An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Registered nurse with evidence of appropriate post registration experience who has an interest in and knowledge of urological cancers with an emphasis on, but not inclusive on prostate cancer. Experience in caring for patients diagnosed with prostate cancer is desirable.

This post is a full-time position encompassing a demanding yet satisfying role, although part time hours would be considered. This post is for a 12-month fixed term contract.

The CNS role involves supporting, educating and providing care to patients and their families during their journey with a focus on safety, advocacy, transparency and having the knowledge and ability to involve the wider members of the multidisciplinary team if necessary.

We are looking for a highly motivated nurse who can excel and be dynamic in a busy and challenging environment.

Applicants must be able to demonstrate attributes to include excellent communication skills, be able to function well as a team member, be able to professionally and compassionately manage client expectations and can prioritise and manage a patient caseload.

Main duties of the job

Main Duties & Tasks

To work with and support the prostate cancer urology specialist nursing team, and wider multi- disciplinary team (MDT) in providing support and advice to a cohort of patients who have been referred for a variety of specialist uro-oncological interventions and treatments. Provide nurse led triage and results clinics.

To form constructive and professional relationships which are across trust sites and include Urologists, Oncologists, Radiologists, Outpatients and Ward staff.

This post will be Trust wide and some across site travelling will be involved.

To participate in a nurse- led approach to deliver patient focused care and play an active part in supporting the quality of care and the experience through clinical practice, nurse-led clinics, education, research, referrals and audit.

To participate in the MDT to include preparing cases, offering professional opinion, promoting patient advocacy, updating patients on outcomes and ensuring a positive patient experience.

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Job description

Job responsibilities

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• *Registered Adult / on the NMC Register
• *Evidence of post registration CPD / Post registration qualification in ( appropriate area of speciality or professional knowledge supplemented by specialist experience and short courses to degree / masters level equivalent FHEQ Level 6 /7

Desirable

• *To have or working towards advanced health assessment module -- where applicable to the role
• *Non -- Medical Prescriber/ willingness to undertake - where applicable to the role

Experience

Essential

• *Evidence and ability to revalidate as required by the NMC
• *Significant years post registration experience as a Clinical Nurse Specialist at B6 or above in defined or associated speciality -- or experience in urology at band 6.
• *Extensive experience of working autonomously at a specialist level
• *Evidence of achievements and career development in current post and of on-going professional development/ competence
• *Demonstrate expert knowledge underpinned by theory and CPD relevant to speciality
• *Experience and enthusiasm for developing educational programmes and teaching / assessing and supervising others in a clinical setting
• *Working in a multi-disciplinary and cross agency work environment
• *Experience of patient service user advocacy role
• *Can demonstrate expert nursing knowledge with an ability to assess, plan , implement and evaluate specialist care delivered to patients and give advice and information to patients / relatives/ care staff
• *Awareness of current relevant NHS policy context relating to the speciality
• *Has understanding / experience of the principles of Safeguarding
• *Knowledge of corporate and clinical governance

Desirable

• *Experience of delivering change management both personally and as a facilitator
• *Experience in service development
• *Awareness of current research related to the speciality

Additional Criteria

Essential

• *Ability to explain the requirement to balance clinical caseload
• *Ability to communicate with a wide range of health care professionals, on a variety of complex and sensitive issues which require persuasive and empathetic skills.
• *Ability to work autonomously , manage / prioritise own workload , supervise / appraise and asses junior staff
• *Competent in a range of clinical skills and expanded practices relevant to the scope of practice required
• *Ability to work under pressure across competing priorities
• *Ability to, undertake clinical audit , analyse information and develop robust measureable action plans to support improvement / change
• *Evidence of ability to compile reports and documents for internal / external communication
• *Knowledge of current evidence based practice and ability to apply to service and policy development
• *Ability to adapt behaviour to changing circumstances
• *Positive and enthusiastic attitude
• *Ability to communicate articulately and motivate others
• * Evidence of flexible and innovative approach to service delivery and development
• *Ability to work a varied shift pattern where required
• *Ability to act on own initiative

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Trustwide

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

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