Associate Clinical Nurse Specialist - Urology

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust; Isleworth; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in the UK is seeking an Associate Specialist Nurse in Urology. The role involves delivering high standards of care to patients with benign and malignant urology conditions. You'll work alongside the nursing team to manage patient pathways efficiently, assist in treatment delivery, and educate staff about patient needs. The position offers a supportive environment with excellent facilities and the opportunity to contribute significantly to patient care.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Further training opportunities

Strong support team

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with relevant qualifications.
• Experience in delivering nursing care in oncology or urology settings.
• Ability to educate staff on patient care requirements.

Responsibilities

• Deliver highly specialist care to urology patients.
• Assist in nurse-led clinics and treat patients under supervision.
• Promote effective communication with multidisciplinary teams.

Skills

Specialist care delivery

Holistic needs assessments

Complex treatments

Effective communication

Patient management

Education

Nursing qualification

Experience in urology nursing

Job description

This post holder will work alongside the team to deliver highly specialist and personalised care to both cancer and benign urology patients.

The post holder will help to deliver a range of nurse‑led clinics.

The post holder will be a point of contact for patients.

The post holder will assist in the delivery of complex treatments under the supervision of the senior team, working clinically as an Associate Specialist Nurse in Urology, delivering and maintaining high standards of care to patients with benign and malignant urology disease.

To work with and support the Band 7 Urology CNS and the Band 8a Urology Nurse Practitioner contributing to the development and promotion of the nursing service, ensuring the delivery of high‑quality, cost‑effective care.

To educate staff in understanding the care requirements of patients undergoing investigations and treatments and ensure that the physical and psychological needs of the patients and their families are met.

To provide holistic care for patients undergoing investigation and treatment along their entire patient pathway, undertaking Holistic Needs Assessments on all cancer patients.

Ensure efficient pathway management according to the relevant 18‑week and cancer targets, ordering tests, screening referrals and arranging treatments to facilitate this.

To promote and maintain effective communication with the multi‑disciplinary team, patient and carers.

To undertake trial without catheter, bladder instillations, intra‑vesical chemotherapy in the clinic setting and ward setting if required, offering continence advice as required.

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services from two main hospitals, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, and a number of clinics across London and the South‑East.

We have nearly 7,000 members of staff and are proud to care for nearly one million people.

Both hospitals provide full clinical services, including full maternity, emergency and children’s, in addition to a range of community‑based services across London, such as award‑winning sexual health and HIV clinics.

We're one of the best performing Trusts in the country and are among the top trusts to work for – our staff say they are engaged, motivated, and would recommend us as a place to work and receive treatment.

Our Trust has been rated by the Care Quality Commission as “Good” in all five of the main domains of safe, effective, caring, responsive and well‑led, giving us an overall rating of “Good”. We have also been awarded an “Outstanding” rating for “use of resources” by an NHS Improvement inspection.

Our facilities are some of the best in the country. We have been investing significant capital year on year in our estate.

We have recently completed a £30 m expansion of our adult and neonatal critical care facilities at Chelsea and Westminster and are planning an ambitious £60 m development of an Ambulatory Diagnostics Centre at West Middlesex.