Associate Clinical Nurse Specialist -Urology

Integrated Care System; London; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent healthcare institution in London is seeking an experienced Associate Clinical Nurse Specialist in Urology. The role requires strong clinical decision-making and urology experience. You'll work autonomously and with a multidisciplinary team to improve patient outcomes. Ideal candidates will have excellent communication and leadership skills, along with the necessary qualifications. Flexible working arrangements are available.

Qualifications

• Experience in caring for patients with urology diseases.
• Understanding equality and diversity.
• Evidence of ongoing continuous professional development.

Responsibilities

• Deliver and maintain high standards of care to patients.
• Coordinate patient care for urological cancer treatments.
• Engage in effective communication with the multi-disciplinary team.

Skills

Urology experience

Excellent communication skills

Leadership skills

Clinical decision-making

Autonomous working

Education

NMC registered Nurse

Diploma/degree in relevant area

Advanced communication course

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Go back Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Associate Clinical Nurse Specialist -Urology

The closing date is 13 August 2025

Associate Clinical Nurse Specialist -Urology, Band 6

A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an experienced nurse who is enthusiastic and motivated to develop in the role as Associate Specialist Nurse in Urology Service.

A high level of clinical decision making is required for this post therefore sound theoretical and practical knowledge is required from an experienced nurse who strives to maintain clinical excellence.

The role will involve nurse-led Urology service in the outpatient clinic. Help with management of urology patients in the ward.

The successful candidate will have urology experience, be highly motivated and driven to improve patient care. The candidate must have exceptional communication and interpersonal skills. They will also have well-developed clinical and professional leadership skills to encourage and promote best outcomes for patients, their relatives, and carers.

You will need excellent communication skills be able to deliver education and advice to patients, carers and health care professionals and be able to demonstrate your ability to work and make clinical decisions autonomously.

Main duties of the job

Work clinically as an Associate Specialist Nurse in Urology, delivering and maintaining high standards of care to patients with benign and malignant urological conditions/ disease.

To work with and support the Uro-oncology CNS and Advanced Nurse/Clinical Practitioners contributing to the development and promotion of the urology and Trust wide nursing service ensuring the delivery of high quality, patient focused, compassionate and cost effective care.

To contribute to the education of other clinical staff in understanding the care requirements of urology/uro-oncology patients undergoing investigations and treatments and ensure that the physical and psychological needs of the patients and their families are met.

To undertake Nurse-Led clinics for trial without catheter, complex catheter change, bladder instillations for benign conditions and urodynamic studies (when appropriately trained) and additionally intra-vesical chemo/immunotherapy in the clinic setting and ward setting as required to cross cover the service.

Ensure efficient pathway management according to the relevant 18 week and cancer targets, ordering tests, screening referrals and arranging treatments to facilitate this as per protocol with the support of the urology team

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

About us

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of England's top-performing and safest trusts. We operate two main acute hospital sites--Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital--along with award-winning clinics across North West London.

Our nearly 7,500 staff care for a diverse population of 1.5 million, providing full clinical services, including maternity, A&E, and children's services, plus specialist HIV and sexual health clinics. The Care Quality Commission rates us 'Good' in safety, effectiveness, care, and responsiveness, and 'Outstanding' in leadership and resource use.

We continually invest in our facilities, including a £30m expansion of critical care at Chelsea and Westminster and an £80m Ambulatory Diagnostic Centre at West Middlesex.

We welcome applications for flexible working arrangements, accommodating requests where possible to support our staff and patient needs.

The Trust is committed to equality and welcomes applications from all, regardless of background. Adjustments can be made for disabled candidates. Early application is advised as vacancies may close once sufficient applications are received. If you haven't heard from us within three weeks of the closing date, your application was likely unsuccessful. Employment is subject to a six-month probationary period.

Some roles may require weekend shifts at multiple sites.

Job responsibilities

Clinical

• Undertake nurse-led clinics with the support of the urology ANP and urology CNS
• Undertake screening of referrals to ensure efficient use of clinic time and minimisation of wasted clinic slots
• Undertake bladder instillations for benign disease, trial without catheter and complex catheter changes
• Participate as required in the weekly multidisciplinary team meetings, work with the urology team to help co-ordinate the patient pathways (benign and malignant) informing the patients GPs of decisions made
• After appropriate training, request diagnostic investigations e.g. blood tests, endoscopic examinations, and imaging
• Undertaking intra-vesical chemotherapy and immunotherapy for superficial bladder cancers and arrange appropriate follow up according to evidence based protocols with support of Band 7 clinical nurse specialist
• Prepare patients for procedures over the telephone, ensuring they are suitably prepared for out-patient procedures such as flexible cystoscopy and inpatient procedures e.g. prostate biopsies
• Offer advice on the wards in relation to urology nursing care/continence issues as requested and appropriat
• Co-ordinate the care of patients diagnosed with urological cancer to ensure prompt treatment in line with national access standards of 18 weeks and cancer targets as directed and supported by the Uro-oncology CNS and wider Urology team

Leadership/Networking:

• Provide support and advice to all appropriate staff/colleagues to enhance patient care
• Engage in effective communication, involving all members of the multidisciplinary team
• Foster the continued development of the urology service within the Trust by maintaining personal development and keeping up to date with evidence based best practice
• Work across care settings to achieve optimum continuity of care of patients with catheters and urological diseases proving advice to ward staff, community staff and carers
• Act as an effective role model
• Develop and maintain relationships with urology nurses/colleagues within the Royal Marsden Partnership to share learning and identify best practice.
• To be familiar with national, professional and local quality issues relevant to the delivery of nursing services, e.g clinical governance, national peer review.

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Person Specification

Experience

• Experience in caring for patient with urology disease
• Experience of undertaking Trial Without Catheters
• Able to demonstrate effective consolidation of nursing knowledge & practice
• Understanding equality and diversity and how to apply to self and other
• Knowledge of access standards relating to 18 weeks and cancer standards
• A working knowledge of primary care team nursing and reflective practice Knowledge of intravesical drug instillations

Education and Qualification

• NMC registered Nurse
• Diploma/degree in relevant area
• Demonstrate evidence of ongoing continuous professional development
• Advanced communication course

Skills and knowledge

• Excellent interpersonal, both verbal and written
• Confident communicator over the telephone
• Ability to work autonomously & within teams
• Ability priorities workload
• Knowledge of clinical governance & its application
• IT literate in Microsoft office package
• Skilled negotiator
• Excellence problem solving skills
• Skilled negotiator

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.

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust