Registered Nurse - Urology

NHS; Colchester; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization in Colchester is looking for a Registered Nurse specializing in Urology. You will join a team dedicated to delivering high-quality urology care, assisting in procedures and clinics, and developing your clinical skills. Candidates must have a valid nursing qualification and relevant experience. This position offers opportunities for professional growth and a supportive working environment.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata)

Access to a range of NHS discounts

Staff Health and Wellbeing programme

Qualifications

• Registered nurse experience in an acute area.
• Knowledge and understanding of evidence based practice.
• Understanding and ability to apply clinical governance principles to practice.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the delivery of a patient-centered, clinically effective urology service.
• Work as a member of the team to provide high quality care to urology patients.
• Ensure safe, holistic and individualised patient care is delivered at all times.

Skills

Ability to work as an effective team member

Ability to communicate at appropriate level both written and verbally

Ability to manage own workload

Education

Registered Nurse Level 1 or 2

Evidence of continuing professional development

Relevant teaching and mentoring qualification

Job description

Go back East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Registered Nurse - Urology

The closing date is 16 December 2025

Are you passionate about delivering high quality care? Are you highly motivated, enthusiastic and looking to work in a fast paced environment? Look no further! Colchester Hospital has an opportunity for a Urology Nurse in our Urology Day Unit (UDU).

In this post you will have the opportunity to learn more about the Urology specialty and learn new extended skills. This will include undertaking urology nursing skills, for example, assisting in flexible cystoscopy, prostate biopsies, lithotripsy, running nurse‑led clinics such as trial without catheter (TWOC), intermittent self‑catheterisation/dilatation (ISC/ISD) teaching in Colchester under the direction of the Urology Nurse Practitioners.

You will have the full support of experienced urology nurses who are willing to support you to meet your training needs. You will also be supported to reach the competence required to help deliver the urology service and to develop your clinical skills to enhance your patient care.

Why not come and support our team of nurses and other healthcare professionals, and gain valuable experience in the Urology specialism.

If you think you have the passion to ensure the continued development of the Urology services the Trust provides, please contact us.

Please note internal candidates will be offered a secondment position only.

Main duties of the job

• You will assist in the delivery of a patient‑centred, clinically effective and dynamic service from the patient's admission to the unit to discharge. You should be caring, compassionate, forward thinking, well organised and have a positive attitude towards flexibility and change.
• In this role you will work as a member of the team to achieve the unit's objectives contained of providing high quality care to our urology patients.
• You will ensure safe, holistic and individualised patient care is delivered at all times.
• You will undertake urology nursing skills, for example running nurse‑led clinics such as trial without catheter (TWOC), intermittent self‑catheterisation/dilatation (ISC/ISD) in Colchester under the direction of the urology nurse practitioners.
• You will admit patients for procedures such as ESWL, template biopsies and cystoscopy, and ensure the smooth running of these clinics.
• You will assist with procedures such as cystoscopy and template biopsies, as well as overseeing and ensuring the smooth running of flow rate clinics.
• You will also use clinical expertise and collaborative working to review urology services and make recommendations for improvement.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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Job responsibilities

For full details of the duties & responsibilities of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse Level 1 or 2.
• Evidence of continuing professional development.
• Relevant teaching and mentoring qualification.

Experience

• Registered nurse experience in an acute area.

Skills

• Ability to work as an effective team member.
• Ability to communicate at appropriate level both written and verbally.
• Ability to manage own workload.

Knowledge

• Knowledge and understanding of evidence based practice.
• Understanding and ability to apply clinical governance principles to practice.
• Knowledge of infection control and Knowledge of developments in Urology and current issues driving nursing in general.
• Ability to disseminate knowledge to others.
• Decontamination issues.

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.

East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust