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Job summary

Main area
Colposcopy, Gynaecology
Grade
Band 7
Contract
Permanent: Full time
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday-Friday excluding bank holidays)
Job ref
337-NP-8738KS
Employer
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Northwick Park Hospital
Town
Harrow
Salary
£51,883 - £58,544 Pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
29/05/2025 23:59

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London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust logo

Nurse Colposcopist

Band 7

Careers at #LNWH

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

  • Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
  • St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
  • Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
  • Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.  

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

Find out more about our Trust and why you should join us#WeAreLNWH

Find out more about Our HEART values

Find out more about our Trust Staff Benefits

Our vision at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is to put “Quality at our HEART”. Find out more about our ambitious strategy

We are clear that our vision can only be achieved by our staff, who are our most valuable asset.

Our vision is driven by our HEART values and behaviours which were developed together with our staff.

  • H onesty
  • E quity
  • A ccountability
  • R espect
  • T eamwork

These values describe how we interact with each other and our patients and must underpin everything we do to achieve our vision.

LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern.  If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated, proactive, dynamic, enthusiastic, and experienced Nurse Colposcopist to join our Gynaecology Outpatients team. The job involves working Monday- Friday 09:00-17:00 at the Northwick Park site, although this may change to include evenings and weekends in the future, so a flexible approach, in addition to a passion for providing excellent care within Colposcopy, is essential.

This successful post holder will work across all areas of the Colposcopy service at Northwick Park providing ad hoc cross cover at the Ealing site. You will work closely with the medical teams, matron, existing specialist nurses and wider nursing team, and other MDT members across the sites providing specialist Colposcopy care to a caseload of complex patients. 

Main duties of the job

You must be a qualified Nurse Colposcopist, with full BSCCP accreditation, and have a minimum of 6 months experience within this role to apply for this post.

Appropriate supervision and on-going support will be provided to enable you to improve our patient’s experience throughout their pathway.

Working for our organisation

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

•            Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK

•            St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease

•            Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice

•            Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre. 

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To view the main responsibility, please see the attached the Job Description and Person Specification.

Person specification

Essential

Essential criteria
  • Full NMC membership

Essential

Essential criteria
  • Full BSCCP accreditation( both diagnostic and therapeutic colposcopy)

Essential

Essential criteria
  • At least 6 months post registration experience as a qualified nurse colposcopist in the NHS

Desirable

Essential criteria
  • Understanding of relevant national strategy / policy and how this relates to the service.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Jacinta O'Neill
Job title
Matron for Gynaecology Outpatients
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07887451079
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