We are seeking a dynamic and compassionate leader with extensive urology experience who is passionate about delivering high-quality patient‑centred care. The successful candidate will lead and develop the urology CNS service, providing expert clinical advice, supporting service improvement, and ensuring patients receive seamless care throughout their treatment pathway.
The post holder will engage directly with the surgical management team, the Urology Navigator, nursing, and secretarial teams to deliver a seamless service to patients presenting with urology conditions on the UIU pathway. The role will require the Lead Urology CNS to provide specialist advice, leadership skills, collaboration, and consultancy to ensure that patients gain appropriate and timely care. In addition, they will develop consistent approaches to the strategic management of the patient group through training and education, policy and guideline development, audit and research, and implementation of evidence‑based care. They will ensure that nursing resources are managed and supported in line with service delivery.
Successful applicants will be required to provide an immunisation and vaccination report, from either their current UK occupational health provider or their UK GP.
Responsibilities
1. Highly developed communication skills enabling maintenance of high‑quality service within a complex and challenging environment with often conflicting priorities.
2. Responsible for the provision of a high‑quality professional nursing service across the Urology services, promoting best practice and implementing a review process that looks at quality and efficiency to meet the needs of patients and service.
3. Responsible for budget management, as directed by the Director of Nursing for nursing and AHP resources across the service, monitoring variance and implementing contingency plans as appropriate.
4. Contributes to development and implementation of policies, procedures, and guidelines across a number of departments, ensuring that clinical governance is embedded in practice.
5. Responsible for development, implementation, and evaluation of projects to improve patient care and service development through the audit cycle, linking to the clinical governance framework and business planning process. Utilise extensive understanding of the Urology UIU to deliver specialist nursing to Urology patients at all points of the pathway.
6. Undertake direct workload requiring moderate to high physical effort according to patient dependency or staff need.
7. Demonstrate through effective leadership the ability to provide professional and emotional support to individuals and groups, e.g., during difficult situations or unexpected events.
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