About this role
Endometriosis Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS)
Nuffield Health Oxford Hospital | Nursing | Permanent | Full time
37.5 Hours per week
Salary - Competitive
Nuffield Health is the UK’s largest Healthcare Charity. From our innovative healthcare and leisure facilities to our community access programmes, we’re committed to building a healthier nation. Inside our award-winning hospitals, this starts with commitment to quality and the highest standards of patient care. It starts with you.
As a Endometriosis Clinical Nurse Specialist in our hospital, you’ll be attentive, focused, detail-oriented and empathetic. You’re registered with the appropriate governing body, and you bring the qualifications and experience relevant to your registration, including NMC. With post-registration experience, you’re a team player with a passion for exceptional patient care.
As a Endometriosis Nurse Specialist, you will:
- Act as a key worker for women with suspected or confirmed endometriosis, providing specialist advice, support and care throughout their patient journey.
- Undertake clinical assessment, holistic care planning and ongoing management within your scope of practice.
- Coordinate care across the multidisciplinary team, including gynaecology, radiology, colorectal surgery, urology, fertility and pain management services.
- Support and educate patients and their families, ensuring informed decision-making and a positive patient experience.
- Participate in Endometriosis Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) meetings, contributing to the discussion and management of complex cases.
- Develop and maintain effective patient pathways to ensure timely access to investigations, treatment and follow-up care.
- Contribute to clinical audit, outcome monitoring, quality improvement initiatives and service evaluation.
- Work collaboratively with consultants, nurses and allied healthcare professionals to deliver high-quality, patient-centred care.
- Support the ongoing development of the Endometriosis Service, helping drive innovation and continuous improvement.
- Contribute to the organisation's ambition to achieve and maintain accreditation as a BSGE Endometriosis Centre through active involvement in service development, quality assurance and multidisciplinary working.
What you'll bring
- Registered Nurse with current NMC registration.
- Experience within gynaecology, women's health or a related clinical specialty.
- Specialist knowledge of endometriosis is desirable, although development will be supported for the right candidate.
- Excellent communication, counselling, education and patient advocacy skills.
- Ability to undertake clinical assessment and develop autonomous practice within an agreed scope.
- Understanding of clinical governance, audit and quality improvement methodologies.
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
- A passion for improving outcomes for women with endometriosis and supporting the development of a specialist service.
- Commitment to evidence-based practice and contributing to the development of a service aligned with BSGE standards.
Helping you feel good.
We want you to love coming to work, feeling healthy, happy and valued. That’s why we’ve developed a benefits package with you in mind. Here, you can choose from a range of fitness, lifestyle, health and fitness wellbeing rewards, such as free gym membership, health assessments, retail discounts and pension options. At Nuffield Health, we take care of what’s important to you.
Nuffield Health Oxford Hospital – The Manor
Our modern hospital is based within a stone’s throw of the historic City of Oxford, a world-renowned centre of excellence for surgical and medical expertise. We are proud of the wonderful environment and team we have established, providing our patients with first class care. We operate 6 well equipped and modern operating theatres with 64 well-presented ensuite rooms. We cater for inpatient and day care, providing a broad range of surgical specialties and clinics including Paediatrics, Oncology, Interventional Cardiology & Radiology, Orthopaedics, Endoscopy, Gynaecology, Urology, Ophthalmology as well as women’s and men’s health clinics. The hospital is located with excellent transport links by road and rail, both to and from London, Thames Valley, and the Midlands.
Join Nuffield Health and create the future you want, today.
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It starts with you.