Job summary
Are you an enthusiastic and highly motivated Nurse who is ready for a challenge The East Site Urology Nursing team is seeking a highly self-motivated practitioner, with a desire to promote and develop clinical excellence in clinical practice. The successful postholder will join an established Urology Nursing team and provide nursing support to inpatient / outpatient areas.
The post holder would provide professional clinical support to patients who are on a cancer investigation or treatment pathway for suspected or confirmed urological malignancy, acting as a role model within the department and surgical division ensuring that competence in clinical practice is both developed and maintained.
The post holder would work independently within this specialist post combining expert clinical practice , patient pathway management , leader ship , service development and multi disciplinary working across the prostate cancer journey by delivering and coordinating compassionate patient centred care . The prostate clinical nurse specialist would actively participate and contribute in clinical audit within prostate cancer to support the wider team in ensuring that services are continually developed.
Main duties of the job
We're looking for a Prostate Clinical Nurse Specialist to support patients through their initial assessment and diagnostic testing and follow up care for Prostate Cancer.
The post holder will be the lead nurse practitioner in prostate cancer; demonstrating autonomous practice and have the specific responsibility to run the straight to test service . Other specialist skills including the giving of bad news , managing difficult conversations around diagnosis and treatment and being able to request and interpret histological , biochemical and radiological tests and results . As lead ; the post holder will contribute to service evaluation acting as patient advocate and provide professional contributions to reach cancer targets. The post holder will regularly attend oncological MDT and discuss patients as their keyworker.
The post would involve supporting urology services to maintain cancer targets, attend MDT as required, being able to use analytical skills to problem solve and find solutions to ensure that best practice, and best patient care outcomes are achieved.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
About us
If you relish a challenge, have a passion to help others or simply fancy a fresh start, then Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) North Wales, has all the right ingredients. The largest health organisation in Wales, providing a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and elective hospital services for a population of around 700,000, across North Wales . Join our team and get the support you need, in line with our Organisational Values and 'Proud to Lead' competence framework.
Enjoy being part of working with engaged leadership at all levels, and be assured we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and are proud to welcome applicants under the "Disability Confident Employer" scheme.
Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.
Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Knowledge
Essential
- NMC Registered Nurse
- Masters level education
- Post-basic/post graduate qualification in urology or equivalent experience
- Significant experience within Urology
- Degree nurse education
Desirable
- oMentorship course.Counselling qualification
- Teaching and assessing course
- Experience of nursing oncology patients
- Counselling qualification
Experience
Essential
- Post-graduation experience in Urology, oncology or relevant speciality at a band 6 level.
- Experience of multi professional working
Desirable
- Experience of undertaking audit work and standard setting
Skills and Attributes
Essential
- Working autonomously within agreed protocols.
- Ability to negotiate and communicate complex medical issues with all members of the multidisciplinary team, referring where appropriate.
- Ability to initiate and implement change ensuring effective service delivery.
Desirable
- Ability to adapt to and propose changes within the working environment.Welsh Language Skills are desirable levels 1 to 5 in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing in Welsh
- Welsh speaking.
- Excel/Spreadsheets.
- IT skills: E-mail, MS Word, Myrddin, Radis, ICE, Tpath.
- Ability to lead and develop nurse led practice.
- Welsh Language Skills are desirable levels 1 to 5 in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing in Welsh
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
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UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board
Address
Wrexham Maelor Hospital - Urology Team
Wrexham
LL13 7TD
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://bcuhb.nhs.wales/train-work-live/ (Opens in a new tab)
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