Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist - Sacral Nerve Stimulation
The closing date is 16 February 2026
We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated Clinical Nurse Specialist to lead on sacral nerve stimulation of the bladder (SNS), in the urology department at University Hospitals Birmingham, Queen Elizabeth Hospital. The post is for 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday, working closely with a team of Clinical Nurse Specialists, Urological Consultants, Outpatient, theatre and Ward Staff.
Applications are invited from nurses who are dynamic and forward thinking, with an interest in developing new skills and can deliver high quality patient centred care in an inpatient and outpatient setting. The successful candidate will require urology experience. Practice is protocol driven and the successful applicant will be given full training to deliver the care and investigations required, allowing development of new skills, which are transferable to many different areas of nursing, and so would be an asset to any nursing career, being familiar with sacral nerve stimulation would be an advantage.
The successful nurse will be able to demonstrate the ability to drive forward and deliver services using change management and have the skills to measure any changes made using clinical audit.
A large part of the role is patient support, so the nurse will produce patient information, update the information already available and develop and write the protocols to ensure safe, effective practice.
Main duties of the job
The main duties of this job will involve delivering care to patients undergoing sacral nerve stimulation.
The successful candidate will be responsible for taking on managerial responsibilities that are shared among the senior management Clinical Nurse Specialist team such as appraisal, managing HR issues, managing leave and sickness.
Core duties will include:
* flow rate/bladder scan
* change of urethral and supra pubic catheters
* teaching clean intermittent self-catheterisation and dilatation
* Providing advice via the telephone to support care and triage
More specifically the duties that the SNS nurse is responsible for are, managing patients who are having PNE tined lead test and sacral nerve stimulation, these include counselling the patient pre-treatment, decision making about suitability and contributing a nursing perspective to the medical decision-making process, programming the device and teaching the patient how to manage the device, post-operative care, removal of temporary leads, managing dressings and addressing patient queries
We are looking for an organised individual for this exciting opportunity, who can be self-driven and able to work autonomously following protocols in clinic.
For an informal visit and discussion concerning this post please contact Rose Beirne or Michelle Miletic 0121 371 6931
About us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Job responsibilities
Please Note: For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registered Adult / Child Nurse on the NMC Register (Field dependent upon role)
* Evidence of post registration CPD / Post registration qualification in (appropriate area of speciality or professional knowledge supplemented by specialist experience and short courses to degree / masters level equivalent FHEQ Level 6 /7)
* Recognised mentorship course
* To have or working towards a MSc/ Masters qualification
* To have or working towards advanced health assessment module -- where applicable to the role
* Non -- Medical Prescriber/ willingness to undertake - where applicable to the role
Experience
* Evidence and ability to revalidate as required by the NMC
* Significant years post registration experience as a Clinical Nurse Specialist at B6 or above in defined or associated speciality Extensive experience of working autonomously at a specialist level
* Evidence of achievements and career development in current post and of on-going professional development/ competence.
* Demonstrate expert knowledge underpinned by theory and CPD relevant to speciality.
* Experience and enthusiasm for developing educational programmes and teaching / assessing and supervising others in a clinical setting.
* Working in a multi-disciplinary and cross agency work environment.
* Experience of patient service user advocacy role
* Can demonstrate expert nursing knowledge with an ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate specialist care delivered to patients and give advice and information to patients / relatives/ care staff
* Awareness of current relevant NHS policy context relating to the speciality
* Has understanding / experience of the principles of Safeguarding
* Knowledge of corporate and clinical governance
* Experience of delivering change management both personally and as a facilitator
* Experience in service development Awareness of current research related to the speciality
* Awareness of current research related to the speciality
Additional Criteria
* Ability to explain the requirement to balance clinical caseload
* Ability to communicate with a wide range of health care professionals, on a variety of complex and sensitive issues which require persuasive and empathetic skills.
* Extensive experience of working autonomously at a specialist level and to manage / prioritise own workload, supervise / appraise and asses junior staff
* Competent in a range of clinical skills and expanded practices relevant to the scope of practice required Ability to work under pressure across competing priorities
* Ability to undertake clinical audit, analyse information and develop robust measurable action plans to support improvement / change
* Evidence of ability to compile reports and documents for internal / external communication
* Knowledge of current evidence-based practice and ability to apply to service and policy development
* Ability to adapt behaviour to changing circumstances
* Positive and enthusiastic attitude
* Ability to communicate articulately and motivate others
* Evidence of flexible and innovative approach to service delivery and development
* Ability to work a varied shift pattern where required
* Ability to act on own initiative
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.
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
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