Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist - Prostate

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare trust in Birmingham is seeking a Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist for its prostate cancer team. The role requires providing expert nursing care and managing a team. The ideal candidate will possess advanced clinical skills and management experience. A Master's qualification and registration as a Nurse are essential. This position is critical for delivering high-quality care to patients and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams.

Qualifications

• Evidence of experience as a Clinical Nurse Specialist at Band 6 or above.
• Significant experience working autonomously.
• Expert nursing knowledge relevant to the specialty.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team within the urology clinical nurse specialist team.
• Provide expert leadership and specialist nursing care for prostate cancer patients.
• Communicate effectively with patients and multi-disciplinary teams.

Skills

Clinical assessment skills

Leadership

Patient advocacy

Communication

Education

MSc in relevant field

Registered Nurse on the NMC Register

Mentorship course

Job description

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist - Prostate

The closing date is 22 October 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen in our prostate cancer team for an experienced clinical nurse specialist.

The post holder will be supported by a band 8A clinical nurse specialist, the wider urology clinical nurse specialist team and a well-established team of surgeons.

This role will provide expert leadership and specialist nursing care for patients who have suspected prostate cancer and for patients who are diagnosed with prostate cancer. The care provided will include advanced assessment and support and evidence-based interventions for patients across the prostate pathway to include physical, emotional and social wellbeing.

This post is a management role, and the post holder will have managerial responsibilities within the team and therefore evidence of management experience is essential.

Main duties of the job

• Work with the existing multi-disciplinary teams, driving development and change
• Team management
• Communicate effectively with patients and carers recognising the need for alternative methods, using sensitivity
• To be responsible for the delivery of detailed, accurate patient information
• Professional judgement and critical thinking skills
• Develop/Contribute to local and national guidelines and protocols
• Support patients and carers during difficult situations arising in the clinical area
• Planning and organising skills
• To be a resource to be able support patients and staff

Physical Skills

• Triage Prostate cancer referrals as per trust protocol
• Provide a results clinic
• Ongoing follow up
• Independent requesting of radiological investigations

Key Responsibilities

• Recognise and work within own competence and professional code. Keep practice up to date, take opportunities to expand own practice in line with pathways and formal appraisal
• Initiate primary investigations to help inform diagnosis
• Health assessment
• Develop protocols and pathways appropriate to streamline services
• Take available opportunities to maintain/improve your professional knowledge and competence

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 Adult / Child Nurse on the NMC Register (Field dependent upon role)
• Evidence of post registration CPD / Post registration qualification in (appropriate area of speciality or professional knowledge supplemented by specialist experience and short courses to degree / masters level equivalent FHEQ Level 6 /7)
• Recognised mentorship course
• To have or working towards a MSc/ Masters qualification
• To have or working towards advanced health assessment module -- where applicable to the role
• Non -- Medical Prescriber/ willingness to undertake - where applicable to the role

Experience

• Evidence and ability to revalidate as required by the NMC
• Significant years post registration experience as a Clinical Nurse Specialist at B6 or above in defined or associated speciality Extensive experience of working autonomously at a specialist level
• Evidence of achievements and career development in current post and of on-going professional development/ competence
• Demonstrate expert knowledge underpinned by theory and CPD relevant to speciality
• Experience and enthusiasm for developing educational programmes and teaching / assessing and supervising others in a clinical setting
• Working in a multi-disciplinary and cross agency work environment
• Experience of patient service user advocacy role
• Can demonstrate expert nursing knowledge with an ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate specialist care delivered to patients and give advice and information to patients / relatives/ care staff
• Awareness of current relevant NHS policy context relating to the speciality
• Has understanding / experience of the principles of Safeguarding
• Knowledge of corporate and clinical governance
• Experience of delivering change management both personally and as a facilitator
• Experience in service development Awareness of current research related to the speciality
• Awareness of current research related to the speciality

Additional Criteria

• Ability to explain the requirement to balance clinical caseload
• Ability to communicate with a wide range of health care professionals, on a variety of complex and sensitive issues which require persuasive and empathetic skills.
• Extensive experience of working autonomously at a specialist level and to manage / prioritise own workload, supervise / appraise and asses junior staff
• Competent in a range of clinical skills and expanded practices relevant to the scope of practice required Ability to work under pressure across competing priorities
• Ability to undertake clinical audit, analyse information and develop robust measurable action plans to support improvement / change
• Evidence of ability to compile reports and documents for internal / external communication
• Knowledge of current evidence-based practice and ability to apply to service and policy development
• Ability to adapt behaviour to changing circumstances
• Positive and enthusiastic attitude
• Ability to communicate articulately and motivate others
• Evidence of flexible and innovative approach to service delivery and development
• Ability to work a varied shift pattern where required
• Ability to act on own initiative

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.

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust