Urogynaecology Nurse

Barts Health Nhs Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Barts Health NHS Trust is seeking a qualified Urogynaecology Nurse to deliver autonomous, patient-centred care for women with pelvic floor and bladder conditions. You will work in nurse-led clinics and within a multidisciplinary team, providing assessment, education, and ongoing management, with opportunities to develop specialist skills in urogynaecology and participate in service development.

The role emphasizes safeguarding, high professional standards, and compassionate communication with

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with active NMC registration
• Evidence of safeguarding knowledge and practice
• Post-registration specialist interests in gynaecology recommended
• Willingness to undertake further relevant training when opportunities arise

Responsibilities

• Run nurse-led clinics for pessary management, bladder retraining, catheter care and pelvic floor education
• Provide specialist assessment and patient education to support informed choices
• Support diagnostic and treatment pathways including urodynamics and botulinum toxin
• Manage your own caseload with safe, timely care in a multidisciplinary setting
• Collaborate with consultants, physiotherapists and MDT colleagues to deliver evidence-based care
• Contribute to service development, quality improvement and audits to shape the urogynaecology service
• Offer education and support to patients, families and colleagues and promote pelvic health across the organisation

Skills

Nursing clinical skills

Communication skills

Autonomy

Decision making

Teamwork

Mentoring/teaching

Education and patient advising

Education

NMC registered nurse

ENB 998 or equivalent/ Mentorship/ Mentorship in Practice

Level 3 safeguarding

Job description

Job summary

As a Urogynaecology Nurse, you'll play a key role in delivering high-quality, person-centered care for women with pelvic floor and bladder conditions. You'll work both autonomously and as part of a supportive multidisciplinary team to provide expert assessment, treatment and ongoing management.

Main duties of the job

• Running nurse-led clinics such as pessary management, bladder retraining, catheter care, self catheterisation and pelvic floor education
• Providing specialist assessment and advice, supporting women to understand their condition and make informed choices about their care
• Supporting diagnostic and treatment pathways, and developing own skills to undertake urodynamics, botulinum toxin, conservative management and post-operative follow-up
• Managing your own caseload, ensuring safe, effective and timely care
• Working closely with consultants, physiotherapists and wider MDT colleagues to deliver seamless, evidence-based care
• Contributing to service development, quality improvement and audit to help shape a modern, responsive urogynaecology service
• Offering education and support to patients, families and colleagues, helping to raise awareness of pelvic health across the organisation. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys autonomy, values meaningful patient relationships and wants to develop specialist skills within a forward-thinking, supportive team.

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Job responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse
• ENB 998 or equivalent/ Mentorship/ Mentorship in Practice course/ Supporting learning in practice or equivalent
• Level 3 safeguarding

Desirable

• Post registration Gynaecology course
• Urodynamics training
• PTNS training
• Pessary training
• If missing any of the desirable training requirements, must be willing to gain training and competency as soon as there is a training opportunity

Experience

Essential

• NMC Registered Nurse with post registration clinical experience within gynaecology specialty
• Experience of collaborating within a multi professional team
• Experience in Problem Solving
• Ability to make effective clinical and managerial decisions using initiative.
• Ability to work autonomously, planning, coordinating and managing own caseload.
• Experience in mentoring and supporting Junior staff
• Experience in Mentoring Students on placement
• Experience in shift coordination/ taking charge
• Experience in managing a clinical emergency

Desirable

• Willingness to undertake further training to support role and service development
• Demonstrate an ability to communicate sensitively Previous Leadership experience.
• Complaint management
• Conflict management
• Previous Performance management of staff
• Management experience

Knowledge

Essential

• Proven clinical skills & sound knowledge base in gynaecology
• Awareness of current relevant NHS policy context relating to the speciality
• Has understanding / experience of the principles of Safeguarding

Desirable

• Can demonstrate expert nursing knowledge with an ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate specialist care delivered to patients and give advice and information to patients / relatives/ care staff
• Knowledge of corporate and clinical governance

Skills

Essential

• Basic IT Skills
• Flexible work approach
• Advanced Communication Skills
• Proactive approach to problem solving and to implement solutions.
• Non-judgemental attitude
• Ability to work alone and under pressure
• Ability to manage complex situations both clinically and in terms of administration
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with patients and colleagues
• Able to use analytical and problem solving skills
• Has ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands
• Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues
• Ability to work as part of a multi disciplinary team
• Ability to communicate effectively at all levels across the Department and Trust
• Ability to communicate with patients in an empathetic manner regarding their treatment and procedures
• Can demonstrate an enthusiastic, approachable and friendly manner
• Able to Work within standard operating procedures and guidelines.
• Can carry out routine duties referring to SOPs and Guidelines as required.
• Ability to work autonomously and to set own objectives. The post holder will be expected to work independently within defined policies and procedures, seeking advice from line manager as necessary.

Desirable

• Physical assessment skills
• Communications Skills course
• Competent or willing to develop the skills to perform and interpret Urodynamic tests.
• Non-medical prescriber

Other people management

Essential

• Leadership qualification Evidence of management / leadership training
• Knowledge of key issues pertaining to Urogynaecology nursing care
• Ability to facilitate change
• Ability to be reflective, accept criticism and act constructively
• Ability to act as a Positive role model
• Ability to demonstrate effective decision making

Desirable

• Experience with management and implementation of change.
• Demonstrates initiative and innovative practice
• Has experience compiling comprehensive duty rota for nursing and ancillary staff
• Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
• Ability to communicate effectively at all levels across the Department and Trust
• Ability to communicate with patients in an empathetic manner regarding their treatment and procedures
• Can demonstrate an enthusiastic, approachable and friendly manner
• Ability to communicate
• Thorough understanding and knowledge of key indicators of excellent quality care

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).