Band 6 Urology Clinical Nurse Specialist

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Birmingham is seeking a Urology Clinical Nurse Specialist. This permanent full-time role involves supporting patients with urological cancers, particularly prostate cancer, and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams. The ideal candidate will have nursing experience and be motivated to excel in a challenging environment. Attractive benefits and opportunities for professional development are offered.

Qualifications

• Evidence of appropriate post registration experience.
• Knowledge of urological cancers, especially prostate cancer.
• Ability to manage a patient caseload professionally.

Responsibilities

• Support the prostate cancer urology specialist nursing team.
• Form relationships across trust sites and with multidisciplinary teams.
• Participate in nurse-led clinics to deliver patient focused care.

Skills

Communication skills

Team collaboration

Patient advocacy

Knowledge of urological cancers

Critical analysis

Education

Registered Nurse with valid NMC registration

Educated to degree level or equivalent experience

Health Assessment post graduate qualification

Job description

Go back University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Band 6 Urology Clinical Nurse Specialist

The closing date is 26 October 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Registered nurse with evidence of appropriate post registration experience who has an interest in and knowledge of urological cancers with an emphasis on, but not inclusive on prostate cancer. Experience in caring for patients diagnosed with prostate cancer is desired but not essential. This post is a permanent full-time position encompassing a demanding yet satisfying role.

The CNS role involves supporting, educating and providing care to patients and their families during their journey with a focus on safety, advocacy, transparency and having the knowledge and ability to involve the wider members of the multidisciplinary team if necessary.

We are looking for a highly motivated nurse who can excel and be dynamic in a busy and challenging environment.

Applicants must be able to demonstrate attributes to include excellent communication skills, be able to function well as a team member, be able to professionally and compassionately manage client expectations and can prioritise and manage a patient caseload.

Main duties of the job

To work with and support the prostate cancer urology specialist nursing team, and wider multi- disciplinary team (MDT) in providing support and advice to a cohort of patients who have been referred for a variety of specialist uro-oncological interventions and treatments.

To form constructive and professional relationships which are across trust sites and include Urologists, Oncologists, Radiologists, Outpatients and Ward staff.

This post will be Trust wide and some across site travelling will be involved with emphasis on Solihull and Good Hope sites.

To participate in a nurse- led approach to deliver patient focused care and play an active part in supporting the quality of care and the experience through clinical practice, nurse-led clinics, education, research, referrals and audit.

To participate in the MDT to include preparing cases, offering professional opinion, promoting patient advocacy, updating patients on outcomes and ensuring a positive patient experience.

About us

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

Job responsibilities

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Person Specification

Qualifications

• *Registered Nurse with valid NMC registration
• *Educated to degree level or equivalent experience.
• *Portfolio of certified / accredited post registration professional development.
• *Health Assessment post graduate qualification / willingness to work towards

Experience

• *Post registration experience with evidence of knowledge and development for the associated area of specialist practice.
• *In depth knowledge of specialist procedures required for role, with willingness to undertake further training/ education to achieve agreed level of competence.
• *Knowledge of standards and policies associated with role.
• *Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary and cross agency work environment.
• *Demonstrable understanding of the national / NHSE diagnostic/ therapeutic expectations / strategy around endoscopy services and can relate this to the role.
• * Demonstrable understanding of clinical governance / patient safety process's -- can relate this to the role in relation to their personal/professional accountability.

Additional Criteria

• *Ability to follow complex instructions consistently in relation to the delivery of endoscopy practice.
• *Consistently professional, collaborative, and compassionate in their approach to colleagues/ patients
• *Effective people skills including high degree of self-awareness / self-regulation.
• *Ability to understand, interpret and critically analyse information/ data and develop skills in reporting of video capsule images.
• *Ability to recognise limits of own competence and seek advice/ support escalating concerns as required.
• *Ability to apply, evaluative and reflective techniques to personal practice, events, and activities.
• *Ability to plan, prioritise workload in response to service need
• *Ability to explain the requirement to balance clinical caseload and developing skills, knowledge, and competence.
• *Ability to work towards autonomous enhanced practice through exposure, supervised practice to a preset level of clinical competence.
• *Ability to apply, evaluative and reflective techniques to personal practice, events, and activities.
• *Ability to contribute to service development
• *Acts to support and enable teamwork.
• *Cheerful outlook towards supporting organisational / service changes, learning and continuous quality improvement

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.

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