Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a secondment/fixed term contract as a Band 7, 30 hours post, Urology Specialist Nurse. The Urology service works closely with our neighbouring NHS Trusts and primary care, to deliver outpatient based services for patients accessing the service from across our local community, across a range of clinical pathways.

The post holder will be required to possess excellent communication and organisational skills in order to maximise patient experience and ensure high quality patient focused outcomes. Key elements of the role are to be able to work collaboratively and effectively with key stakeholders within the multi-disciplinary team, whilst utilising clinical skills and professional judgement to manage the patient pathway. The successful post holder will be expected to work autonomously and manage their own clinical caseload of patients. The post will also involve working closely with colleagues from other Trusts, health care professionals and 3^rd sector partnership organisations locally, regionally and nationally.     

Main duties of the job

We are seeking to appoint a highly motivated, enthusiastic and experienced nurse to join us in the urology nurse specialist team.  Working alongside the existing nurse specialists and wider multi-disciplinary team, this role will focus on providing specialist advice, care and support to patients referred to the Urology service with either suspected or confirmed genito-urinary cancers along with a range of other benign urological problems. 

The successful applicant will need to meet the following criteria: 

·         A minimum of 2 years’ experience at Band 6 within the speciality of Urology with specific interest in the specialist care and management of patients with urological problems

·         Educated to degree level in a health related subject or actively working towards completion of this

·         Specific interest in contributing towards service improvement and practice development within the specialist nursing team

·         Evidence of ongoing professional development

·         Excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills

·         Ability to work autonomously and as a member of the wider multi-disciplinary team

·         Be expected to have or work towards Non – medical Prescriber status

·         Have experience in teaching or a recognised teaching certificate.

·         Knowledge and understanding of contemporary issues within urological cancer care 

·         Flexibility to respond to the changing needs of the service 

Working for our organisation

Based in the North East of England we provide a range of hospital and community health services from our leading facilities, including the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Blaydon urgent care centre and Bensham Hospital, all within Gateshead.

Established in 2005, we were one of the first foundation trusts in the country and since then have consistently achieved the highest levels of care for patients.

We now employ around 4,800 staff and currently provide 444 hospital beds across the Gateshead region.

Our values should be the ‘golden thread’ which runs through everything we do – they are the core of who we are. Our five values can easily be remembered by the simple acronym ICORE; Innovation, Care, Openness, Respect, Engagement.

We have a number of staff networks including the Global Ethnic Majority (GEM) network, D-Ability network, LGBTQ+ Network and the Women’s Network, to challenge us and help us to constantly improve. Our Armed Forces network is one of our emerging networks.

The health and wellbeing of our staff is one of our highest priorities, and we offer a range of support and initiatives as part of our ‘Balance’ programme balancegateshead.com to cater for our diverse workforce, so that your individual needs can be supported, allowing you a happy and healthy working experience with us.