Clinical Nurse Specialist - Urology

Royal Marsden; Greater London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a world-leading cancer center as a Uro-Oncology Nurse, where your expertise will support patients through their cancer journey. This full-time role involves providing essential nursing care, education, and advice to patients with prostate cancer. You'll work collaboratively with a dedicated team to ensure the highest quality of care, while also contributing to the development of patient information and policies. With opportunities for professional growth and a commitment to excellence, this position offers a rewarding career path in a dynamic and supportive environment.

Benefits

Flexible Working Opportunities

Learning and Development Opportunities

Staff Benefits

Dynamic Working Environment

Qualifications

• Evidence of ongoing professional development in nursing.
• Experience in Urology or Oncology is essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide professional and clinical leadership in patient care.
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams for patient-centered care.
• Formulate and revise policies and guidelines for patient care.

Skills

Venepuncture

Cannulation

Interpersonal Skills

Education

First Level Degree in Relevant Subject

Teaching Qualification/Experience

Higher Degree or Willingness to Undertake One

Job description

An opportunity has arisen for an experienced Uro-Oncology Nurse, at Band 7, to join our team to provide support, patient education and advice to patients with prostate cancer, from diagnosis, through treatment and follow-up.

This full time role, will predominantly be based at our Sutton site however cross site cover at Chelsea or our other sites may be required. The post holder will be providing nursing support and advice for patients, wards and colleagues. The post holder will have commitments to providing care in both the Private and NHS settings.

The successful post holder will have excellent interpersonal skills and a professional manner, be able to prioritise and organise their workload and work well under pressure.

Main duties of the job

• To assist in the provision of professional and clinical leadership and expertise in the care of the patient under your care, acting as a resource and consultant to provide information and support to patients, carers and staff.
• To liaise effectively with all members of the multi-disciplinary health care team so as to achieve a synchronised specialist service.
• To develop or contribute to the formulation of patient information.
• To develop or contribute to the formulation of policies.
• To provide informal and formal teaching, for patients, staff and carers as relevant e.g. academic courses provided by The School.

Working for our organisation

The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals – one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey – as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.

At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.

At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification:

• To sustain a high-quality specialist service for the patient, from diagnosis through all stages of the disease. In particular to provide support, education, and counselling advice on treatment related issues with other members of the multi-disciplinary team.
• To collaborate with Cancer Care teams, both within The Trust and with primary and acute care providers to ensure a streamlined patient-centred care pathway.
• In collaboration with the Lead Nurse, Lead CNS, Advanced Nurse Practitioners and Clinical Nurse Specialists, and other members of the multi-disciplinary team, formulate and/or revise relevant policies and guidelines, and to regularly review them following changes / implementation. To always work within the policies and procedures of The Trust.
• To sustain a high quality specialist service for patients suffering from side effects of cancer treatments.

Person specification

Education

• Evidence of ongoing professional development
• First level degree in relevant subject
• Higher degree or willingness to undertake one
• Teaching qualification/experience

Experience

• Experience in Urology or Oncology
• Post-Registration Qualification relevant to speciality First and/or Higher Degree
• Experience in research

Skills

• Venepuncture and/or cannulation skills

The Royal Marsden values diversity and is committed to the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority groups. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities.

As a Disability Confident Employer, we are working to create a workplace that enables all staff to reach their full potential. We are committed to this because we know that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even greater positive impact for the people we serve.

Due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications. We advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment.

All applicants will be contacted by email to the address supplied on your application. Applicants are advised to check their email accounts regularly and to ensure that email filters are set to allow our emails.

Flu Vaccination – What We Expect of our Staff

At The Royal Marsden we have an immune compromised patient population who we must protect as much as we can against the flu virus. Each year, seasonal flu affects thousands of people in the UK. Occurring mainly in winter, it is an infectious respiratory disease capable of producing symptoms ranging from those similar to a common cold, through to very severe or even fatal disease.

The wellbeing of our staff and patients is of the upmost importance to us, and it is the expectation of The Royal Marsden that all patient-facing staff have an annual flu vaccination, provided free of charge by the Trust.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.