Deputy Head Nurse

Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust; Northampton; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Northamptonshire seeks a Urology Specialist Nurse to join their team. The role focuses on delivering patient-centred care for individuals with prostate cancer, ensuring they receive expert support and coordinated communication throughout their treatment journey. Key responsibilities include conducting Holistic Needs Assessments and leading on care plans while working closely with the multidisciplinary team.

Benefits

Access to Macmillan resources

Professional development opportunities

Supportive work environment

Qualifications

• Ability to implement Personalised Care and conduct Holistic Needs Assessments.
• Demonstrated competence in providing psychological support for patients and carers.
• Experience in a clinical setting with a focus on cancer care.

Responsibilities

• Support Prostate Clinical Nurse Specialists in delivering high-quality care.
• Implement Personalised Care at key stages of the patient's journey.
• Attend multidisciplinary team meetings and contribute to patient care planning.

Skills

Patient-centred care

Supportive communication

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Emotional intelligence

Education

Registered Nurse qualification

Job description

Our fabulous Urology Specialist Nursing Team are excited to offer this newly created Band 6 post. As part of the team, you will be supporting our patients on their Cancer Pathway journey – ensuring their emotional, psychological and physical health needs are met. Here at NGH we are fortunate to have a bespoke pathway and team for our Urology patients, with access and support from them to support your own journey. As part of the Macmillan family, you will have access to their resources.

Working as a core member of the Urology multidisciplinary team, the post holder will provide high‑quality, patient‑centred care, ensuring patients/carers living with prostate cancer have access to expert information, advice and support from the point of diagnosis. The post holder will act as the main point of contact, supporting a caseload of patients, liaising with other healthcare professionals within the MDT, primary and secondary care to ensure a seamless service for patients and their families.

Our Excellence Values

• Compassion
• Accountability
• Respect
• Integrity
• Courage

Responsibilities

• Support the Prostate Clinical Nurse Specialists in the delivery of an innovative, high‑quality service to those living with prostate cancer.
• Implement the key elements of Personalised Care, ensuring patients are offered a Holistic Needs Assessment/care planning at key stages in the pathway and an End of Treatment Summary and Health and Wellbeing opportunities.
• Work across both Kettering and Northampton hospital sites, where required.
• Undertake a HNA at key stages in the pathway using a recognised tool, ensuring all patient needs are identified.
• Use supportive conversations to develop and implement plans of care to meet the individual needs of patients/carers, reviewing and adapting as their clinical situation changes.
• Attend the weekly specialist multidisciplinary team meeting, contributing to discussion and patient assessment/care planning decisions.
• Review patients admitted as an emergency, working with the admitting team to agree and implement an appropriate management plan.
• Provide advice on symptom management, referring those with complex needs to the Macmillan Specialist Palliative Care Team.
• Demonstrate enhanced practice in planning, implementing and evaluating nursing care, documenting outcomes in hospital notes and on the Somerset Cancer Register.
• Provide Level 2 psychological support for patients/carers and refer those with complex needs to the Macmillan Clinical Psychologist.
• Support patient and carer communication issues and coordinate the patient's pathway, acting as point of contact or nominating the main point of contact.
• Ensure patients receive specialist verbal and written information at the appropriate point in their illness experience, signposting to the Macmillan Information Centre and Maggie’s.
• Become acquainted with local and regional care pathways, including knowledge of contact points for referral and advice.
• Identify and meet the educational needs of those living with prostate cancer.
• Demonstrate knowledge of the clinical trials relevant to prostate cancer.
• Ensure palliative care needs are identified and met, referring patients with complex needs to the Macmillan Specialist Palliative Care Team.
• Identify the patient's Preferred Place of Care, ensuring patients can be discharged to their place of choice where possible.
• Support patients under the AMBER Care Bundle pathway.
• Ensure patients/carers are supported during significant consultations, acting as the patient's advocate.
• Promote a culture that supports self‑management strategies and the dedicated cancer You‑Tube channel.
• Work in line with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
• Promote collaborative working relationships and effective communication between all members of the multidisciplinary team and across care boundaries.
• Provide nursing advice and support to other health professionals related to prostate cancer.
• Identify own personal development needs and ensure they are met, engaging with learning and development opportunities offered by Macmillan Cancer Support.
• Maintain a personal professional profile, demonstrating evidence for revalidation.
• Participate in the formal review process and plan future personal development and competencies to be achieved.

At Northampton General Hospital we provide general acute services and hyper‑acute stroke, vascular and renal services, as well as cancer services to a wider population of Northamptonshire and parts of Buckinghamshire. We are proud to be the first hospital in the UK to have obtained Pathway to Excellence® designated accreditation from the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC).

UHN encourages applications from people who identify from all protected groups. We understand the need to work with colleagues from diverse backgrounds and ensure an inclusive, collaborative environment. We have active networks that promote and support colleagues from all backgrounds and have signed the Armed Forces Covenant, achieving a Silver Award under the Armed Forces Employer Recognition Scheme.

Apply today and join the largest family in Northamptonshire.