Job summary
- Main area
- Urology
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- 3 years (Fixed term/Secondment 3 years)
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 180-B-257154-RE
- Employer
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Addenbrookes Hospital-Division B
- Town
- Cambridge
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 p.a. pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 11/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Nurse Specialist ENRICH (Prostrate Cancer)
Band 7
Job overview
A wonderful pilot opportunity has arisen in the Cancer Directorate which focuses on strengthening the community assessment for men with non-specific lower urinary tract symptoms or marginally raised PSA. The pilot will look at how to reduce over-investigation and related anxiety in men, and will focus the resources on patients who are at high-risk detection of prostate cancer in early stages and will majorly benefit from treatment.
We are inviting applications from ambitious experienced Nurses who are interested to enhance their experience, to join existing prostate cancer nursing team to support the project- ENRICH (ENhanced triaging in prostate Cancer patHway) for a 3 year period. This will give an opportunity to enhance the experience in prostate cancer care as well as career progression.
You will have opportunity to work at the Addenbrooke's site as well as our outreach clinics. You will be leasing with Primary care team and creating a collaborative working strategy to meet the project aims. You will be working closely with Prostate cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist team and sharing the responsibilities across the prostate cancer pathway.
You will demonstrate a high degree of knowledge of Prostate cancer care, proficiency in patient assessment and be able to have skilled and sensitive conversations. You will provide clinical leadership, influencing others to provide the highest levels of safe and effective care and a positive patient experience.
Main duties of the job
The post holder is a recognised expert in Prostate Cancer, responsible for assessing, Supporting and implementing ENRICH Project.
Responsible for providing nurse-led Prostate cancer clinic on site and outreach settings.
Required to undertake diagnostic investigations in Prostate pathway.
Responsible for developing collaborative network with primary care team.
Responsible for project follow up clinics.
Working for our organisation
Come Nurse with us…
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the country. It comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital. We provide accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge and regional and national specialist services. It’s a great place to nurse, work and live.
You will work on a vibrant hospital campus with a friendly community feel; we have excellent facilities to practise your skills and abilities to support your career pathway and development. Our values of Together – Safe, Kind, Excellent support the delivery of outstanding care. We have a fully electronic patient record system that is improving health-care quality; this is transforming services, improving patient safety and clinical outcomes.
Why choose Cambridge University Hospitals?
• Our values and reputation for outstanding care
• Opportunities to experience a range of specialities
• Career and development opportunities
• Preceptorship and mentoring programmes delivered by a dedicated clinical education support team
• Research experience and opportunities
• Lovely location and quality of life
• Excellent schools/colleges and transport links (road, rail and air)
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
Please note:- Internal applicants on permanent contracts can only apply for this post as a secondment and must have the approval of your current line manager before applying. If you are internal applicant currently on a fixed term contract you are able to apply for this as a fixed term position.
Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:
- applied for a Graduate visa
- or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment
- or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start date of employment
For NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough based roles, all applicants from NHS Cambridgeshire and Peterborough who have identified that they are at risk of redundancy will be prioritised over those not at risk. However, interviews cannot be guaranteed.
This vacancy will close at midnight on 11 September 2025
Interviews are due to be held in the week commencing 22 September 2025
Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.
CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse educated to Degree level or willingness to undertake
- Evidence of continuous professional development.
- Teaching qualification.
- Bladder scanning competency.
- Advanced communication skills
Desirable criteria
- Research Module.
- Masters Degree
- Advanced clinical assessment
- Post registration qualification in Urology.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant relevant experience Prostate cancer and ability to demonstrate expert nursing skills.
- Accept personal accountability for own practice.
- Experience in Nurse lead suspected cancer referral triaging.
- Experience in running prostate cancer daignostic clinics.
- Experience of initiating change
- Experience in performing urinalysis and flow test.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Understanding of evidence-based practice.
- Understanding of Clinical Governance.
- Understand of patient pathways its complexities and how to support the patient through this
Skills
Essential criteria
- Good verbal and written communication skills.
- Venupuncture skills
- Capable of working as an integral member of a small team.
- Adaptable to changing situations due workload and colleagues’ needs.
- Ability to undertake teaching of staff and patients.
- Leadership skills.
- Ability to work unsupervised and manage own workload; effective time-management.
- Effective interpersonal skills.
- Ability to lead developments in practice.
- Commitment to multidisciplinary working.
- Demonstrate analytical and judgmental skills.
- Ability to quickly appraise situation and act accordingly
Desirable criteria
- Advanced communication skills.
Additional Requirements
Essential criteria
- To act in a professional manner at all times in accordance with NMC Code of Conduct.
- Capable of developing liaisons with other practice areas/academic institutions.
- The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of safe, kind, excellent.
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of broader issues related to specialty – political and Trust.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Vineetha Thankappan Niar
- Job title
- Prostate Cancer Nurse Consultant
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01223216897
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