Staff Nurse - Gynaecology

Job overview

Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust specialises in the health of women and babies – both within the hospital and out in the community.

Collectively our team represents some of the most outstanding expertise and experience in this field.

As the only specialist trust for women and babies in the UK and the largest standalone women’s hospital of its kind, we are dedicated to the care and well-being of women, babies and families.

Here at Liverpool Women’s we believe a great patient experience is intrinsically linked to a great employee experience, for this reason, we need to care for, develop and enable the collective potential of all our people, including those who are not directly employed but who have an important role to play here.

We take pride in harnessing our people’s energy, talents and differences with a shared sense of purpose

Main duties of the job

We are looking to recruit a Band 5 Nurses to become an integral member of our Gynaecology Nursing Team.

We will  provide you with the opportunity to develop a variety of skills across ours services and encourage both newly qualified and experienced nurses to apply.

We recognise that our nurses are integral to delivering our women with care that is of the highest standard as as such  support talented Individuals academically and clinically in to our highly regarded specialist and advanced practice roles .

For newly qualified staff members this is an opportunity to continue and develop in your profession in a division that fosters a fair and just culture , a 'be kind' approach and places health and wellbeing as a forefront focus.

We would love to receive applications from candidates who are  enthusiastic and can demonstrate our trust values  CAREL and can embrace the be kind approach.

Gynaecology experience is desirable for this role but not essential.

The post holder will have excellent communication skills and have an ability to deal with difficult situations in a sensitive manner and make decisions using their own judgement.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will develop specialist knowledge, skills and competence in caring for patients in the general gynaecology/Oncology inpatient area.

There will be a responsibility for the nursing care given to individual patients - the role involves supporting patient’s and family members pre and post operatively utilising the Enhanced Care Pathway approach Nursing patients admitted through our emergency department managing a variety of conditions including pregnancy related complications and miscarriage.

Providing on-going care for patients with palliative diagnosis and supporting patients with managing symptoms associated with a cancer diagnosis. Managing end of life care and supporting complex discharges. The post holder will work as part of a team and support the organisation and operational management of service delivery.

The post holder will be an ambassador for the 6 Cs.  Culture for compassionate care- Care, Compassion, Competence, Communication, Commitment, and Courage.

The post holder will be expected to supervise and teach non registered, newly registered and newly appointed staff with the support of senior team members.

There will be a requirement to undertake an educational role, a link nurse role and or cascade training as you become established in this post