Lead Clinical Nurse Specialist for Endometriosis

An opportunity has arisen for an experienced Nurse Specialist to join our Gynaecology team. This is a fixed term funded post, within our gynae services, and we are looking to recruit an experienced nurse into our friendly, expanding and evolving team. We are looking for someone who can develop and integrate this role into our fantastic services offered within Gynae and be an advocate for these women's health.

We are looking to recruit an experienced, qualified nurse, that is currently practising as a nurse specialist, and undertaking the roles required for this vacancy. The ideal candidate will be a qualified nurse with NMC registration and be enthusiastic about women's health. The right candidate will be motivated for change management and be resilient and skilled in leading and shaping the service.

If you are applying for an Internal Secondment, please ensure you have spoken to your line manager and have their support prior to your application. Please speak to the Recruitment Team if you have any questions.

The post-holder will be an advanced nurse practitioner and will be responsible for the management of a defined caseload (patients/service-users), and will provide highly specialist nursing support, advice, education, and/or care, to that specific group. They will carry continuing responsibility for the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation, and evaluation of programmes of care, including setting of standards of care, and support in establishing evidence-based practice within Endometriosis.

The Clinical Nurse Specialist will support the ongoing care needs of this cohort of women. They will manage expectations and support ongoing care needs and symptom control. This involves a key responsibility to audit the overall performance of the service against National guidelines.

Closing date of applications: 15 September 2025

Interview date: 29 September 2025

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In Return We Will Offer

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
  
  

Key Facts

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.
  
  

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Sharon Hill Job title: Matron for Gynaecology and GUM Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 01332 785156

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