Clinical Nurse/Midwife Specialist (Early Pregnancy Care)

Job Purpose

An expert practitioner, providing leadership, management and education to enhance the care for women with complications in early pregnancy.

To manage a clinical caseload

To be able to demonstrate advanced communication skills. communicating with women, families and other healthcare professionals.

To provide safe, effective, compassionate women centred care. To make a positive difference to the experience of women and their partners and/or family at a vulnerable and stressful time.

To provide support and counselling to women experiencing early pregnancy loss and be able to demonstrate evidence based use of all management options.

To act as the womens' advocate empowering women, as individuals, to make the right choices in managing pregnancy loss.

Develop and maintain collaborative working with both internal and external professionals.

Ensuring delivery of best care.

To be responsible for the development and monitoring of standards and policies of clinical practice within the designated area.

To ensure service delivery meets national standards

To be professionally and legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own work including the management of patients in your care.

To ensure that accurate, legible records of patient care are kept and that are consistent with Trust professional and service guidelines.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will independently manage a clinical caseload of patients who may be experiencing miscarriage or ectopic pregnancy including undertaking ultrasound scans

Essential Criteria

• Registered Nurse (Adult) or Registered Midwife Current NMC registration. Safeguarding Training (level 2). Recognised teaching/assessing qualification (e.g. ENB 998, C&G 730 or equivalent). Educated to 1st degree level and commitment to masters level study Evidence of further academic/personal development. CASE accredited training in ultrasound or similar

Desirable

• safeguarding level 3, masters level study, non medical prescriber, counselling skills

Essential

• Registered Nurse (Adult) or Registered Midwife Current NMC registration. Safeguarding Training (level 2). Recognised teaching/assessing qualification (e.g. ENB 998, C&G 730 or equivalent). Educated to 1st degree level and commitment to masters level study Evidence of further academic/personal development. CASE accredited training in ultrasound or similar

Desirable

• Safeguarding level 3, masters level study, non medical prescriber, counselling skills