Uro-Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist - Prostate

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career development

Flexible working

Wellbeing support

Cycle to Work

Car lease schemes

Season ticket loan

Onsite leisure facilities

Job summary

Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust is seeking an experienced nurse to join the Uro-Oncology CNS team at Charing Cross Hospital in London. You will provide expert nursing care for patients with urological cancers across the care pathway and act as a key worker coordinating complex uro-oncology care.

You will work autonomously, contribute to education and service development, and participate in MDT discussions to ensure timely, patient-centred care.

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with experience in urology and oncology.
• Excellent clinical, communication and organisational skills.
• Strong interest in uro-oncology and education/service development.

Responsibilities

• Deliver expert, specialist nursing care to patients with suspected or confirmed urological cancers across the diagnostic to palliative pathways.
• Undertake comprehensive specialist assessments, identify needs, and coordinate complex uro-oncology pathways.
• Act as a key worker and point of contact for patients and families, providing information and psychological support.
• Collaborate with the Uro-Oncology MDT to ensure coordinated, safe patient pathways.

Skills

Uro-oncology nursing

Autonomous practitioner

Clinical communication

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Education

Registered nurse (RN)

Tools

Assessment & care planning

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced and motivated nurse to join our Uro-Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist team at Charing cross hospital, specialising in Renal and testicular Cancer.

The successful candidate will work as an autonomous specialist practitioner, providing expert nursing care, advice and support to patients with suspected or confirmed urological malignancies throughout their cancer pathway. Working closely with the multidisciplinary team, the CNS will act as a key worker, manage a specialist caseload, contribute to nurse-led services and support the delivery of timely, personalised and patient-centred cancer care.

We are looking for an experienced nurse with excellent clinical, communication and organisational skills and a strong interest in urology and oncology. The role also provides opportunities to contribute to education, service development, audit and the ongoing development of the Uro-Oncology CNS service.

• Deliver expert, specialist nursing care to patients with suspected or confirmed urological cancers, supporting individuals throughout the diagnostic, treatment, surveillance, survivorship and palliative pathways.


• Act as an autonomous practitioner, undertaking comprehensive specialist assessments, identifying individual patient needs, developing appropriate management plans and coordinating complex uro-oncology pathways.


• Act as a key worker and consistent point of contact for patients and their families, providing timely specialist advice, information, education and psychological support throughout their cancer journey.


• Work collaboratively as an integral member of the Uro-Oncology Multidisciplinary Team (MDT), contributing specialist nursing expertise to clinical decision-making and ensuring coordinated, safe and effective patient pathways.

At Imperial College Healthcare you can achieve extraordinary things with extraordinary people, working with leading clinicians pushing boundaries in patient care.

Become part of a vibrant team living our values - expert, kind, collaborative and aspirational. You’ll get an experience like no other and will fast forward your career. Benefits include career development, flexible working and wellbeing, staff recognition scheme. Make use of optional benefits including Cycle to Work, car lease schemes, season ticket loan or membership options for onsite leisure facilities.

We are committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and will consider applications to work flexibly, part time or job share. Please talk to us at interview.

Environmental sustainability

Climate change and poor air quality is a health emergency that harms people’s health and wellbeing and widens health inequalities. The Trust is also committed to reducing its impact on the environment by reducing our greenhouse gas emissions to Net Zero by 2045. All our employees have a role to play, and we have an active green network that supports staff to act in ways that ensures that our services are efficient, sustainable and reduce our impact on the environment www.imperial.nhs.uk/about-us/our-strategy/green-plan.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Alexandra Forde Job title: Team Lead Uro-Oncology CNS Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 02033115417