Job summary
- Main area
- Urology
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 8a
- Contract
- Permanent: Full time
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday)
- Job ref
- 391-RFL-7115496
- Employer
- Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Free Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £64,156 - £71,148 Per annum inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 14/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Band 8a Surgical Care Practitioner - Kidney Cancer
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients.
Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation.
Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff.
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Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our highly reputable Specialist Kidney Cancer Team as a Surgical Care Practitioner (SCP). This post is being offered as an 8A for a well-established SCP, or as a band 7 developmental role through which you will receive robust training to work you up to an 8A level.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be expected to provide an expert SCP role in the Specialist Centre for Kidney Cancer. The successful applicant will have experience within the theatre environment and will work as an integral member of the Kidney Cancer and theatre team. The SCP will perform their extended role to provide high quality perioperative care across a range of robotic and laparoscopic kidney procedures.
Audit and research interest is important for the role.
The SCP will be expected to liaise appropriately with all key members of the multidisciplinary team and service users to ensure patients receive a seamless surgical experience.
They will act as a highly specialised role model and leader for all members of staff and play a major role in the continuous development of the service.
Working for our organisation
The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17million tests.
Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top
For more information please follow link https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust.
Person specification
Education & professional Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered general nurse
- Relevant First Degree
- Masters’ degree in Surgical Care Practice (Qualified SCP)
- Appropriate teaching certificate or extensive teaching experience
- Advance assessment qualification (OSCE)
- Advance communication skills course
- Evidence of recent professional / management / leadership development
- Basic Surgical Skills (RCS course)
- First Surgical Assistant Course (Intuitive-Da Vinci)
Desirable criteria
- Non-medical prescribing course or willingness to undertake
- Intravesical chemotherapy (mitomycin) administration course or willingness to undertake
Values
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
Experience
Essential criteria
- Extensive experience in Urology (Kidney) Robotic/Laparoscopic/Open Assisting as SCP for: Partial Nephrectomy Complex partial nephrectomy (i.e. multiple partial nephrectomy, partial nephrectomy on single kidney and multiple partial nephrectomy on single kidney) Radical Nephrectomy Retroperitoneal Partial/Radical Nephrectomy Nephroureterectomy Radical Nephrectomy with IVC thrombectomy Reconstructive surgery (i.e. Pyeloplasty and Ureteric reimplantation) Adrenalectomy Para-aortic Lymphadenectomy Cancer, benign and reconstructive kidney surgery
- Independent in flexible cystoscopy: Follow up flexible cystoscopy post nephroureterectomy for non-muscle invasive TCC and mascle invasive TCC Stent removal post pyeloplasty Preoperatively to nephroureterectomy for diagnostic purpose
- Experience in running nurse/SCP led clinic: Preoperative surgical clinic (including kidney biopsy) Follow up post kidney cancer treatment Active surveillance for kidney conditions Post-operative follow up SCP clinic
- Experience in a senior nurse role in an acute NHS setting
- Experience in perioperative management of complex surgical patients
- Able to use skills of history taking and physical assessment to direct patient care
- Extensive experience in theatres
- Experience of working autonomously at an advanced level within the specialist area
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Proven ability to initiate audits/research & assess evidence
- Knowledge and experience of leading significant change, delivering tangible and sustained improvement
- Experience of motivating staff and improving individuals and team performance
- Able to build rapport and credibility with senior clinical and managerial colleagues
Desirable criteria
- Experience of developing business and workplans in line with future service requirements
- Extensive knowledge and experience of practice and policy across a broad range of responsibilities, e.g. financial systems & budgetary control, corporate and clinical governance, health & safety and human resources
- Experience of managing employment relation issues
- Budgetary management skills
Skills and aptitudes
Essential criteria
- Competencies as defined by the Curriculum Framework for Surgical Care Practitioners for the NHS National Practitioner programme
- Up to date knowledge of current clinical and professional issues
- Sound Knowledge of current issues in the profession and practice of nursing.
- Excellent verbal, written, interpersonal & communication skills
- Knowledge of quality standards & NICE recommendations/NSF
- Up to date knowledge of EAU guidelines
- Proven listening / counselling skills
- Excellent skills in time management and organization
- Evidence of teaching / presentation skills
- Ability to conduct & evaluate own projects successfully, to act autonomously in planning & implementing tasks
- Ability to organise / coordinate diverse teams to deliver high standard of patient care
- Knowledge of current clinical / nursing / SCPs research
- Proven ability to influence others through research findings
- To prepare written reports and contribute to business planning and service delivery
- Open, participative, dynamic and supportive leadership with a flexible management style
- Ability to critically analyse data
- IT skills
Desirable criteria
- Advanced clinical, Managerial and leadership skills in specialty.
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.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Kaljit Kaur
- Job title
- Nurse Consulatnt
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02082164057
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