Job overview
PLEASE NOTE THAT WE WILL ONLY ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FROM STAFF CURRENTLY EMPLOYED BY SWANSEA BAY UNIVERSITY HEALTH BOARD
The Total Pelvic Exenteration Nurse Specialist will provide expert nursing care, leadership, and guidance within this highly specialised service. Using advanced clinical knowledge, extensive experience, and a high level of decision‑making skill, the post holder will:
1. Deliver expert clinical practice and specialist advice to patients, families, and the wider multidisciplinary team.
2. Work autonomously, managing their own complex caseload as the lead specialist within this field.
3. Provide specialist education, training, and support to nursing and clinical staff to enhance skills, knowledge, and service capability.
4. Collaborate closely with the multidisciplinary team to continually develop and improve services, ensuring high standards and quality of care.
5. Lead the planning, development, and evaluation of clinical services related to Total Pelvic Exenteration, ensuring alignment with national standards and best practice.
6. Demonstrate and role‑model the Health Board’s values, promoting a culture of professionalism, compassion, and excellence across the service.
Main duties of the job
Clinical Practice
7. Assess, plan, manage, and coordinate the care of patients throughout their surgical and oncological pathway, ensuring the effective and efficient use of available resources.
8. Undertake comprehensive inpatient reviews, including wound assessments and initial stoma education, providing clear information, reassurance, and early intervention where needed.
9. Meet and support patients on the day of surgery, offering preparation, information, and holistic support at this critical stage.
10. Lead and manage nurse‑led outpatient clinics, delivering expert assessment, follow‑up, and continuity of care.
11. Provide holistic needs assessments and develop personalised care plans for each patient at key stages of the pathway, including timely referral to the MDT, Macmillan services, voluntary sector organisations, and other relevant support services.
Coordination
12. Maintain and monitor the surveillance database, ensuring timely follow‑up of patients in line with national and local pathways.
13. Chase, review, and action histology results, ensuring appropriate escalation and communication.
14. Organise and participate in MDT reviews and ongoing oncology discussions.
15. Lead or contribute to the development of evidence‑based policies, protocols.
16. Make recommendations regarding equipment, supplies, and resource utilisation, ensuring safe, effective, and cost‑efficient service delivery
Working for our organisation
We believe staff are our best asset and we want you to be happy and confident about starting your career here in Swansea Bay University Health Board.
As one of the biggest healthcare groups in the UK we can offer a wealth of professional training and development opportunities in an innovative, forward-thinking organisation.
You might be a nurse or doctor, maybe you specialise in a health science/therapy or can offer skills in one of our support services - we have a job for you.
There are also apprenticeships, work placements and volunteering roles available.
We are an inclusive employer and welcome applications from everyone whatever their sex; religion or belief; race; age; sexual orientation; gender identity or, whether they are pregnant or have recently been on maternity leave, married or are in a civil partnership; or, whether they are disabled.
Our values - Caring For Each Other, Working Together and Always Improving, show that our commitment to equality is at the heart of everything we do.
If you want excellent career and training opportunities while living on the doorstep of some of Europe's most spectacular scenery, with all the benefits of a thriving and cosmopolitan city - look no further.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
17. Experience in the relevant specialty Experience of working in a multi-professional environment
18. Experience of managing a ward area/department
19. Experience of working with preregistration nursing/midwifery students in a mentorship role
20. Experience of using reflective learning to support the development of self and staff
Desirable criteria
21. Advanced clinical skills
22. Management qualification (or equivalent experience)
Qualifications
Essential criteria
23. Registered Nurse and current NMC Registration
24. Relevant Master’s degree or able to demonstrate the equivalent level of knowledge, skills and experience to academic level.
25. Knowledge of service improvement
26. Able to undertake a literature search and critically appraise research papers
Desirable criteria
27. Experience of participating in research
28. Advanced clinical skills
Essential Aptitude and abilities
Essential criteria
29. Able to demonstrate effective leadership and management skills
30. Able to demonstrate tact and diplomacy when working with others using good communication skills
31. Evidence of undertaking presentation to groups.
32. Awareness of professional issues and developments
33. Able to manage time effectively
34. Ability to use electronic systems - IT skills Evidence of undertaking presentation to groups.
35. Able to manage time effectively
Desirable criteria
36. Ability to speak Welsh
Values
Essential criteria
37. Can demonstrate SBU values
Swansea Bay University Health Board is committed to supporting its staff and processes to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing service users experience. In our commitment to increase the number of staff able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we would particularly welcome applications from Welsh speakers.
Equality remains at the centre of the Health Boards policy-making, service delivery and employment practices. We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race, religion, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Welsh language skills are desirable