Early Pregnancy Nurse / Midwife Practitioner

• As a skilled independent practitioner undertake clinical duties in the Early Pregnancy Assessment Unit/Gynaecology Department.
• Working collaboratively with colleagues, members of the multi-disciplinary team to provide a high standard of patient care.
• Provide a high quality, efficient service and demonstrate clinical expertise in Early Pregnancy/Gynaecology.
• Assess, diagnose and provide appropriate management, patient information and follow up, in line with local protocols and NICE guidelines.
• You will be expected to work as part of a weekend rota and across both Bristol and Weston sites.

Main duties of the job

• Work as an independent practitioner in the Early Pregnancy Assessment Clinic within Gynaecology at St. Michael’s Hospital and Weston General Hospital.
• To review urgent patients referred, to provide skilled assessment of women who present with pain and bleeding in early pregnancy, including history taking, physical assessment and requesting, and acting on appropriate tests and investigations in a timely manner.
• Demonstrate specialist knowledge in the early pregnancy setting relating to diagnosis of miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy and Hyperemesis providing evidence-based information to staff and patients.
• Supporting women and partners through miscarriage treatments including Medical management, surgical management and Manual vacuum aspiration of miscarriage, providing women with relevant information.
• Use judgement skills as to when to discuss unusual or questionable cases/scan findings with advanced midwife/nurse practitioner/senior registrar.
• Use skills and judgement in diagnostic reasoning and refer/escalate accordingly.
• To undertake extended scope of Professional Practice roles including: vaginal and abdominal examination, venepuncture, cannulation and consent.
• Plan, prioritise and assist with day to day organisation of workload, triage referrals and ensure a good throughput of patients is achieved maximising capacity to meet demand for the service.

Person specification

Knowledge and Experience

Essential criteria

• Knowledgeable & experience of working in Women’s health
• Competent and trained in Early Pregnancy
• Interest in the clinical area
• Clinical decision making
• Ability to work with minimum supervision

Desirable criteria

• Working knowledge and experience of the audit process and research

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria

• Organisation and management skills
• Teaching
• Ability to work effectively under pressure
• Ability to problem solve
• Flexibility, adaptability to meet needs of a changing service
• Ability to manage own workload alone and as part of a team
• Ability to cope with emotional issues presented in the course of work, and to support others
• IT skills including use of email and Microsoft office packages
• Act as a role model
• Innovative and participates with practice and policy change
• Awareness of professional responsibilities to self and others
• Commitment to the development and provision of high quality nursing care
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to work within protocols and guidelines

Qualifications and Training

Essential criteria

• Registered Nurse/Midwife
• NMC Registration
• Evidence of formal on-going professional development
• Teaching experience

Desirable criteria

• Teaching qualification ENB 998 or equivalent
• Counselling course
• Independent Non Medical Prescriber
• Public Sector Language Competency

Essential criteria

• Be able to speak fluent English to an appropriate standard

Contract: Fixed term: 6 months (Long term sickness cover)

Hours: Part time - 15 hours per week (Weekend rota)