Job summary
Employer heading
Urology Support Worker
Band 4
Job overview
The Urology Department have a vacancy for an enthusiastic, motivated, conscientious person to work alongside and under the guidance of a well-established team of Urology cancer nurse specialists.
You will be responsible for co-ordinating and delivering group patient education workshops alongside the specialist nurses. You will also be responsible for providing patients with holistic assessments, giving tailored information, signposting to other services such as health and wellbeing programmes and co-ordinating their remote follow up using a follow up database system.
Within this role there is scope for developing health promotion and education for patients with Urological cancers and for ensuring that patients are informed and signposted to services within primary and secondary care to enable them to live with and beyond cancer.
You should possess excellent communication skills; have experience of working in a healthcare setting and ideally with cancer patients.
For further information or to arrange an informal visit please contact Caroline Kelly Uro-Oncology CNS 01225 824250 or email [email protected]
Main duties of the job
Coordination of care
1. Act as a single point of access to patients who are on self-managed follow up pathways.
2. Proactively support and coordinate for the overall needs of patients on a patient triggered follow-up pathway, using own judgement and escalating to the relevant practitioner as necessary.
3. Support and coordination of remote surveillance for patients on personalised stratified follow up (PSFU) pathways to ensure risk free survivorship.
Coordination and support for the development, delivery and evaluation of tailored information and self-management education.
1. Coordinate access to personalised information and education resources for patients and their carers.
Communicate effectively with patients and carers and with a wide range of clinical and non-clinical stakeholders in secondary and community settings
Working for our organisation
At the RUH we put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone’s contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.
We are proud to be in the top 20 best hospitals to work for in the country.
We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks – celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.
A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.
We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We’ve even got a pool!
We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we’re providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please find attached to the vacancy a detailed person specification and job description for further information about this role.
Person specification
application and interview
Essential criteria
- Diploma level qualification or experience / knowledge across a range of healthcare settings
- Experience of working in an NHS setting
- At least 3 GCSE at grade c or Grade 4
Desirable criteria
- Diploma or degree level qualification
Application and interview
Essential criteria
- knowledge and experience with various IT systems, Microsoft Office, Excel, spread sheets etc
- Capable of presenting to a wider team
- Excellent communication skills
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of hospital computerised systems
Application and interview
Essential criteria
- Ability to work to deadlines
- Have an awareness of limitations
- Be able to work at a PC for long periods
- Friendly and approachable
Desirable criteria
- Capable of organisational events- such as men's health awareness week
Applicant requirements
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
- Caroline Kelly
- Job title
- Uro-oncology Nurse Specialist
- Email address
- [email protected]
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