Job summary
- Main area
- urology
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 343-6427224-RB-SK
- Employer
- Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Epsom
- Town
- Epsom
- Salary
- £40,701 - £48,054 pa Inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 24/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Clinical Nurse Specialist
Band 6
At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values
Job overview
Develop your nursing experience working with a friendly, professional and encouraging team who are focused on delivering a high quality urology service.
The Urology Centre is a modern out-patient and diagnostic department specialising in urology and uro-oncology. The department offers Lithotripsy treatment for the treatment of urinary stones. We offer rapid access to many diagnostic procedures, many of which are nurse-led. We are a fast-growing speciality and we focus on excellent patient experience, service delivery and customer care.
The Band 6 clinical nurse specialist role works as a specialised practitioner who will have their own caseload with the support and supervision of experienced specialist nurses working in the area. We are hoping to recruit a nurse who can communicate well and can adapt to an ever changing environment. Urology , community or out-patient nursing experience would be an advantage, however, it is not essential if you would like to join us. Your job will mainly be at Epsom Hospital, but there will be some requirement to work at St Helier Hospital
Main duties of the job
The Band 6 clinical nurse specialist role will be given an opportunity to utilise existing clinical skills in urology and to develop new specialist skills. The development of new skills will be acquired with the support and supervision of experienced specialist nurses working in the area.
Provide effective, individualised care to patients on caseload
To utilise knowledge and skills within the multidisciplinary team, caring for patients with urological disease.
To act as a source of knowledge for both patients and health care professionals
To implement clinical guidelines and standards
Working for our organisation
As teaching hospitals, we play a key role in the education and training of tomorrow's doctors, nurses and other health professionals. Both sites work in partnership with St George’s Hospital and St George’s Medical School in south London to deliver high quality education and research.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the Junior Sister/Charge role at Epsom and St Helier
Person specification
Knowledge and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse (Adult) Part 1, 2 or relevant section of register
- Educated to Degree Level
- Teaching and assessing course
- Computer literate
Desirable criteria
- Educated to masters level
Experience, Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Experience of nursing urology/surgical patients
- Able to organize and prioritise own workload.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of teaching in clinical practice
- Able to communicate complex ideas to patients
Personal people and development
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates evidence of professional development in line with KSF and maintains updated Portfolio
- Reflective in Practice
Communication and leadership
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates a clear vision of the role
- Ability to sustain, evaluate and manage change
- Communicates with colleagues, patients and carers in an empathetic manner.
Your application: Please ensure that you have read the job description and person specification and that your supporting statement reflects these, as your application will be assessed and scored against these criteria.
References: You will be required to provide 3 years of employment/educational history. We do not accept references from personal email addresses such as Hotmail, Gmail etc. therefore please ensure you are providing professional working email addresses within your application form. If you are unable to provide professional email addresses and are invited to an interview, please ensure you advise the interviewers of this - otherwise, this may delay your pre-employment checks.
Closing date: In order to streamline recruitment within our Trust, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
Shortlisting: You will only be contacted via e-mail/SMS by the SWL Recruitment Hub if you are successfully shortlisted for this post. Please ensure that you check your Trac registered e-mail regularly.
DBS: We are committed to safeguarding children and adults who are at risk of abuse. As such, if this post will have access to children or vulnerable adults, you will be required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. However, all employees have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults in the course of their duties and for ensuring that they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role.
Telephone: 02082963786
Text: 07501066267
Email: [email protected]. Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Joanna Cooper
- Job title
- Urology Advanced Nurse Practitioner
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01372 735020
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