Urology Specialist Nurse B7

Royal Surrey Nhs Foundation Trust; Guildford; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

The Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Urology Specialist Nurse within The Stokes Centre of Urology in Guildford. You will lead specialist nursing care for penile cancer and andrological conditions, delivering urodynamic assessments and catheter management as part of the patient pathway.

Join a forward-thinking, multidisciplinary team where research, audit and clinical excellence are encouraged, with strong emphasis on education, development and patient-centred care.

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with current UK registration.
• Recent post-qualification experience in urology setting.
• Evidence of ongoing professional development.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate specialist clinical excellence in urology and manage complex caseloads.
• Autonomously assess, plan and implement care for urology patients.
• Provide expert nurse-led urodynamic service and video-urodynamic services.

Skills

Registered Nurse

Professional updating knowledge

Urology experience

Education

ENB 998 or Certificate in Education

Masters degree or advanced nursing modules (assessment / prescribing)

Job description

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to become a part of an innovative Urology Team, within The Stokes Centre of Urology at Guildford. Due to retirement, a vacancy has opened for a Urology Specialist Nurse. This role will have a variety of responsibilities, including being a vital role in the care of penile cancer and andrological conditions, as well as Urodynamic assessments and Trial without catheter/complex catheter changes. We are seeking an exceptional, highly motivated individual Clinical Nurse Specialist who will act as the primary point of contact for these patients, through their care pathway, from initial diagnosis and surgery, to long term rehabilitation and psychosexual support. We offer a supportive and forward thinking, multidisciplinary team environment.

• Independently manage a number of Urological conditions, both cancerous and benign.
• To independently and autonomously assess, plan and implement the specialised care of a varied workload of urology patients within an individual caseload and managerially be responsible for maintaining their associated records
• Facilitate the delivery of clinical excellence by undertaking research and leading clinical audit in specialist area

About us

Royal Surrey is a compassionate and collaborative acute and community Trust. Recognising that our 5000 colleagues are our greatest strength, we offer a comprehensive health and wellbeing program along with a commitment to developing and advancing your career. Our diverse and welcoming Royal Surrey family will ensure you that you feel valued from your initial interview through your entire tenure. We are clinically led and provide joined up care by bridging the gap between hospital and community services alongside regional specialist cancer care. Our main acute hospital site is in Guildford with community hospital sites at Milford, Haslemere and Cranleigh. We provide adult community health services in homes across Guildford and Waverley. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) have given us an overall rating of Outstanding. Royal Surrey has a strong reputation and history to build on. We are proud of our achievements and we are investing in our colleagues through our commitment to supporting professional development as well as investing more than £45 million in our physical environment and new equipment in the next few years. There has never been a better time to join us.

Job responsibilities

• Demonstrate specialist clinical excellence in urology using patient assessment and clinical interpretation skills in order to employ the appropriate action in response to patient conditions
• To autonomously manage own caseload, demonstrating time management skills and utilising problem-solving techniques and clinical interpretation skills in practice
• Provide an expert nurse-led highly specialist urodynamic service for urological and gynaecological patients
• Provide a highly specialised video-urodynamic service for urological / gynaecological patients in conjunction with urology consultants
• To provide a highly specialised service in the assessment, management and follow-up of patients with prostate cancer, giving potentially life changing bad news following a diagnosis of prostate cancer
• Attend regular Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) meetings, providing and receiving communication to and from the urology/oncology team regarding the onward pathway for the cancer patient; negotiating treatment recommendations to the team and undertaking these in a timely fashion.

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Nurse
• Demonstrates professional updating of knowledge
• Recent post qualification or equivalent experience in urology setting

Desirable

• ENB 998 or Certificate in Education.
• Certificate in Advanced Communication
• Masters degree or modules at Masters level, such as advanced assessment or Nurse Prescribing

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• an demonstrate up-to-date clinical credibility / competence
• Knowledge of clinical governance issues such as complaints handling, clinical risk management
• Knowledge of current NHS and Professional issues
• Evidence of achievements in practice development and quality improvement projects
• Evidence of research based practice
• Evidence of changing practice and project management, including policy changes
• Management of change

Desirable

• Evidence of advanced skills in practice i.e. iv additives, catheterisation, prostate ultrasound

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. Applicants must have current UK professional registration.