Pregnancy Advisory Nurse

Job overview

An exiting opportunity has become available for a Band 6 Nurse or Midwife to work in the Pregnancy Advisory Service (PAS) at the Central Health Clinic and WISH clinic.

PAS is a Nurse delivered, Consultant covered, service based at the Central Health Clinic and WISH. The role involves patient consultations, ultrasound scanning, informal counselling, sexual health screening, giving contraception advice and consenting for abortions.

May include some evenings & travel to Weston General Hospital.

Observation shift recommended prior to application/interview - please contact to arrange.

Main duties of the job

• Provide a full range of nursing skills within the Pregnancy Advisory Service. This may include evenings.
• Provide a confidential and comprehensive sexual and reproductive health services including use of Fraser Guidelines.
• Administer and / or issue prescribed medication as appropriate following NMC professional guidelines, working from PGDs or Non-Medical Prescribing as appropriate.
• Use professional judgement to seek advice or refer to medical colleagues.
• Be aware of and adhere to NMC, Trust and Directorate policies and procedures.
• Adhere to departmental protocols, procedures and guidelines for clinical care in order to ensure that a high standard of care is delivered to all service users.
• Perform testing, obtain swabs and specimens as appropriate and provide advice and information to patients regarding cervical cytology.
• Provide health promotion relevant to patient needs.
• Promote sexual health and in particular advise about the transmission of sexually transmitted infections and ways of reducing those risks.
• Undertake pregnancy tests and refer to and liaise with other professionals as appropriate, providing pre pregnancy advice and information as required.
• Perform ultrasound scanning to confirm pregnancy and gestation (following in-house training).
• Participate in and run nurse led clinics, and be able to use professional judgement to seek advice or refer to medical colleagues or other agencies.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For a more detailed job description, main responsibilities, and person specification, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.

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.