Lead Nurse Colposcopist & Cervical Screening Programme Lead (CSPL)

Leading and co-ordinating the colposcopy

service at WAHT.

Maintaining national standards for patient

safety and clinical practice, including writing and reporting national reports.

with the Clinical Lead Colposcopist and wider team in colposcopy to support the

development and delivery of the cervical screening service in accordance with

NHS England Service specifications.

Be responsible

for the effective and efficient operational management of the Colposcopy

Service on a day-to-day basis.

senior clinical leadership, expertise, advice, and support to the nursing and

wider multi-professional team to facilitate the effective delivery of care to

patients at all times.

The post holder must have extensive

theoretical and practical experience of the clinical skills required to run

independent nurse led clinics.

The

post holder will provide clinical and professional advice at Directorate/Care

Group and Trust level.

In collaboration

with the Colposcopy Clinical Lead, to lead the delivery of the National

Colposcopy Screening Programme (CSPL) as set out by Public Health England (PHE)

(one half-day per week -1PA) and produce quarterly and annual performance reports.

To practice

independently as a Nurse Colposcopist, accredited by the British Society for

Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology (BSCCP).

To work

closely with the specialty Clinical Lead and as part of the Directorate

triumvirate to provide a safe, high-quality service with further service

developments and collaboration with our Foundation group counterparts.

To work as an advanced practitioner and effectively lead and deliver an

expert nursing service within the specialty areas.

To manage and develop the specialty nursing team acting as a

professional leader to provide high quality care to patients accessing this

service.

The post holder

will

Be an integral

member of the specialty team and the Directorate triumvirate to provide a safe,

high-quality specialist service and contribute to the strategic review of

clinical services as appropriate.

Be responsible for the management of

all operational nursing issues within the specialty, overseeing quality,

safety, equity, efficiency, and effectiveness.

Provide an overarching strategic

leadership and co-ordination for the effective delivery of care for the

specialty nurses using own clinical, managerial, and professional experience.

patient-centred clinical care, encompassing advanced clinical skills within an

agreed scope of practice, demonstrating the application of expert knowledge in

the provision of evidence-based care.

Be responsible

for the implementation of best practice, focusing on practice development

within the context of a multidisciplinary team, thereby ensuring that the needs

of patients are met.

Utilise clinical

practice, consultation, research, and education to shape the strategic

direction of the service.

To work in

partnership with the senior nursing staff to provide clear leadership, set,

monitor, and review quality and performance standards.

It is

expected that the post holder will manage time effectively, creating a balance

between clinic responsibilities and management responsibilities with effective

job planning.

Have an overall

responsibility for the direction and development of specialty

nursing services and lead a team of clinical nurses, offer clinical expertise,

advice and clinical skill to ensure the smooth running of the department. This

will include working as part of the team within clinical settings and managing

on a daily basis.

As a lead CNS, accredited

by the British Society for Colposcopy and Cervical Pathology (BSCCP) manage

a caseload of patients delivering individualised direct patient care.

Demonstrate safe decision-making and be able to institute appropriate and

timely response to patient reported cues.

In conjunction with the Lead

Colposcopy Consultant support the Colposcopy Quality Assurance Inspections.

In conjunction

with the Lead Colposcopy Consultant take responsibility for the quality of care

delivered to patients in line with national requirements and in support of the

Clinical Governance agenda for the Trust.

To contribute to the development and

expansion of the specialty services with management responsibility for

additional team members.

Contribute towards

directorate/divisional/corporate objectives, acting within local, Trust and

statutory guidelines and policies at all times.

Excellent communication skills

enabling maintenance of high quality service and ensuring timely management and

resolution of unexpected events and situations.

Contribute to specialist forums and

National initiatives, including collaboration with system partners.

Support patients, carers and staff

during difficult situations arising in the clinical area, e.g. breaking bad

news or following an unexpected event.

Provide reports to the relevant Boards

and Governance forums timely.

Provide clinical expertise, specialist advice and

support to service users, ensuring that the provision of excellent

evidence-based nursing care is maintained.

To lead the

multidisciplinary team meeting by collating cases and ensure that the recommendations

in relation to cases discussed are followed up and that accurate records are

kept of the meetings.

Work in

collaboration with the Lead Colposcopy Consultant and

colposcopy co-ordinator and alert the screening commissioner, NHS England and

Public Health England of any shortcoming that might compromise the ability of

the colposcopy service to respond to issues in primary care.

Ensure adherence

to national & regional fail-safe standards and processes and propose

developments to local policies in conjunction with the cytology laboratory and

system partners.

Develop clear

lines of communication with Gynaecology/Oncology CNS and Gynae Oncology Team to

provide specialist advice in the event of a cervical cancer diagnosis to

patients, their families and carers until care is transferred to the oncology

team.

Act as a resource to all members of the multi

professional teams working within the specialty service and

provide expert clinical advice and support on an ongoing basis to clinical

nurses ensuring all aspects of the plan of care are understood and carried out

in accordance with present standards and protocols.

To practice as an

independent BSCCP accredited Nurse Colposcopist and provide specialist nursing

advice and support to patients, their families and other healthcare

professionals following diagnosis and through to treatment.

Visit wards and

departments within the Trust where specialty patients are to support staff and

patients and ensure high quality evidence based care.

Carry out investigations for patients following

referral by consultants always acting within own professional scope of

practice.

Support a patient caseload,

ensuring continuity of a high standard of evidence-based nursing care, from

point of referral through to conservative treatment and/or discharge and where appropriate independently prescribe

necessary medications.

To ensure new recommendations and

guidelines are adapted into clinical practice, in line

with current research, to ensure the

best outcome for the patient.

Ensure holistic assessment of patients

at the end of treatment and act appropriately on that assessment ensuring

appropriate referral onwards and education/support to promote self-management.

Communicate information to

patients/carers/relatives regarding treatment plan continually reviewing and

assessing their understanding of the information provided.

Ensure adherence

of all infection previous and control standards are maintained.

Lead the day to day management of

specialty services ensuring clinical sessions are covered by suitably

qualified and experienced nurses.

Education, Training and Development

Act as an expert educational resource

for clinical staff, patients and carers by providing formal and informal

specialist training; promote and develop a positive learning environment.

participate in the delivery of educational programmes for nursing, medical and

Allied Health Professionals specific to own speciality in wards, outpatient

area and primary care.

Provide assessor

and mentoring supervision to post graduate/ advanced practice nurses as well

and undergraduate nursing students, role modelling expert professional

practice.

Ensure

that opportunities to share learning and experience between the

multi-disciplinary team are promoted to ensure good communication and

utilisation of relevant information.

To

contribute to the development of resource and teaching packs for use by

patients and/or staff in the clinical and education settings.

Provide

clinical supervision a process by which the team are able to reflect on their

professional practice in order to improve, identify training needs and develop

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large

acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute

services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a

larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services from

three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester

Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and our

caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred

care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to

work with us. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our

everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Being open and honest

Ensuring people feel cared for

Showing respect to everyone

We are committed to developing a culture of continuous improvement by embedding the principles of our Improvement System.

We are proud to have achieved Timewise

accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working

within our organisation as a flex positive employer.

Any applicants who are offered posts requiring a

DBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check

(at the current rate) deducted from their salary. Please see link in Supporting

Information section for more details on DBS checks and costs.

Personal Qualities

Knowledge and skills

Experience

Desirable: - Experience in clinical audit and Research; - Knowledge of Health Promotion

Qualifications

Desirable: - Independent non-medical prescriber; - Communication or Counselling Qualification

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