Overview
We are looking for several Band 5 Nurses who would like a career within the Urology Speciality. The post holder would ideally have speciality experience in Urology Diagnostics and Treatments and show a desire to personal development within the area.
Urology Diagnostics Treatments and Outpatients is a growing Nurse Led Service which includes Nurse led diagnostics, Benign and Stone diagnostics, Cancer diagnostics and treatments and andrology services. This will also include communicating treatment plans with patients and primary care. If you are passionate about providing the highest standards of care to patients in this speciality and feel you would develop and enhance within if an experienced and supportive multi-disciplinary team that continually puts patient-centred care at the forefront.
We are looking for caring and compassionate individuals to join our nursing team in the Liverpool University Foundation Hospitals NHS Trust. If you are passionate about providing the highest standards of care and if nothing but the best will do we want to hear from you.
In return we will provide a stimulating and challenging role with full support to integrate into your team and speciality. The trust is a vibrant and exciting place to work and we are proud of the reputation we have for providing excellence in everything we do; we are forward thinking and will encourage you to contribute your ideas for change and improvement to ensure we continue to be the best. Our aspirations are to be in the top 20 percentile of trusts in terms of high performance and we need the right staff to help us achieve this.
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital. We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients. UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond. For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West. Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services. For roles at Liverpool Women’s, visit their careers page.
Clinical Responsibilities
* Participate in maintaining a safe, comfortable and therapeutic environment for all patients and carers and maintain agreed standards of nursing care.
* Determines nursing priorities and plans patient care. Informs the nurse in charge when changes in circumstances may affect patient care. Maintain nursing records in accordance with the NMC and Trust guidelines.
* Maintain and improve quality of patient care through contribution to the development of Essence of Care and clinical benchmarking within the unit.
* Ensure due regard is given to customs, values and spiritual beliefs of patients.
* Providing information and support to patients/carers, and ensuring all those involved in the care are aware of changes in the patients’ condition.
* Assist in the safe custody, checking and administration of drugs.
* To develop the clinical knowledge and skills to care for acutely ill patients admitted via both planned and unplanned routes.
* To undertake expanded practice, under supervision, in order to optimise patient care and in accordance with ward/department and Trust policies.
* Involve patients and carers in the planning and delivery of care.
* Ensure effective lines of communication within the ward/department multidisciplinary team.
* Management/Leadership Responsibility: Ensure that all equipment is checked and maintained in safe working order; Manage allocated workload and provide supervision of less experienced staff; Practice and promote safe and efficient use of all resources; Reports all incidents, accidents and complaints to the unit manager and completes Trust incident forms in accordance with risk management policies; Ensure compliance with Trust policies and procedures; Ensure own standards are maintained in relation to clinical governance; Provide leadership in the monitoring of standards of care; Act as shift coordinator in rotation with other nurses in the team.
* The post holder shall as necessary provide cover for and undertake duties of absent colleagues.
* The post holder shall follow all the policies and procedures of the organisation.
This advert closes on Monday 29 Sep 2025
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