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Clinical Responsibilities/Key Responsibilities

The appointee will be expected to share responsibility for the delivery of high-quality care to the patients presenting to the Department.

- The provision of high-quality care in all clinical settings, including     outpatient clinics and working well as part of a multidisciplinary    team

- To support the clinical decision making of resident medical and nursing staff

- Assess, plan, implement and evaluate care and treatments using advanced clinical knowledge and clinical skills

- Demonstrate extensive professional development

- Take clinical responsibility for all women who attend to include follow up arrangements

- Utilise critical decision-making skills and advanced nursing skills such as performing IUS insertion, directed biopsies, polypectomy

- Act autonomously and have the skills to develop protocols and care pathways to carry out criteria led outpatient treatment

- Assess, implement and evaluate individualised strategies to manage the physical, psychosocial and emotional needs of the women who present to the clinic.

- Maintains accurate contemporaneous records of all interventions of care and advice given, in line with Trust policies and NMC code

- Provide evidenced-based information to patients and their relatives/partner/carer to facilitate informed choices and establish ‘informed consent’

- Determine in partnership with the women the most appropriate management and care pathway

- Work as a non-medical prescriber in accordance with NMC code and Trust policies in area of clinical expertise, or willingness to undertake qualification. In the interim be able to use PGDs

- Refer patients as appropriate to other members of the multi-disciplinary team

- Work with Matron to lead the development of nursing practice, reflecting the CMT and Corporate Nursing business plans

- Provide a clinical lead and role model to the nursing team by delivering high quality care as an expert practitioner

- Set, monitor and seek to continuously improve standards and the quality of patient care, including those standards defined in the National Benchmarks for Essential Care

- Develop and implement policy and practice guidelines specific to the clinical specialty

- Safe management of unwell patients including management of vasovagal episodes, uterine perforation

- Management of patient analgesia including the use of Entonox or similar drug which may require additional study or training

- Preparation and/or updates of relevant patient information

- Attendance of involvement in MDT meetings

- To respond to telephone enquiries and be able to assess patients via telephone communication

Professional Development, Education and Training

- To participate in ongoing training and personal development including attendance at BSGE conference as per requirements to maintain registration

- To contribute to multi-disciplinary skills training

- Provide formal teaching/education sessions to other health professionals and the public to include participation in outreach work, particularly those in vulnerable groups in order to help address inequalities

Management and Leadership

- To provide medical information for the development of systems appropriate for Trust needs

- To participate in departmental consultant and senior staff meetings whilst remaining within the framework of the agreed strategy of the Trust and the department

- To attend other departmental, divisional and Trust meetings as necessary

- To attend regional and national meetings as necessary

- To undertake all work in accordance with Trust procedures and operating policies.