# Gynaecology Lead Nurse > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/gynaecology-lead-nurse/b46edb9f-6869-4821-807f-a02c43863f96 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/gynaecology-lead-nurse/b46edb9f-6869-4821-807f-a02c43863f96.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust - **Location:** County Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Nurse (adult and children) - **Grade:** Band 8 - **Salary:** £57,528 - £64,750 pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 30 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-09-10T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-27T19:02:01.731Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Staffordshire/Stoke_on_Trent/University_Hospitals_North_Midlands_NHS_Trust/Gynaecology_Nursing/Gynaecology_Nursing-v8181738 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8181738?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.uhnm.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview The Gynaecology Lead Nurse is responsible for the operational management for The Gynaecology Nursing workforce and Gynaecology patient areas of the Royal Stoke Hospital and The County Hospital in Stafford.It is anticipated that this post will include management of the Gynae assessment area, specialist nurses including endometriosis, cancer diagnostics, early pregnancy unit and ambulatory care. The Nurse manager will be responsible for the overall management of the patient flow within these areas, liaising closely with the other Senior Nurses/ Midwives and the wider management team.They will provide senior leadership to the nursing workforce within the directorate to deliver frontline professional and operational priorities and manage the team and departmental Managers and Specialist Nurses. he post-holder will provide clinical leadership which inspires and motivates others, empowering them to ensure all have the authority and support they need to improve patient care, and to resolve clinical issues such as discharge delays and environmental problems. ### Main duties of the job The post-holder will also promote professionalism amongst midwives and nurses and will undertake clinical work to maintain their professional competence, authority and credibility - The Matron will ensure that effective and robust communication systems are in place for patients, visitors and staff, and will actively promote a culture of health education and ill-health prevention. - Be proactive in seeking patients’ views and ensure that feedback from patients is valued and acted upon and lessons disseminated, to enable changes in practice if they are necessary. - Continuously seek patient feedback to improve services and care standards. Participate in ‘Back to the Floor’ and associated meetings. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities - Have frequent visible contact with staff, patients and carers, and provide feedback about the trust services, ensuring that concerns that are raised are dealt with quickly and efficiently, ensuring excellent and effective communication takes place. - Provide a key link between the area of responsibility and Patient Advocacy Liaison Service (PALS), chaplaincy and other services to support patients and their carers. - Encourage all staff within the sphere of responsibility to take a proactive approach to the resolution of issues, which may give rise to dissatisfaction from patients, their relatives and carers, ensuring effective and comparable resolutions to any concerns expressed. - Develop robust written patient/visitor information. - They will also develop a culture that is flexible and positive to change, where staff feel valued and where opportunities are actively created for individuals to maximise their potential and excel. ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### leadership **Essential** - Evidence of leadership experience - Understanding of the governance involved in gynae leadership **Desirable** - evidenc of continued higher education development - Management qualification ### expereience **Essential** - Recent work in Gynaecology field - Understanding of the work in gynaecology - Exposure to multiple areas of gynae practice **Desirable** - Understanding of the emotional journey of a gynae pateint ### Qualifications **Essential** - Live registration with NMC - 5 years experience in NHS hospital **Desirable** - Evidence of further study in Gynae Nursing ## Documents - [gynae lead nurse (pdf, 718.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10485101) - [policy ex-offenders (pdf, 36.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1001) - [speaking up policy (pdf, 523.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2142) - [dbs code of practice (pdf, 54.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1004) - [family relocation information (pdf, 1.0mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1118) - [infection control statement (pdf, 107.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1003) - [recruitment reasonable adjustments (pdf, 122.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2872) - [statement handling – updated from policy (pdf, 33.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1000) - [policy - managing risks associated with safeguarding children (pdf, 1.7mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3080) - [policy - protection of adults from abuse and neglect who have care and support needs (pdf, 3.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3079) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.