The closing date is 11 September 2026
Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year per annum (dependent on experience)
Job summary
Lead Gynaecology and Lead Colposcopy Nurse
37.5 hours per week (2.5 days Management and 2.5 days Clinical)
Permanent
Salary: £49,387 – £56,515 per annum (dependent on experience)
Closing Date: Friday 11th September 2026
Interview Date: TBC
**This post may close early due to high numbers of applications, so you are advised to apply promptly. **
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Are you an experienced nurse passionate about women’s health and committed to delivering high-quality, compassionate care? If so, we would love to hear from you.
Are you an experienced nurse passionate about women’s health? An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 7 Gynaecology and colposcopy Lead Nurse to lead the Gynaecology Outpatient Team at GEH, overseeing outpatient services, cancer pathways, nurse-led clinics, the Early Pregnancy Unit, and the Gynaecology Assessment Unit.
Main duties of the job
- Provide specialist nursing expertise, ensuring all staff are supported in their practice on day to day and ongoing basis. Use advanced decision making skills to utilise all available resources to deliver nursing care effectively and efficiently in a timely manner.
- Ensure that Nursing and Clinical Pathways/Guidelines/Protocols areimplemented and maintained. Ensure good standards of practice in the department, through participation in effective quality assurance measures such as clinical audit programmes.
- Manage and effectively support patients through the delivery of difficult news.
- Take responsibility for the duty rotas for the staff to provide effective and well balanced cover to meet with the requirements of the service and ensure the presence of suitably qualified and experienced nurses and support staff at all times. Develop new ways of working if workload requires this.
- As part of the lead Colposcopy nurse, you will be expected to work alongside the CSPL, Colposcopy coordinator and lead consultants to develop guidance, SOPS and patient information leaflets. Some of these reports are time sensitive for regional and national parties.
- As the lead you will be invited to specialist MDT and meetings surrounding the Gynaecology, EPAGU and cancer meetings and Colposcopy.
Person Specification
Essential
- Previous nursing experience at Band 6
- Evidence of being up-to-date with current issues relating to professional practice
- Knowledge of key national policy drivers for acute care including a desire to improve services and the patient experience
- Can demonstrate practical application of quality standards within the clinical setting e.g. Care Quality Commission, NICE guidance
- First level NMC nursing registration
- Evidence of further Professional Development relevant to current post.
Desirable
- Evidence of implementing change in the workplace
- Able to promote equality, diversity and rights
- Mentorship of student nurses
- Evidence of advanced nursing studies, Master’s degree (or working towards)
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).