Job overview

The post holder will provide a high standard of care for women and their families who attend the unit.

The post holder will be part of the early pregnancy and gynaecology specialised team working in early pregnancy unit.

The post is one of continuing development.

Working closely with the Doctors and the existing team, the post holder will ensure the delivery of evidence-based care throughout the unit. With an innovative approach to nursing, the post holder will participate in developing and implementing service development projects when necessary.

The post holder will have at day –to-day workload, assisting colleagues as required, ensuring staff and resources allocated to the area or modality are managed effectively.

They will promote patient advocacy and communicate effectively with other health care professionals together with outside agencies regarding patient care and progress

Main duties of the job

1.To work within the Early Pregnancy Unit /Emergency Gynaecology Unit delivering high quality care and support to women

2. To be responsible for all aspects of patient care including the assessment, planning delivery and evaluation of direct patient care with supervision from senior staff. Telephone consultation and triage.

3. To be competent venepuncture and cannulation

4. To support the Nurses to monitor the safety and quality of care of patients.

5. To manage a group of patients and assign and delegate tasks and responsibility as appropriate.

6. To ensure the compliance of mandatory training and appraisal requirement for delegated Healthcare Assistants.

7. To ensure a positive focussed service incorporating patients’ feedback to maintain and improve patient care.

8. To act as an effective role model promoting excellence through practice.

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.