Job overview

We are seeking a dynamic and highly motivated Registered Nurse to join our newly established Women's Health Hub. You are required to be a competent and highly autonomous practitioner with sound menopause competencies. You will need to be independent prescriber. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a specialist service providing exceptional care to women experiencing menopause and abnormal bleeding.

You will be required to manage your own clinic across number of various sites within BHR, assess and treat patients indepenedently. Part of your role will be screening referrals from primary care and providing independent consultations for women. You will assess patients holistically, identifying and addressing their menopausal symptoms with a personalized care plan. The role requires you to be an independent prescriber, enabling you to offer comprehensive care and support.

You will work closely with our GP partners, service managers, and the matron to ensure the delivery of high-quality care. Our team takes great pride in offering the best possible service to our community and beyond.

The ideal candidate will:

Be an independent prescriber with a strong clinical background with compency in menopause 

Demonstrate compassion, empathy, and excellent communication skills.

Have a commitment to providing the highest standards of care.

Be passionate about women’s health and menopause care.

Work autonomously, taking responsibility for your patient consultations and care plans.

Main duties of the job

The service is part of the Barking, Havering and Redbridge University NHS Trust Women’s Health division. It works closely with Primary care and other community services to serve the whole population through:

1. ·         Clinics based at Ilford Exchange NHS Hub
2. ·         Patient engagement events and group consultations
3. ·         Education and training for primary care and other healthcare professionals
4. ·         Community engagement

This service is a newly established one running along the existing Specialist Gynaecology services in Barking, Havering and Redbridge NHS Trust. The Women’s Health Hub accepts GP’s referral via eRS. You will care for women with most gynaecological conditions including menstrual problems, menopause and vulvovaginal conditions as well as contraception (mainly insertion and removal of longer acting methods). Direct referrals from the hub to BHRUT Specialist Gynaecology are made for further investigation or more complex treatments if needed. Most patients are seen in a single visit.

There is a wide programme of education and engagement both to enable clinicians to build confidence in managing women’s health conditions and to ensure women are empowered to manage their conditions and seek help when needed. The service encourages clinicians to attend clinical sessions and participate in teaching as widely as possible. Varying educational needs in primary care are addressed through proactive engagement with practices.

Working for our organisation

We’re an organisation that is getting better and better and our improvements are driven by a determination to deliver care we’re proud of and our patients are happy with. We’re no longer in special measures; we’ve opened two new theatres at our Elective Surgical Hub in King George Hospital (KGH); and Matthew Trainer, our Chief Executive, was named the top CEO by the Health Service Journal in 2024.
 
We operate from two main sites – KGH in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two busy emergency departments with more than 330,000 people visiting them last year. We’re campaigning to secure the £35m we need to transform the A&E at Queen’s and get rid of corridor care. 
 
Our patients are benefitting from our Women’s Health Hub in Ilford; an Ageing Well Centre in Hornchurch; and Community Diagnostic Centres (CDC) at Barking Community Hospital and at St George’s Health and Wellbeing Hub in Hornchurch. 
 
These CDCs are open 12 hours a day, 7 days a week and are providing an extra 94,000 scans a year. 
 
The majority of our 8,000 staff – who come from 146 different countries - live in the three diverse London boroughs we serve and are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. Many can work flexibly and more than 400 of them are on our Ofsted accredited apprenticeship programmes. We’re proud to be a London Living Wage employer.
 
We’re looking forward to introducing an electronic patient record that will be transformative for our staff and beneficial for our patients.