Job overview

The Urology department at the West Suffolk Hospital is seeking a motivated and passionate Urology Nurse Practitioner to work as a member of our Urology nursing team, but also to work as an integral part of the multi-disciplinary team. 

The post holder will be able to demonstrate sound knowledge and experience in the specialist area of Urology ; working with a high degree of independence and autonomy, providing care and treatment to patients utilising advanced clinical judgment and decision making.

As the successful applicant you will be required to take an active role in the delivery of Urology nursing care  and support the best possible experience for our patients. The post holder will be expected to liaise with colleagues internal and external to the Trust. 

To be successful in the role you will need to have experience of the working with Urology patients undergoing diagnostic intervention within the NHS and enjoy the challenge of being part of a hardworking highly productive team.

Main duties of the job

Assessment, planning, implementing, and evaluating care, as an autonomous practitioner with 
specialist skills. 
This includes:  Providing specialist psychological, social, and practical support that is responsive to the 
perceptions and needs of patients and their families.
• Act as the first point of contact for patients during investigation, diagnosis and treatment for 
those patients referred to, and who are currently under, the care of the urology service.
• Provision of care through screening programmes, nurse-led clinics, accepting referrals, 
undertaking diagnostic procedures, undertaking therapeutic procedures, physical assessments 
and obtaining written consent to treatment 
• Referring patients directly to specialists in other professions 
• Providing expert specialist clinical advice for patients, carers and health care professionals 
• Carrying a caseload, and responsibility for the management of complex cases, including 
independent patient clinics
• Improving and maintaining standards of care within the specialty 
• Liaising with all appropriate members of multi-disciplinary team and ensuring a seamless 
service between acute and primary care services 
• Communicating very sensitive condition related information to patients and relatives, requiring 
high levels of empathy and reassurance. This includes highly complex information that needs to 
be conveyed in easily understood language.
• Ensuring the provision of appropriate verbal and written patient information, thus empowering 
the patient to make informed decisions.
• Maintain own knowledge, competence and skill level through regular clinical supervision, 
appraisal, personal development plans and appropriate training programmes.
 
• Lead in patient education and counselling. This will include maintaining up to date literature and 
resources for both patients and staff.
• Where applicable and qualified, act as a Nurse Independent Prescriber, prescribe any drugs 
within clinical competencies

Working for our organisation

#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community

We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.

The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.

Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.

We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.

With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.

We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.

Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?