Urology Nurse CNS

Job description

Job responsibilities

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.

For more information about this role, please refer to the Job Description and Personal Specification.

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

Desirable

• experience of working as urology CNS

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)