About this role
Job summary
An expert practitioner, providing leadership, management, education and delivery of patient-focused care to enhance the care for women with complications in early pregnancy (up to 16 weeks).
Perform ultrasound scanning for women with early pregnancy complications.
Supporting women experiencing pregnancy loss through our conservative, medical or surgical pathways.
Demonstrate advanced communication skills.
Provide support and counselling to women experiencing early pregnancy loss.
Main duties of the job
Delivering safe, compassionate and effective care Assessment and performing clinical ultrasound. Leadership, management and education. Delivering support and counselling through demonstrating advanced communication skills. Collaborative working. Delivering evidence based management options for early pregnancy loss.
About us
Diversity makes us interesting... Inclusion is what will make us outstanding.
Inequality exists and the journey to eliminate it is not easy. Every step we take will be a purposeful step forward to deliver a truly inclusive culture where all our people are enabled to deliver outstanding care, where background is no barrier, and where everyone can be their authentic self and we truly represent our patient community.
We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where possible. All applicants who have a disability and meet the minimum criteria for the post can opt for a guaranteed interview.
If you need additional help with your application please get in touch by calling the recruitment team on 0118 322 6997 or 0118 322 5342.
Our primary method of communication will be via email. However, if you would prefer to be contacted through a different method, please inform the recruitment team.
Job description Job responsibilities
An expert practitioner providing leadership, management and education to enhance the care for women with complications in early pregnancy. To manage a clinical caseload. To be able to demonstrate advanced communication skills, communicating with women, families and other healthcare professionals. To provide safe, effective, compassionate women centred care. To make a positive difference to the experience of women and their partners and / or family at a vulnerable and stressful time. To provide support and counselling to women experiencing early pregnancy loss and be able to demonstrate evidence based use of all management options. To act as the women's advocate empowering women, as individuals, to make the right choices in managing pregnancy loss. Develop and maintain collaborative working with both internal and external professionals. Ensuring delivery of best care. To be responsible for the development and monitoring of standards and policies of clinical practice within the designated area. To ensure service delivery meets national standards. To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own work including the management of patients in your care. To ensure that accurate, legible records of patient care are kept and that they are consistent with Trust professional and service guidelines.
Person Specification
Education / qualifications Essential
NMC registered nurse or midwife Degree level qualification in undergraduate base profession Post graduate certificate in medical ultrasound Evidence of formal preparation for supporting learners eg mentorship preparation module, PG certificate in Education or SSSA
Desirable
Registered with NMC as an independent / supplementary Prescriber (V300) Specialist qualification
Experience Essential
Recent clinical experience in speciality at band 6 or above Experience of teaching others in practice, and in the classroom setting Mentorship experience Experience of successful change management Experience of local / strategic influencing
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship 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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
Address Royal Berkshire Hospital
London Road
Reading
RG1 5AN
Employer's website https://www.royalberkshire.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)