Clinical Nurse Specialist Benign Urology (XR06)

NHS; Leeds; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

An established healthcare provider is seeking a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Benign Urology to join their dynamic team. This pivotal role involves delivering specialized care to patients with benign urological conditions, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to enhance patient outcomes. The successful candidate will utilize advanced clinical expertise to assess and implement evidence-based interventions while mentoring nursing staff. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a growing team dedicated to improving care pathways and patient experiences in urology, all while fostering a culture of learning and development within the healthcare environment.

Benefits

Professional Development Opportunities

Flexible Working Hours

Comprehensive Training Programs

Supportive Team Environment

Qualifications

• Significant experience in urology specialty as a Band 5 Staff Nurse or equivalent.
• Ability to provide compassionate care and patient education.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor nursing staff in providing high-quality care.
• Engage in clinical research and quality improvement initiatives.

Skills

Compassionate Care

Patient Education

Clinical Assessment

Leadership

Mentorship

Quality Improvement

Education

Registered Nurse (RN Adult)

Degree Level Education

Teaching/Assessing Qualification

Tools

Information Technology

Job description

Clinical Nurse Specialist Benign Urology (XR06)

TheUrology Benign Clinical Nurse Specialist is a highly skilled nursingprofessional responsible for providing specialised care and support topatients with benign urological conditions. This role involves collaborationwith a multidisciplinary team to ensure comprehensive care, patienteducation, and management of urological disorders. The CNS will utiliseadvanced clinical expertise to assess, diagnose, and implement evidence-basedinterventions tailored to individual patient needs.

Provideeducation and counselling to patients and their families regarding diagnosis,treatment options, and self-management strategies.

Mentorand support nursing staff in the management of urological conditions andprocedures.

Participatein clinical research and quality improvement initiatives to enhance patientcare in urology.

Thesuccessful applicant must demonstrate the ability and enthusiasm to developwithin a large specialist nursing team. Show emerging talent for changemanagement, an understanding of effective leadership incorporating the LeedsWay Values. The CNS team is undergoing expansion, and this is an excitingtime to join a developing team working with a Band 7 and Matron to developand improve care and pathways for urological patients.

Expected ShortlistingDate

20/05/2025

Planned InterviewDate

27/05/2025

Main duties of the job

Asa Urology Benign Nurse Specialist, the candidate will engage in a variety ofcritical tasks focused on patient care and clinical support. Theirresponsibilities include:

-Patientassessment to inform treatment plans.

-Careplan development working collaboratively with the MDT to ensure anevidence-based approach to treatment.

-Patienteducation.

-Monitoringand evaluation effectiveness of treatment plans.

-Researchand quality improvement to improve patient outcomes.

-Mentorship,sharing knowledge and expertise to foster a culture of learning and expertisewithin the team.

-Documentationin-line with the Trust Policy.

Theapplicant will act in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Code ofConduct. Provide a specialist nursing service for patients with Benignurological disease who require support and treatment through the continuum ofcare.

Deliveran outstanding service to our patients, and to also build an environment forour team to continue to evolve and thrive.

Providingpathway driven care of patients with Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms, BladderPain Syndrome, Bladder Stones, Catheter care, Andrology and ongoing audit toinfluence expansion of the service.

Provideleadership in clinical practice within Benign remit.

Createexchange of learning opportunities within the MDT in relation to evidencebased Benign urological disease care delivery.

About us

AbdominalMedicine and Surgery is a large clinical services unit based at St JamesHospital, comprising 11 in patient wards that look after patients withconditions varying from; urology, gastroenterology, colorectal, uppergastro-intestinal, HPB, liver transplants and renal, as well as acutesurgery. We are also a regional specialist urology center, and the nursespecialists support this by arranging and treating patients through benignurology pathways.

LeedsTeaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk'members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job advertsare subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or removeadverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in theshortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while thisprocess is completed, and contact the named contact if you have anyquestions.

Job responsibilities

Leadership

Provide a visible clinical lead androle model to the nursing and wider team by delivering high qualitycompassionate care.

Support staff to provide efficient,effective, safe and quality care to patients as an expert practitioner.

Deliver a positive patientexperience.

Support in the delivery of aneffective, evidence based, safe, quality service within budgetary envelope.

Provide support to the clinicalteams to develop new ways of working.

Provide effective leadership in thedevelopment of staff at all levels.

Responsible for the day to daysupervision of junior clinical staff and students within the specialist team.

Motivate staff in the delivery ofquality patient care.

Contribute to the recruitment andselection process.

Contribute to Nursing and Midwiferyobjectives and service improvement.

Supervise clinical delivery of carecompetencies.

Anticipate problems and takepreventative or mitigating actions, or have contingency plans available.

Investigate and respond toaccidents, complaints, untoward incidents and other significant events.

Maintains record of workload andperformance monitoring information and reviews this on a regular basis withteam manager.

Under the direction of the TeamManager participates in or lead the development of specific elements ofnursing practice, reflecting the CSU and Nursing, Midwifery and Allied HealthProfessionals business plans.

Engage users and carers views onservice delivery and development.

