 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.

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust

£37,338 to £44,962 a yearPro rata per annum