Urology Benign Specialist Nurse

Integrated Care System; Gillingham; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider is seeking a Urology Clinical Nurse Specialist to deliver high standards of care for patients with benign urological conditions. This role involves assessing and implementing nursing care plans, while supporting junior staff and contributing to educational initiatives. The ideal candidate will have a nursing qualification and experience in urology. Competitive salary with opportunities for career development and flexible working arrangements is offered.

Benefits

Career development opportunities

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• Experience in providing nursing care for urological patients.
• Ability to oversee outpatient services and mentor junior staff.
• Understanding of urological procedures and patient support.

Responsibilities

• Assess, plan, and evaluate nursing care for urology patients.
• Support and mentor junior staff within the multidisciplinary team.
• Organize caseloads and manage nurse-led clinics for urological care.

Skills

Nursing care assessment

Catheter care

Patient education

Urodynamics knowledge

Education

Nursing qualification

Job description

Salary: £38,368 - £54,710 The post would be considered as a development to band 7 once the competency has been completed

Interview Date: 19th August 2025

We are recruiting for a Urology Clinical Nurse Specialist - Benign who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and have the drive to take us forward, ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and staff.

The Medway NHS Foundation Trust is the West Kent Urology Cancer/Benign Centre, serving a diverse population of over 700,000. The Urology Department offers a variety of services to the local urology population and aims to develop and expand these services to meet growing needs. This job description outlines the main responsibilities of the post, but duties may change and develop over time, and this description may be amended in consultation with the post holder.

Main duties of the job

• Assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating nursing care, utilizing research findings as appropriate.
• Supporting, advising, and teaching catheter care for patients with long-term indwelling catheters.
• Providing additional assessment and performing uroflowmetry and bladder scanning. Assisting with, performing, interpreting, and planning care for specialist investigations such as Urodynamics Study and PTNS within role expectations.
• Teaching patients and carers intermittent self-catheterisation and self-dilatation.
• Providing a one-stop assessment for patients referred with lower urinary tract symptoms, trial without a catheter, urinary retention, or as walk-in patients to the clinic.
• Initiating or participating in clinical audit/research projects and urology presentations. Setting up new nurse-led urology clinics to benefit patients and the department.
• Liaising with the multidisciplinary team to provide efficient and effective care that meets service needs.

Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open, and Together. It is important that you understand and refer to these values when completing your application and throughout your employment with the Trust.

We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every recruitment stage.

Join us to contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team. Apply today.

About us

Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of the Best of Care by the Best of People providing excellent care, every time?

At Medway, we pride ourselves on working together to achieve our shared vision for our patients.

As a key partner in local healthcare, we aim to deliver this through our Trust-wide strategy - Patient First. Using an Operational Excellence approach, we are over a year into our Patient First deployment. We seek creative, skilled individuals to join our Transformation Team and support this journey.

Our culture and values are central to who we are:

• B - Bold
• E - Every person counts
• S - Sharing and open
• T - Together

Our Trust is an excellent place for career development in an ambitious, dynamic environment. We offer flexible working opportunities and benefits tailored to individual and family needs.

Job responsibilities

The CNS will work autonomously and as a key member of the multidisciplinary Urology team to provide high standards of care for patients with benign urological conditions.

Responsibilities include overseeing outpatient urology services, supporting the Emergency Department, supervising and mentoring junior staff, and participating in teaching, audits, and research. The post holder will develop expertise in support, follow-up, and advanced assessment in benign urology pathways.

The role involves planning and organizing caseloads, developing organizational and clinical skills, and completing competencies for nurse-led clinics such as telephone clinics, TWOC, CISD/CISC clinics, bladder instillations, female continence clinics, PTNS, UDS, catheter clinics, erectile dysfunction clinics, and BCG/Mitomycin clinics, with potential progression to Band 7 within two years.

The post includes performing urological procedures, providing treatment, diagnosing, and planning care, as well as offering emotional and informational support to patients and families affected by benign and cancerous urological conditions.