Uro Gynaecology Nurse Specialist

Job description

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for motivated individuals to join the Women's Health team as a Band 6 Uro Gynaecology Nurse Specialist.

This will involve working in Uro Gynaecology clinics in Basingstoke, Winchester and Andover.

The Urogynaecology Clinical Nurse Specialist is a highly skilled autonomous practitioner responsible for providing specialist nursing care to women with complex urogynaecological conditions. Working within the Women's Health service, the post holder manages a caseload of patients, delivering expert assessment, treatment planning, patient education, and ongoing clinical support while ensuring the highest standards of compassionate, patient-centred care.

The role combines clinical practice, leadership, education, and service development responsibilities. The post holder acts as a specialist resource for patients, carers, and multidisciplinary colleagues, contributing to the delivery of safe, effective, and evidence-based care across the urogynaecology pathway. They will provide expert advice on bladder dysfunction, urinary retention, catheter management, continence care, pessary management, and related specialist interventions, supporting patients to achieve the best possible health outcomes.

Main duties of the job

• Manage an autonomous caseload of patients with complex urogynaecological conditions, providing specialist assessment, treatment planning, care delivery and follow-up.
• Undertake comprehensive patient assessments, analyse complex health information, and develop clinically reasoned treatment and discharge plans
• Deliver specialist interventions and provide expert advice on urogynaecology and continence-related care.
• Ensure high standards of patient-centred care, maintaining privacy, dignity, safety and compassion at all times.
• Act as a clinical expert resource for patients, carers and healthcare professionals across the Trust.
• Provide information, education and emotional support to patients living with complex and often sensitive urogynaecological conditions.
• Communicate complex or sensitive information clearly and compassionately, ensuring informed consent and patient understanding.
• Advocate for patients and support them in making informed decisions about their care and treatment options.
• Support the Matron in delivering a high-quality, safe and effective service.
• Lead by example and contribute to maintaining compliance with CQC standards, governance requirements and Trust policies.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary care and work collaboratively with consultants, nursing colleagues and other healthcare professionals.
• Take responsibility for service organisation and escalation of issues in the absence of the Deputy Siste

Working for our organisation

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.

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