Colposcopist

The Advanced Specialist Nurse will provide highly specialised care within Colposcopy as follows: Provide expert advice and ensure the needs of the patient are met by leading, challenging and changing practice. They will lead change as required. To work with the lead colposcopist to ensure that the service collects accurate and valid data by which to measure its performance. This will ensure that the requisite information is available to enable the completion of all required and mandated returns and audits.

To undertake clinical audit and delivery of regular reports. Liaise with departments to coordinate the quality and clinical information services. Attend internal and external meetings, ensuring information is cascaded. Deliver efficient data collection, effective communication with other agencies, and effective and timely failsafe activities.

Independently manage patients, providing specialist advice and treatment from point of referral to discharge including independent management of patient results. They will recognise and act as an advocate for patients, carers, service and organisation. Responsibility for Patient Care Assessing the individuals care needs, developing, planning, implementing and evaluating programmes of care to meet the needs of patients and undertake all forms of care within the clinical environment. Provide the patient with comprehensive information regarding clinical procedures ensuring informed consent.

To run nurse led clinics. Be proficient in undertaking enhanced clinical skills commensurate with the post. Maintain and evaluate the use of documentation. Contribute to the development of innovation, creativity and improvement.

Actively give and receive constructive criticism and feedback. Utilise advanced knowledge and skills relating to the speciality to provide specialist advice to other members of the multidisciplinary team on the basis of patient assessment. Liaising with staff from multi-disciplines in matters relating to patient care and equipment relevant to care. Maintain accurate and timely patients records and documentation ensuring confidentiality.

To uphold the Trusts dignity and respect standards First Impressions. Ensure that care is appropriate, provided and is consistent with clinical guidelines. Using professional judgements is able to analyse a range of patient conditions and act appropriately. Maintaining high standards of patient care by personal example and professional conduct.

Promote the safeguarding of vulnerable patients in line with national and local policy. Liaising closely with other multi-disciplinary team members involved in care and support of the critically ill patient and their family, which may include being involved with a major trauma/ death. Analyse various sources of information to assess risks and make judgements on the potential impact Planning and organising. To assist in the quality and effectiveness of all aspects of the NHS cervical Screening Programme provided within the organisation.

Liaise with relevant departments and coordinate the quality and clinical information services for service users who are diagnosed/ treated within the Trust. Practicing effectively and within National standards to ensure the delivery of agreed targets. Monitor capacity to meet the demands of the services, pre-empting and raising any concerns identified. Provide specialist advice concerning patients referred in to the service.

Coordinate and manage MDT. Ensure that practices undertake a consistent approach in identifying patients suitable foran MDT approach to their care. Attend regular multi-disciplinary meetings for care discussion and protocol review, including cytology, histology services. Organise and plan own day to day workload or activities in order to meet the demands of the role.

Actively contribute and participate in the Trusts clinical governance agenda. Ensure that Critical Incident reporting is prompt and effective. Within your individual speciality be responsible for the safe use of expensive complex theatre equipment ensuring that it is maintained in working order and used in accordance with manufacturers instructions and equipment training guidelines. Liaising closely with other multi-disciplinary team members involved in care and support of the critically ill patient and their family, which may include being involved with a major trauma/death Responsibilities for Physical and / or Financial Resources.

Ensure effective use of material resources/supplies within the unit in consultation with senior staff. Monitor, control and store resources/supplies according to the requirements/specifications of the clinical environment. Participate in ensuring appropriate usage and monitoring of departmental resources. Develop a good understanding of the financial management of the department, cost implications of poor use of resources and poor staff rostering.

Responsibility for Policy and Service Development and Implementation. To offer constr