This is a fantastic opportunity to work with an engaged and growing team to support the patients we care for within the Gynaecologyservice.

We are looking for a highly motivated, friendly, organised and proactive Advanced Nurse Practitioner.Your main responsibilities would be to learn and complete independent diagnostic procedures and scans, such as Hysteroscopy,Ultrasound scans and biopsies. You will also be supporting cancer patient pathways with their diagnostics procedures.You will have full support from the clinical and operational team with this exciting opportunity.

Main duties of the job

You will be the designated ambulatory nurse lead to support with gynaecology service including diagnostic oncology.

You will also be expected to provide clinical leadership and expertise in a speciality by providing information, support, advice and specialist knowledge to patients, their families and carers, and to act as a resource to the multi-professional team.

If you are successful you will participate in the co-ordination of patient care to ensure continuity throughout the patient's care pathway and be pivotal in the review and development of the service, and to reflect the needs of the patient group.You will liaise closely with the health care teams of in-patient wards, out patient department and primary care, including consultantphysicians and GP's.

In this role you will demonstrate wide and in-depth experience of all aspects of the speciality, exercising clinical leadership andeffective education within your sphere of practice.You will monitor and improve standards of care through clinical audit, leading the development of practice through research.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse on appropriate part of the NMC register
• Appropriate MSc in advance practise
• Willingness to undertake recognised qualification for speciality
• Mentor Preparation Programme or equivalent
• Nurse prescribing course

Desirable

• Post Registration qualification relevant to the specialism
• Management qualification
• Portfolio of Career long learning
• US scanning course
• Post menopause bleeding see and treat training
• Solo Hysteroscopy

Experience

Essential

• Extensive post-registration experience of which significant experience must be within Surgery/ Gynaecology
• Evidence of advanced clinical skills relevant to the role
• Management experience
• Experience of mentoring, supervision, teaching and assessment

Desirable

• Experience of undertaking research

Employer details

Employer name

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Colchester Hospital

Colchester

CO4 5JL

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