Staff Nurse - Gynaecology Outpatients

Job overview

Liverpool Women’s Hospital cares for approximately 50,000 women per year and employs 1,350 staff across all divisions. CQC rated “GOOD” overall. The Trust is one of two specialist foundation trusts in the UK dedicated to the healthcare of Women and Babies. Our history marks a relentless commitment to the advancement of women’s healthcare, spanning more than 200 years.

When current staff where asked to describe the Outpatient department in one word they used: “Enthusiastic”, “teamwork”, “fun”, “amazing”, “friendly”, “collaborative” and “opportunities”. Outpatients won team of the month for their contribution to the welfare of the hospital and more recently team of the year!

Main duties of the job

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a registered nurse to join us on the Gynaecology Outpatients Department with flexible hours over 7 days.

We are looking to recruit highly motivated and enthusiastic, hardworking nurses, who have the ability, passion and knowledge to take on a busy outpatient environment, that involves undertaking assisting the clinician carrying out day case procedures.

We currently run 7 ambulatory sessions per week seeing approximately 35 patients. We have 4 Ambulatory consultants that you would be working closely with. In the Ambulatory suite we perform a number of different procedures, these include hysteroscopy, removal of fibroids and polyps, cystoscopy, endometrial ablation.

We are one of a few hospital trusts who have just introduced a new procedure Sonata using pioneering technology to enhance patient care. The successful individual would also work in our recovery suite managing the admission and discharge of Ambulatory patients. All of our registered staff complete a comprehensive training package to enable them to deliver the best possible care to patients in procedure and recovery. As well as Ambulatory the candidate would also participate in a number of nurse led clinics including GNRH injection, Bladder installations, cystometrys  and menopause implant clinic. This would be to provide support for patients and clinicians during routine consultations and diagnostic procedures.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The specialities you will work with include; Endometriosis, Colposcopy, Oncology, Urogynaecology and General Gynaecology. If you are interested in joining a friendly supportive and hardworking team please come along for a look around, a visit or just a general discussion, to see if Gynaecology Outpatients is where you would want to develop your professional career in patient care.