Job summary
- Main area
- Urology
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 180-B-247461
- Employer
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Addenbrookes Hospital-Division B
- Town
- Cambridge
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 p.a. pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 01/01/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 08/01/2025
Employer heading
Clinical Nurse Specialist - Urology
Band 7
Job overview
Our Cancer Directorate is inviting applications from ambitious experienced Nurses who are interested to enhance their experience, to join the existing Clinical Nurse Specialists in Urology. This job is to support Bladder cancer diagnostics, treatment follow up Nurse lead services and enhanced recovery.
You will be working in a multi-disciplinary team that provides surgical oncology treatment to people with bladder cancer. Â You will be influencing the care that they receive attending clinics and have a vital role in support enhanced recovery programme in bladder cancer treatment pathway, developing and undertaking Nurse led bladder cancer treatment and follow up clinics. You will be working closely with medical team and involved in service development.
You will demonstrate a high degree of knowledge of Bladder cancer care and/or in enhanced recovery programme. You will demonstrate proficiency in patient assessment,urostomy care and be able to have skilled and sensitive conversations. You will provide clinical leadership, influencing others to provide the highest levels of safe and effective care and a positive patient experience.Â
We are committed to career progression and the wellbeing of our staff. You will be offered mentorship and clinical supervision. We have a number of competency packages for you to work through as part of this role and you will be given support to progress through these.
Main duties of the job
The post holder is a recognised expert in the specialty, responsible for assessing, developing and implementing specialist nursing care programmes and undertaking specialist nursing procedures and supporting enhanced recovery in bladder cancer pathway.
Responsible for providing specialist advice and support to, and liaising with, other staff. This includes the provision of specialist education and training for other staff and students
Responsible for implementing a clearly defined integrated approach to patient care encompassing new treatments and evidence based nurse-led care
Required to undertake research and lead clinical audits in own specialist area.
Require to run nurse-led treatment and follow up clinics in bladder cancer pathway.
Working for our organisation
Come Nurse with us…
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the country. It comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital. We provide accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge and regional and national specialist services. It’s a great place to nurse, work and live.Â
You will work on a vibrant hospital campus with a friendly community feel; we have excellent facilities to practise your skills and abilities to support your career pathway and development. Our values of Together – Safe, Kind, Excellent support the delivery of outstanding care. We have a fully electronic patient record system that is improving health-care quality; this is transforming services, improving patient safety and clinical outcomes.
Why choose Cambridge University Hospitals?
• Our values and reputation for outstanding care
• Opportunities to experience a range of specialities
• Career and development opportunities
• Preceptorship and mentoring programmes delivered by a dedicated clinical education support team
• Research experience and opportunities
• Lovely location and quality of life
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
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This vacancy will close at midnight on 1 January 2025
Interviews are due to be held on 8 January 2025
Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.Â
On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.
CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse educated to Degree level or willingness to undertake
- Post registration qualification in urology
- Evidence of continuous professional development.
- Male catheterisation.
- Stoma siting and care competency.
- Advanced communication skills or willingness to undertake.
- Psychological assessment skills or willingness to undertake.
Desirable criteria
- Advanced clinical assessment
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant relevant experience in urology or surgery.
- Experience in managing post Cystectomy patients and enhanced recovery.
- Experience in supporting patients with Urostomy.
- Accept personal accountability for own practice.
- Experience of formal/informal teaching.
- Experience of initiating change
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Understanding of evidence-based practice.
- Understanding of Clinical Governance.
- Understand of patient pathways its complexities and how to support the patient through this
Skills
Essential criteria
- Good verbal and written communication skills.
- Capable of working as an integral member of a small team.
- Adaptable to changing situations due workload and colleagues’ needs.
- Ability to undertake teaching of staff and patients.
- Leadership skills.
- Ability to work unsupervised and manage own workload; effective time-management.
- Effective interpersonal skills.
- Ability to lead developments in practice.
- Commitment to multidisciplinary working.
- Demonstrate analytical and judgmental skills.
- Ability to quickly appraise situation and act accordingly
Desirable criteria
- Willingness to undertake flexible cystscopy training
Additional Requirements
Essential criteria
- To act in a professional manner at all times in accordance with NMC Code of Conduct.
- Capable of developing liaisons with other practice areas/academic institutions.
- The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of safe, kind, excellent.
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of broader issues related to specialty – political and Trust.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Vineetha Thankappan Nair
- Job title
- Nurse Consultant Prostate Cancer
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01223 216897
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