Contribute to and implement policyand practice guidelines specific to the clinical specialty, proposing changeswhere appropriate.

Exercises a personal duty of carein relation to equipment, resource and stock control utilising equipment andsupplies appropriately.

Clinical

Provide high quality care as anexpert practitioner and act as a role model and resource for advice, supportand guidance.

Where appropriate to the servicespatient demographic, to developmentally appropriate, young person friendlyhealthcare to support young people; including support for transition, as theymove from childrens into adult services between the ages 11-25 years.

Participates in the setting,monitoring and improvement of standards and quality of patient care.

Undertake clinical procedures wheredexterity and accuracy are required.

Assess, plan, implement andevaluate care and treatments using specialist clinical knowledge and clinicalskills.

Make clinical assessments andtreatment decisions within clearly defined policies and protocols.

Organises own clinical workload.

Undertake duties on wards ordepartments as and when required by service demands or patient need.

Supervise clinical staff to promotethe delivery of excellent clinical standards.

Receives supervision of clinicalcare and outcomes from nurse specialist team leader.

Act in accordance with the relevantprofessional code i.e. NMC,

Fulfil the requirements as directedby the Nursing and Midwifery Council to maintain and revalidate registration.

Ensure and promote the maintenanceof a safe, clean and secure working environment.

Act in such a way that safeguardsthe health and wellbeing of children and vulnerable adults at all times. Isfamiliar with and adheres to, the Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust (LTHT)safeguarding policies.

Raise concerns with regards torisk, danger, malpractice or wrong doing by following the LTHT Whistleblowingpolicy and supporting processes.

Ensure that documentation standardsare maintained in accordance with NMC and LTHT guidelines, whether written orcomputerised.

Promote and maintain positiveworking relationships between all staff, internal and external to the Trust,involved in the care of patients.

Communication

Maintains accurate clinical andother records using the LTHT documentation.

Support patients and theirfamilies, communicating sensitive condition related information, ensuringthey receive required information to enable them to participate in their caredelivery.

Deliver complex information topatients and staff.

Liaisewith external health providers and other agencies (as appropriate) to ensureseamless provision of care delivery.

QualityImprovement & Research

Improve the quality and safety ofour services by being proactive in promoting and supporting the LeedsImprovement Method.

Contribute to quality improvementprogrammes as required.

Keep up to date with andcommunicate service developments, advances and research.

Through the use of audit, localresearch, metrics and feedback continually seek to identify practice thatneeds improvement. Implement and evaluate any resultant improvement plan.

Actively promote patientinvolvement and feedback within service improvements to promote a positivepatient experience Maintain and sustain the momentum of improvements untilthey are firmly embedded into the values and culture of the clinical area.

Undertake audit programmes specificto client group, treatments and developments.

Help to set, monitor and seek tocontinuously improve standards and the quality of patient care, includingthose standards defined in local and national guidance.

Participate in clinical trials asappropriate.

Work closely with Research andInnovation to promote research , disseminate outcomes and findings to supportevidence based practice.

Educationand Training

Provide training and education oflearners and other junior staff

Participate in own and othersappraisals and in the development of own personal development plan andperformance review.

Undertake role specific trainingand competencies.

Provide education and training topatients and their carers.

Keep up to date with developments,advances within the specialty.

Collaborate with other members ofthe team in clinical areas and departments to ensure that the provision ofeducation and training is clear and robust.

Mentorship and supervision ofjunior staff.

Support staff to deliver evidencebased practice and research activities to further enhance patient care.

Undertake mandatory and prioritytraining within the required time scales

Thisdoes not provide an exhaustive list of roles and responsibilities, and thesemay be subject to change with professional and service developments

5.THE LEEDS WAY VALUES

Ourvalues are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see thisas a strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by ourstaff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are:

Accountable

Empowered

Allour actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values

Additionally,the following are core values which relate specifically to this post:

Commitment to delivering highquality evidence based care

Commitment to working in amulti-disciplinary team

Commitment to the specialty area,valuing the contribution of all team members, encouraging a positive andcreative working environment

Commitment to own personal andprofessional development and to the development of others within the team.

Person Specification

Other Criteria

• Able to fulfil Occupational Health requirements for the post (with reasonable adjustments if necessary), including clearance on blood borne viruses in compliance with Trust Policy
• Ability to travel in between Trust premises and patient homes for posts that involve community visits

Skills and Behaviours

• Compassionate and caring Capable of lateral thinking Motivator of self and others
• Positive approach to change Assertive courageous Flexible
• Adaptable Able to manage stress in self and others
• Competent in written and verbal skills. Competent in communicating over the telephone. Competent on the use of information technology.

Experience

• Current issues in healthcare
• Significant and recent relevant experience working as a Band 5 Staff Nurse or equivalent post registration experience within urology speciality.
• Audit & Standard setting
• Experience of clinical audit and standard setting

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse (RN Adult)
• Recognised teaching/assessing qualification or equivalent experience of teaching and assessment
• Evidence of continued professional development
• Willing to undergo training as necessary
• Degree Level Education or evidence of working towards.

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.