Nurse Specialist
Posted 2 days 12 hours ago by NHS
The closing date is 10 December 2025
We are excited to offer the opportunity of a full-time Secondment for a Clinical Nurse Specialist, within the Complex Termination of Pregnancy and Specialist Placement Team, working within Women's Services as part of the Gynaecology team.
The role will require the post holder to have extensive knowledge and experience of Gynaecology, with specific knowledge and experience of Termination of Pregnancy being an advantage. The role will involve nurse led clinics, supporting consultant led clinics, managing a caseload of patients, database management, patient education and support; and attending and presenting at multi disciplinary team meetings. A range of clinical skills will be required, appropriate to care for this group of patients. You will be expected to be able to work autonomously but also be working as part of a well established multi disciplinary team. Excellent communication and counselling skills are essential. You will be expected to be able to use I.T systems for the management of nurse led clinics and caseload management.
- Interview Date Monday 22 December 2025
- You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.
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Main duties of the jobThe Post holder will
- Carry out a range of assessments and consultations on patients appropriately under the Specialist Placement and Complex TOP pathway, within a clinical setting.
- Attend MDT meetings and progress actions as necessary.
- Provide specialist advice to patients via both telephone and face to face discussion, some of which will require sensitive information, and will require emotional support.
- Provide specialist advice and guidance to other clinic specialties and teams.
- Use communication and clinical skills to support patients emotionally and physically to achieve their best outcomes.
- Provide patient education and support.
- Successfully manage the patient database to ensure all patient data is input and accurate for accreditation and audit purposes.
- Have excellent record keeping standards.
- As a Band 6, provide leadership and management within the service.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
With around 2 million contacts with patients every year, we deliver care from:
- Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
- Freeman Hospital
- Newcastle Dental Hospital
- Newcastle Fertility Centre
- Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
- Northern Genetics Service
These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting edge care (supported by state of the art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.
We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under 'Documents to download' or 'Supporting documents'.
For further information on The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust please visit: Careers Newcastle Hospitals NHS Newcastle Hospitals and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Job responsibilitiesThe Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust define a nurse specialist as a qualified nurse where the primary purpose of role is to provide guidance and support based on advanced level knowledge to patients, carers and health professionals concerning a specific disease/condition.
Within the sphere of specialist practice:
- Is working towards advanced knowledge and skills within specialist sphere of practice.
- Contributes to the facilitation of the planning, delivery and evaluation of care pathways for a designated group of patients.
- Support the development of nursing practice within the specialist field and contribute to the body of nursing knowledge.
- Contributes to training and education within specialist area.
- Registered nurse (appropriate to branch)
- Current NMC registration
- Diploma plus specialist qualifications / experience within specialist area; prepared to take degree level study
- Meets Nursing and Midwifery Council standards for student supervision and assessment (formally Mentorship) if relevant to role
- Current driving licence if relevant to role
- Degree in health related subject
- Some post registration experience within related specialist area of practice
- Extended clinical practice underpinned by training supervision & assessment
- Knowledge and understanding of relevant NHS policy or project specific policy context
- Has understanding / experience of adult / child safeguarding
- Evidence of on going continuous professional development
- Research or audit experience
- Evidence of contribution towards education and training programmes
- Effective report writing skills
- Able to work independently and as a member of a team
- Effective organisation and time management skills
- Change management skills and involvement in project work
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust