Urology Clinical Nurse Specialist

Employer: Whittington Health NHS Trust

Employer type: NHS

Site: Whittington Health

Town: London

Salary: £54,320 – £60,981 per annum inclusive of HCAs

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 15/03/2025 23:59

Urology Clinical Nurse Specialist

NHS AfC: Band 7

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Job overview

Are you a passionate and dedicated urology nurse, looking to make a significant and positive impact in the field of urology cancer? If so, we invite you to read on and consider applying for this pivotal role at Whittington Health NHS Trust.

An opportunity has arisen for a motivated and compassionate band 7 Urology Clinical Nurse Specialist. We are looking for a dynamic, experienced nurse with good communication skills, who has an interest in developing their CNS skills or extending their current portfolio of skills and abilities. You need to be able to prioritise your workload and assist us in meeting NHS cancer waiting times and personalised cancer care targets, whilst maintaining the patient experience and supporting them and their families through their pathway.

You will ideally be an experienced urology nurse, having had the experience of providing personalised care to people with prostate cancer in the urology and oncology setting. You should have excellent time management and advanced communication skills.

Experience in running nurse led clinics would be desirable although not essential.

If you are passionate about providing exceptional care and support to patients with urological cancer, we invite you to apply. You will be applying to an organisation that scored highest in the National Cancer Patient Experience Survey 2023 for overall rating of care in North Central London and you will join a progressive, excellent team here at the Whittington.

Main duties of the job

Please see JD for a full list of main duties.

1. The post holder will work as a key member of the Urology multi-disciplinary team.
2. To act as a resource of expert advice, carry own case load and provide coordination of care and support to patients with Urology malignancies and their family/carer from diagnosis and through all stages of their disease, treatment modalities and follow up care.
3. To liaise and work closely with other professionals involved in the patients care journey and provide specialist knowledge, expertise and education for staff within the Trust to ensure a smooth patient pathway for all patients with Urology malignancies.
4. To develop and monitor standards of care for patients following National guidelines.
5. To act as a key worker for patients with or are suspected of having Urological cancer. Ensuring patients have information details of the MDT and contact number of key worker.
6. To ensure all National data requirements are collected & entered on the appropriate databases. These include local and national audits such as NPCA & Quality of Care.

Working for our organisation

Whittington Health serves a richly diverse population and works hard to ensure that all our services are fair and equally accessible to everyone. We aim to employ a workforce which is as representative as possible of this population, so we are open to the value of differences in age, disability, gender, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, and religion or belief.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Professional / Clinical

1. To communicate and work in partnership with all members of the MDTs to ensure a seamless pathway of care for patients from diagnosis through treatment and follow up care.
2. To be an autonomous practitioner and manage own caseload and work with colleagues to provide the highest possible standards of care for patients diagnosed with a urology cancer.
3. To support and co-ordinate patient’s / family / carer from diagnosis onwards through all stages of their disease and treatment modalities and utilise excellent communication skills to complete appropriate onward referrals for your cohort of patients.
4. To act as point of contact and offer to be the Urology ‘keyworker’ for patients and their families and carer.
5. Ensure the Holistic Nurse Assessments are completed for all patients at key points of their cancer treatment pathway.
6. To provide and offer a wide range of information and support to patients their family and/or carers at all stages of their cancer journey.
7. To competently act as the patients advocate and assist patients in understanding their disease and treatments available to them.
8. Assist in the co-ordination of patient treatment pathways between the various departments in both primary and secondary care to facilitate continuity of care.
9. To attend the relevant Urology outpatient clinics.
10. To be a core member of the Urology MDT and attend the palliative care and site-specific MDTs where Urology patients are being discussed.
11. To establish links and develop networking opportunities with other Urology CNS’s.
12. To support and assess all urology cancer in-patients and liaise with ward staff and Consultants as deemed appropriate.
13. To ensure that patients are referred onto other health care professionals and services.
14. To establish and maintain close working relationships with the Hospital and relevant Community Macmillan Palliative care teams.
15. To be responsible in ensuring accurate and comprehensive documentation in all patients’ notes.
16. To work as part of the MDT’s core member and actively participate in the National Cancer Peer review process.
17. To regularly attend the Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist Forum and participate in the agreed projects/work streams.
18. To provide CNS cover for cancer/Urology CNS colleagues during leave and absence.
19. To be competent in managing your own timetable and caseload.
20. To ensure that robust PSA patient tracking is completed in partnership with the MDT Coordinator.
21. To possess exemplary time management skills.

Education and Training

1. In conjunction with the Lead Cancer Nurse, identify education and training needs of relevant staff and develop education programmes to meet the identified needs.
2. Ensure learning materials are available in clinical areas.
3. Continually update and maintain own personal development and specialist knowledge base.
4. To be responsible for undertaking all statutory and mandatory training updates.
5. Act as specialist resource and provide information and advice for staff.
6. Provide training to staff / professionals within Trust/community on unknown primary cancers and their treatments.
7. To ensure and be responsible for continuously updating specialist knowledge and skills in relevant field.
8. To present and attend local, regional and national conferences as required.

Quality, Research and Audit

1. Participate in both clinical and organisational audits, continually evaluating the effectiveness of the service provided.
2. To attend, participate and present at departmental audit meetings.
3. To undertake research/audit topics appropriate to Urology.
4. To actively participate in multi-disciplinary research projects.
5. To participate in the collection of data required by the Trust.
6. To encourage user involvement to identify potential areas for service development.

Management and Supervision Responsibilities

1. To constantly review the urology cancers service provision, development and patient feedback.
2. To undertake and understand appropriate risk within area of practice.
3. Act as a resource within your role as a senior nurse, advisor and liaison for issues relating to staff.
4. To produce an annual report detailing the service.
5. To participate in Service Development Plans.
6. To use resources effectively.
7. To be visible and accessible to patients.

Person specification

Education and Qualifications

• Teaching qualification or extensive experience (e.g., ENB 998)
• Educated to degree level or currently pursuing a degree
• Relevant post-registration qualification in urology care, oncology, or palliative care
• Evidence of recent professional development
• Experience in urology and/or oncology at Band 6 level or above
• Advanced communication skills training

Skills and abilities

• Proven ability to teach and educate nurses, allied health professionals (AHPs), and patients
• Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills
• Highly developed interpersonal skills
• Strong people management skills and leadership qualities
• Exercises autonomy, manages own workload, meets deadlines
• Evidence of innovation and change management skills

Knowledge and experience

• Experience working in the healthcare sector with a focus on urology and/or oncology
• Up-to-date knowledge of cancer care
• Significant post-registration experience in urology and/or oncology
• Understanding of the issues faced by cancer patients, families, and carers

SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN AND ADULTS

To comply with the Trust’s Safeguarding Children and Adults policies , procedures and protocols.

Your application form

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• Make sure you include all evidence of where you meet the essential requirement on the jobs description.

Other important information

• Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome.
• Whittington Health is committed to safeguarding all children and vulnerable adults.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications.

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