Main area: Women's Health Gynaecology
Grade Band: 6
Contract: Fixed term: 12 months (Working hours Monday to Friday. Shifts are likely to be 8 - 6.)
Hours:
* Full time
* Part time
* Flexible working
37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 153-SP04336
Department name: UHD - General Recruitment Site
Location: Bournemouth Hospital
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 pa/pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 30/03/2025 23:59
As University Hospitals Dorset, we are a three-site acute trust with ‘university hospital’ status through our partnership with Bournemouth University, working with an annual budget of £730m. We offer highly regarded health services, employing some 10,000 staff. Our ambitious £250m estates programme is well on the way to delivering state-of-the-art facilities over the next two years to meet the current and future healthcare needs of the populations we serve.
In an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty with over seven miles of sandy beaches, you’ll find inspirational opportunities to achieve your perfect work/life balance. With the New Forest and the Purbecks on our doorstep, we’re also less than three hours from London by road or train. The thriving towns of Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch give way to idyllic villages and unspoilt landscapes just minutes from our hospitals.
We believe that having a diverse workforce, and allowing people to be themselves, is essential in ensuring we offer an inclusive, welcoming and productive place to work. We especially welcome applications from minority groups in the community who may be underrepresented in our workforce.
At UHD, our active staff network groups are the Women's Network, Black Asian Minority Ethnic Group (BAME), Pride Network, European (EU), Pro Ability Staff Network, and the Armed Forces Support Group. As a Trust, we are proudly signed up to the Disability Confident and Armed Forces Covenant guaranteed interview schemes.
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity to join the Women’s Health Gynaecology Team at University Hospitals Dorset (UHD) working within the new Emergency Gynaecology Assessment Unit at Bournemouth Hospital. You will be working with a highly skilled team of nurses/midwives, HCSWs, and clinicians caring for ambulatory patients with a range of acute gynaecological conditions.
We are looking for a highly motivated and compassionate registered nurse/midwife who is experienced in gynaecology or acute care delivery. The successful candidate will have advanced communication skills and be experienced in dealing with deteriorating patients and those who are distressed and in pain. This is being offered as a 12-month post during the service transformation. We are keen to develop this service and will be looking at how to develop the role and workforce over the next 12 months. Please speak to your line manager if you would like to do this as a secondment opportunity.
Our UHD gynaecology service is currently in the process of transformation to build a service that will better meet the needs of the local population. The post holder will play a key role in influencing transformation within the team; making this an exciting time to join us as we move forwards together.
Currently, the service will be Monday to Friday, covering opening hours of 8 - 6. There may be the need for occasional weekends.
Base Location: Bournemouth Hospital
Interview date: TBC
Main duties of the job
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
Working for our organisation
Our values define who we are as #TeamUHD. They underpin everything we do now and in the future. They define how we treat our patients, visitors, and each other, our valued teammates and colleagues.
UHD are investing in services across the Trust, with many being transformed and developed following merger and the New Hospital Programme. In some cases, this means that a service may move site this year or next, either temporarily or long term. Recruiting Managers interviewing for this role will be happy to answer any specific questions that you have at interview.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To understand the role in more detail please read the full job description and person specification documents which are attached to this advert.
We actively encourage you to get in touch for an informal chat or a visit if you are interested in this post.
Person specification
Qualifications
* NMC registered Adult Nurse/Midwife
* Teaching and assessing course. Mentorship in practice.
* Advanced communication skills
* Physical Examination of the Adult Course
* Non-medical prescriber course
* Recognised teaching qualification
* Masters level qualification or willingness to learn
Experience
* Demonstrable experience of working within gynaecology or women’s health setting.
* Working within an acute care setting
* Experience of supporting the management of change and developing a service
Other
* IT literacy using a range of current and relevant packages
* Ability to make sound clinical judgments and use sound clinical reasoning
* Ability to work under pressure and with frequent interruptions
Please note: Staff recruited are expected to be available to work flexibly across all our Trust locations to meet service demands.
This advert may be closed early if sufficient applications are received.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself and our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst this vaccination is not a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated.
Internal Candidates: staff employed prior to merger who voluntarily change jobs will be appointed to UHD terms and conditions.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Name: Freya Goodwin
Job title: Clinical Lead for Women's Health Gynaecology
Email address: freya.goodwin@uhd.nhs.uk
Additional information:
Joanna Samways. Senior Matron for Gynaecology. joanna.samways@uhd.nhs.uk
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