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As a skilled independent practitioner undertake clinical duties in the Early Pregnancy Assessment Units based at St. Michael’s and Weston General Hospital.
Working across professional boundaries in collaboration with colleagues, members of the multi-disciplinary team to provide a high standard of patient care
Provide a high quality, efficient service and demonstrate clinical expertise in Early Pregnancy.
Assess, diagnose and provide appropriate management, patient information and follow up, in line with local protocols and NICE guidelines.
You will work as part of a weekend rota at St. Michael’s.
1. Work as an independent practitioner in the Early Pregnancy Assessment Clinic within Gynaecology at St. Michael’s and Weston General Hospital
2. To review urgent patients referred, to provide skilled assessment of women who present with pain and bleeding in early pregnancy, including history taking, physical assessment and requesting, and acting on appropriate tests and investigations in a timely manner.
3. Demonstrate specialist knowledge in the early pregnancy setting relating to diagnosis of miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy and Hyperemesis providing evidence based information to staff and patients.
4. Use judgement skills as to when to discuss unusual or questionable cases/ scan findings with advanced midwife/ nurse practitioner/ senior registrar
5. Use skills and judgement in diagnostic reasoning and refer/escalate accordingly
6. To undertake extended scope of Professional Practice roles including: vaginal and abdominal examination, venepuncture, cannulation
7. Plan, prioritise and assist with day to day organisation of workload, triage referrals and ensure a good throughput of patients is
8. achieved maximising capacity to meet demand for the service.
9. Communicate and liaise with patients, clinicians, other healthcare professionals and representatives as part of a multidisciplinary team, in an effective manner to ensure an efficient service.
10. Provide a specialist informative telephone service
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.