Early Pregnancy Unit Nurse

Job overview

We are looking for an empathetic and experienced Early Pregnancy Nurse to join our team and provide expert specialist clinical nursing practice to women accessing the Early Pregnancy Unit (EPU) as part of the emergency gynaecology service.

The successful candidate will use evidence-based clinical practice in line with current research, guidelines and other available evidence.

They will ensure that patients and their families are fully informed about their journey through the service and will liaise with other members of the Multi-disciplinary Team when required, to ensure delivery of reliable high quality care.

Finally, they will provide compassionate care to pregnant women, including breaking sad news effectively and providing emotional support.

Main duties of the job

• Care for women who are experiencing issues in early pregnancy.
• To communicate highly sensitive information to patients and help them reach informed choices about their care
• Have an expert knowledge of Early Pregnancy, management options including associated side effects and evidence based use of complimentary therapies and be able to signpost to other services or support groups.
• Effectively manage the Early Pregnancy Unit resource, ensuring that staff rotas are able to deliver safe and effective patient care.
• Discuss and counsel patients regarding treatment options following a confirmed (or potential) diagnosis of pregnancy loss. Enable patient choice and involvement (within safe clinical guidelines) and initiate appropriate treatment.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For full details of this vital role, please see the attached job description.

We welcome your application today.