Job summary
Are you a Registered Nurse or Midwife (practicing) with experience of working within a clinical triage environment?
At BPAS, we're looking for an Aftercare Teleconsultation Nurse or Midwife on a permanent basis working from home for 30 hours per week.
You will be required to work shifts across a service that runs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. This will include some evening, weekend and overnight shifts.
As an Aftercare Nurse or Midwife you'll provide post abortion, vasectomy and sexual health information over the phone.
Every client is different, and you will need to adapt your style to meet their requirements. You'll assess and provide medical advice to a varied client group with a wide range of conditions and concerns after treatment over the phone.
About you:
You'll be a Registered Adult Nurse Level 1 or Midwife (practicing) with experience in primary/surgical/urgent care. A self-starter, you will be adaptable and self-motivated to provide an excellent telephone consultation service to BPAS clients. You will also have a broad clinical knowledge with previous experience of clinical and nurse triage, and working to guidelines, policies and procedures.
We are also looking for:
- Good IT skills with the ability to use Microsoft Packages
- Exceptional interpersonal, communication and listening skills which can be used via the telephone
- Self-motivated to be able to work from home in a clinical telephone based role
Main duties of the job
- Provide clinically safe triage care for clients with a broad range of questions and concerns.
- Booking post-operative checks for clients who need to be seen in clinic after their treatment.
- Referring clients to our counselling service and safeguarding team when needed.
- Being able to communicate with GPs and other health care professional outside of BPAS as and when needed.
- Update clients notes with factual advice and informing the clinic if the client needs a follow up.
About us
British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS) is the UK's largest independent women's reproductive healthcare charity. We work mainly on behalf of the NHS across the country providing abortion, contraception, STI testing & treatment. We specialise in evidence-based, not-for-profit care reproductive healthcare.
Working with us:
Alongside a supportive and friendly working environment, BPAS has generous benefits: life assurance cover at 3 times salary, 34 days annual leave per year & a defined contribution pension scheme. You will have access to our employee benefits programme through BHSF which includes special health & wellbeing services & lifestyle offers for you & your family. This includes various salary sacrifice schemes, counselling services & free private GP appointments.
For our clinical roles, a full clinical training package will be provided along with comprehensive support. Nursing & midwifery colleagues will have the opportunity to train in 1st & 2nd trimester sonography scanning, contraception fitting & STI testing. For surgical units you will gain experience in conscious sedation & general anaesthetic treatment in our operating departments.
BPAS is committed to safeguarding & promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults, children & young people through a safer recruitment framework. This includes a thorough selection process & a number of pre-employment checks.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Further Information:
The job description along with the terms & conditions for this role are available to download on the right hand side of the advert.
Location: Home Based
Some travel to BPAS hub & unit locations around the UK will be required for the successful candidate in the first few months of employment
for training and induction purposes.
Visits to head office in Leamington Spa will be required occasionally during
employment for meetings & training.
Hours: 30 hours per week
Working Pattern: You will be required to work shifts across a service that runs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. This will include some evening, weekend and overnight shifts. Shifts are given in advance - more to be discussed at interview.
Salary: £36,938 to £44,625 per annum pro rata - depending on skills and experience.
Interested so far? Don't delay, apply today!
This job advert may close before the advertised closing date if sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested.
The Small Print: All applicants must be pro-choice.
If you do not hear from us within 2 weeks of the closing date, unfortunately you will not have been shortlisted on this occasion.
References: All offers of employment are conditional based on satisfactory pre-employment checks. We require applicants to provide 3 years of employment references including information on reasons for leaving and any gaps in employment.
COVID-19: BPAS encourages all applicants to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and we invite you to share evidence of your vaccination status. This is in addition to the requirement to provide evidence of vaccination/immunity against the following conditions of Tuberculosis, Hepatitis B, MMR and Varicella for clinical roles directly involved in patient care.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Adult Nurse Level 1 or Midwife / Registered Midwife (Practicing)
Experience
Essential
- Post registration experience in primary/urgent care
- Working to clinical guidelines, policies, and procedures
- Gynecological nursing experience or relevant specialty i.e. Sexual health,
Desirable
- Vasectomy nursing experience
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Previous Nurse Triage/ Telephone advice experience
- Proficient ICT Skills
- Excellent interpersonal & communication Skills
- Listening Skills/ Ability to obtain and process information from any caller
- Accurate administrative competence
General
Essential
- Do you support a woman's right to choose abortion?
- Are you the family or friend of a current BPAS employee? If yes, please state the name and the nature of the relationship.
- Please state your NMC Pin
- Are you aware that this role has a working pattern that you will be required to work shifts across a service that runs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week? This will include some evening, weekend and overnight shifts.
- This role is working for 30 hours per week from home. Can you commit to this?
Desirable
- Please enter any information in support of your application
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website .
Employer details
Employer name
British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS)
Address
Orion House
Athena Drive
Warwick
CV34 6RQ