Job overview

Exciting opportunity! Are you ready for progression?

Band 6 positions available (part/full time)

Gynaecology & Early Pregnancy Urgent Assessment Unit (GEPAU)

Family and Diagnostic Division

 We are looking for the best!

Expressions of interest are invited for Band 6 Junior sister roles within our Gynaecology and Early Pregnancy urgent Assessment Unit (GEPAU)

Our team provides a full range of gynaecological services for planned and emergency assessment, diagnostics and treatment including surgery. We also provide an emergency assessment/triage service for early pregnancies less than 16 weeks.

These services are provided by an expert and specialist team including doctors, nurses, therapists, radiologists, pathologists and oncologists across our gynaecology areas We are a centre of excellence with a team of 20 highly skilled and experienced consultants providing specialised care and research for the following: oncology, female urinary incontinence, pelvic organ prolapse, urogynaecology and early pregnancy.

Main duties of the job

You will be an experienced Registered Nurse who is looking for a new challenge. You will be supported in this highly specialised area where you will extend your clinical skills and knowledge to be able to see assess, examine, diagnose and discharge women with early pregnancy complications.

As the junior sister you will be expected to promote the delivery of a high standard of patient centred care in a supported environment. You will already have current gynaecology/ early pregnancy experience and are looking towards your next step. Potential candidates should possess a Degree in Adult nursing, evidence of recent professional development and change management experience. Potential candidates must possess good leadership skills and be committed to high professional standards within an evidence based framework. This post will allow you the opportunity to develop your leadership skills further whilst driving the quality of care forward. 

Working for our organisation

We have a long and proud history of caring for generations of local people and can trace our roots all the way back to 1814 with the first hospital in Bolton – the Bolton Dispensary in the town centre.

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust was formed in 2008 and, in 2011, we became an integrated provider with community health services joining the trust. Covering a catchment area that also incorporates parts of Bury, Wigan and Salford, we deliver hospital and community based services from the Royal Bolton Hospital in Farnworth and from 20 health centres across Bolton, to a catchment population of 310,000+ people. 

The Royal Bolton Hospital is a major hub within Greater Manchester for women’s and children’s services and is the busiest single ambulance-receiving site in Greater Manchester.  We’re structured in four clinical divisions – Community Services, Families and Diagnostics, Medicine, and Surgery and are led by a Board of Directors. As an NHS Foundation Trust we’re accountable to our members and have a Council of Governors to represent the views of patients, public, staff and partners.   

Buildings, names and models of care have changed over the centuries, but one thing has remained constant and is prevalent among our 6,718 staff members: the enduring commitment to providing the best health and care for the people of Bolton.