Urology Nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

Purpose

To provide specialist advice to support the assessment, planning and management of patients accessing the Urology Service.

• To provide clinical expertise within Urology Clinical team, acting as a role model in the delivery of patient care.
• Carry out nurse led procedures and clinics.
• The post holder will work closely with the multi-disciplinary team locally and externally to ensure standards of care maintained and work within the Urology service to promote service development within the speciality.
• The Clinical Nurse will practice in collaboration with the lead CNS and wider multi-disciplinary team to assess, plan and implement patients care and provide highly specialist advice.
• Act as a key worker to provide information and support for patients accessing the Urology Service.
• The post holder will have the knowledge and skills to work autonomously managing his/ her caseload of patients.
• The post holder is expected to act in a manner consistent with the NMC Code of Professional Conduct, carrying out his/her duties in accordance with Trust policies and procedures.

Main duties and Responsibilities

• Ensure patient safety is maintained.
• To undertake assessment, planning and evaluation of urology patients.
• To promote a culture of demonstrable best practice and integrated evidence based practice.
• To provide specialist clinical advice, support and education to professions/ staff and patients.
• Act as patient advocate where relevant, facilitating informed discussion concerning treatment options and ensuring informed consent.
• Work collaboratively and co-operatively with clinical colleagues to ensure a cost effective and quality Urology Service.
• To work within the urology unit, carrying out nurse led procedures such as assessment of voiding conditions, bladder instillations, Hormone injections for prostate cancer, complex catheter changes and assisting with prostate biopsy/urodynamics.
• Offering support and advice to ward areas in relation to Urological problems and where necessary provide outreach services
• Ability to communicate and coordinate with the multi-professional teams locally, and with referring units.
• The Clinical Nurse Specialist will initiate and contribute to improving patients pathways within the service.
• Act as patient advocate where relevant, facilitating informed discussion concerning treatment options and ensuring informed consent.
• Provide specialist information and support to urology patients in the urology unit/ward areas and OPD.
• Participate in nurse led clinics to meet the patients need and service demand.
• Establish and maintain effective communication with various individuals and groups on highly complex potentially stressful topics in a range of situations including supporting patients and their relatives/carers through the diagnosis, management and prognosis of urological cancer.
• To have an understanding of the Mental Capacity Act and Deprivation of Liberty and be able to apply to this in clinical practice.
• To have an understanding of safeguarding, being able to appropriately identify those patients at risk, managing referrals and assist with investigations in line with Trust Policy and Procedure.
• To provide support and care for the patient and his/her family respecting their need for privacy and dignity.
• Be professionally responsible for adherence to Trust policies and procedures.
• Produce written communications which are clear, fluent, concise and easily understood.
• Carry out nursing procedures and treatments in accordance with approved procedures.
• Ensure the delivery of evidence-based nursing care in accordance with NMC Code of Professional Conduct within the clinical care area as an autonomous practitioner.
• Apply current research findings to clinical care and actively disseminate these findings.
• Liaise closely local patient support groups and support the facilitation of urology cancer support groups.
• Attend and participate in service Urology meetings, conferences and professional forums locally and nationally to support best practice.
• To continue own professional development in line with NMC guidelines and NMC revalidation
• To participate and support the process of Clinical Supervision within the Service.

Person Specification

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

• Surgical experience which incorporates caring for patients who have undergone urological surgery.
• Proven interest in working within Urology Care Clinical setting.
• 3 years post registration.
• Evidence of multi-disciplinary team working

Qualification and Professional Training

Essential

• NMC registration
• Degree level education or equilvant

Desirable

• Post registration qualification in specialist area
• Advanced communication course

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Provide specialist advice to patients/clients, carers, relatives in relation to condition
• IT and word processing skills
• Able to manage work autonomously
• Knowledge of professional and NHS issues, and policy relating to specialist area
• Able to present information to professional groups.
• Able to perform assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of nursing care.

Desirable

• Able to participate/undertake clinical audit & research

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to perform in stressful and complex situation
• Sound clinical reasoning & decision making
• Flexible

Trust Values

Essential

• Effective open Communication
• Excellence and safety in all that we do
• Challenge but support
• Expect respect and dignity
• Local Healthcare that inspires confidence

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust

Address

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust

College street

Nuneaton

CV10 7DJ

Employer's website

http://www.geh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)