Clinical Nurse Specialist - Urology

Job description

Job responsibilities

MAIN PURPOSE OF THIS POST:

Clinical Management

To be a self directed, autonomous practitioner working at an advanced level, able to undertake the assessment of individuals within the remit of the key worker role. To be a clinical expert in the field of cancer, providing expert advice to patients, families and staff to enhance the patient journey. To promote a patient focused multidisciplinary approach to care in collaboration with carers, health professional and other agencies.

Operational Management

To assist in supporting and advising and advancing service delivery within NHSV cancer services ensuring key criteria are met and targets are delivered. Contribute to the development, implementation and monitoring of evidenced based standards, guidelines and patient pathways.

Resource Management

Effectively managing resources in all forms (where relevant) and ensuring a pro active approach to managing resources.

Education and Training

Keeping up with current developments and trends in clinical practice to include identifying own and team learning and education needs, maintaining competency requirements, portraying a positive image and supporting the ward/department team. Participate in the teaching and training of staff across the unit to develop others knowledge, skills and competence.

Ensuring Quality

Ensuring the highest quality of practice and care through effective monitoring of own and others clinical competence. Maintain awareness of the national, professional and local quality issues relevant to the delivery of the specialist service area. Participation in the audit processes for monitoring and reviewing quality, leading to improvement of services for patients.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES:

Clinical Management

• Demonstrates competent clinical practice at all times, is accountable for own actions and acts as a role model

• Ensures that they and others can appropriately assess, plan, implement and evaluate the care they provide

• Ensures that they and others respect the principles of patient privacy, dignity, autonomy and confidentiality

• Provides patients, families and carers with expert, unbiased information regarding the causes, care and management of their condition

• Assumes the role of key worker for patients within their care, providing continuity of care

• Promotes effective team working to maximise effectiveness of service provision

• Facilitates a seamless patient journey from admission to discharge

Care Management

• To ensure all staff are kept up to date in a timely manner with any changes to the patients care and / or needs

• Ensures that accurate and contemporaneous patient and staff records are maintained which are stored correctly and safely

• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate care to address complex and changing needs

• Ensures that nursing care is delivered and changed in accordance with clinical plans, acts as a supervisor to the clinical team and advocate to the patient

• Demonstrates competence in any emergency situation

• Ensures that all staff adhere to appropriate nursing, national and NMC guidelines at all times

• To be responsible for ensuring that all staff adhere to all necessary policies and procedures

• Facilitates multi-disciplinary team working encouraging referral to appropriate professionals/agencies as necessary

Resource Management

• Ensures all staff members make efficient use of available resources with regard to budgetary constraints and business objectives

• Maximises revenue capture from patient care

• Delivers clinical services cost effectively

• Prioritises own time effectively whilst meeting the needs of the service

• Ensures that patients are aware of what resources are available to them during their treatment

• Supports role modernisation and working in new ways

• Facilitates a seamless patient journey from admission to discharge

Education & Training

• To provide expert advice and support colleagues

• To educate patients and their families / carers as required and when a need has been identified

• Continually seeks to develop own and staff clinical skills to meet service users expectations

• Participates in Clinical Competency programme, ensuring that all mandatory and clinical skills training is undertaken and kept up to date

• Supports, mentors and acts as role model for junior staff assisting their learning and application of theory to practice

• Help to maintain and provide a suitable learning environment

• Participates in policy making activities that influence clinical management development

• Assists in audit and quality assessment processes

• Assesses and manages risk, ensuring safe environment for patients, staff and colleagues

• Develops clinical standards and monitors their effectiveness

• Understands and contributes to clinical governance processes

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• NMC Registered Nurse
• Oncology Urology experience

Desirable

• Evidence of developing & leading nurse led clinics

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.

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

HCA Healthcare UK

Address

Private Care at Guys

Great Maze Pond Street

London

SE1 9RT

Employer's website

https://www.hcahealthcare.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)