Job Overview (Advanced Nursing Jobs)
The Advanced Urology Cancer Nurse role is a newly established position designed to lead the nurse-led TP biopsy service. This post will work within a team of nurses possessing specialist skills, knowledge, and experience in urological cancer care, providing expert support and information to patients and their families throughout the cancer pathway. The role involves collaboration with a multi-disciplinary team of healthcare professionals and specialist cancer providers to manage patients across care pathways. As an expert practitioner, the position entails assessing and initiating treatment as appropriate within agreed protocols.
Main Duties of the Job
- Serve as an expert practitioner by assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating specialist nursing care for patients requiring urological investigations and treatments, including a nurse-led TP biopsy service.
- Collaborate with the multi-disciplinary team to ensure patients with urological malignancies receive the highest standard of care and support from diagnosis through the cancer pathway.
- Provide expert advice on urological issues to clinical staff.
- Act as a patient advocate, offering expert advice and comprehensive written and verbal information on treatment options to enable informed decisions.
- Establish and maintain coordination of care for patients through diagnosis, planning, treatment, and follow-up, liaising with service providers to ensure a seamless pathway.
- Conduct nurse-led clinics for assessment and cancer follow-up, initiating investigations, recommending treatments, referring to other agencies, or discharging patients as appropriate.
- Autonomously provide ongoing support for a large number of cancer patients with open access to the urology CNS service, including patients awaiting results, newly diagnosed patients, and those with advanced disease.
Working for the Organisation
The urology outpatient service manages cancer and benign patients in outpatient settings, operating nurse and consultant-led procedure and investigation clinics daily. The team provides support and advice to patients and professionals within acute and community settings, working alongside other departments to enhance patient care pathways.
The urology team, based primarily in Paignton, operates across multiple sites. It is a small, friendly team committed to providing excellent patient care. The team emphasizes service improvement and staff development through education and training to help staff achieve their full potential.
Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for complete details. Ensure applications demonstrate suitability for the role based on the specified requirements and person specification.
Person Specification
Essential Criteria
- NMC registered with a degree-level qualification in Adult Nursing.
- Experience managing patients with urological health concerns.
- Evidence of continuing professional development.
Desirable Criteria
- Teaching and assessing qualification.
- Non-medical prescribing qualification or willingness to undertake this qualification.
- Ability to perform in-depth urological assessments and implement appropriate, safe care plans.
Organisational Overview
Joining the organisation at this time presents an opportunity to be part of the first fully integrated care organisation in England, focused on improving safe, high-quality health and social care delivery. A positive and vibrant working atmosphere underpins an investment in staff development and career progression.
The organisation values individuals who provide support to family or friends with health or care needs. A ‘Staff Carers’ policy, including flexible working options where possible and a Carer’s Passport scheme, provides access to support and discounts.
Important Information
- Applications may close early if a high volume of submissions is received.
- Ensure applications are tailored to reflect the job description.
- Correspondence will be conducted via Trac, text, and email. Regularly check these platforms for updates.
- Applicants without prior NHS experience will generally be appointed to the minimum of the band.
- If no interview invitation is received within 28 days of the closing date, assume the application was unsuccessful.
- It is the applicant’s responsibility to ensure timely receipt of references.
The organisation is committed to preventing discrimination, valuing diversity, and achieving equality of opportunity. All individuals, including staff, patients, and the public, will receive equal treatment regardless of protected characteristics under the Equality Act 2010. Support is available through the Equality Business Forum, which includes representatives from all protected groups.
The application deadline is midnight on 9th December 2024.
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