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Job overview

Our Cancer Directorate is inviting applications from ambitious experienced Nurses who are interested to enhance their experience, to lead the existing Clinical Nurse Specialists in Urology cancer as well as act as Key worker for Prostate cancer patients and provide Nurse led services.

You will be working in a multi-disciplinary team that provide Prostate Cancer diagnostic and treatment services.  You will be influencing the care that they receive attending clinics and have a vital role in developing Nurse led prostate cancer diagnostic Service. You will be working closely with medical team and involved in service development.

You will demonstrate a high degree of knowledge of Prostate cancer care you will demonstrate proficiency in patient assessment and be able to have skilled and sensitive conversations. You will provide clinical leadership, influencing others to provide the highest levels of safe and effective care and a positive patient experience. 

We are committed to career progression and the wellbeing of our staff. You will be offered mentorship, coaching or clinical supervision. We have a number of competency packages for you to work through as part of this role and you will be given support to progress through these

Main duties of the job

Manage and lead Prostate Cancer –non surgical service with responsibility for ensuring high quality, cost-effective healthcare

Manage and lead a workforce of Urology Cancer specialist nurses 

Responsible for the assessment, planning, diagnosis implementation and evaluation of care, as an autonomous practitioner with highly specialist

Be involved in the strategic review of clinical services and development of services as appropriate

Be responsible for implementing a clearly defined integrated approach to patient care encompassing new treatments and evidence based care.

Working for our organisation

Come Nurse with us…

Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH) NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the country. It comprises Addenbrooke’s Hospital and the Rosie Hospital. We provide accessible high-quality healthcare for the local people of Cambridge and regional and national specialist services. It’s a great place to nurse, work and live.

You will work on a vibrant hospital campus with a friendly community feel; we have excellent facilities to practise your skills and abilities to support your career pathway and development. Our values of Together – Safe, Kind, Excellent support the delivery of outstanding care. We have a fully electronic patient record system that is improving health-care quality; this is transforming services, improving patient safety and clinical outcomes.

CUH is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves. We value our differences and fully advocate and support an inclusive working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential. We want to ensure our people are truly representative of all the communities that we serve. We welcome applications for all positions in the organisation irrespective of people’s age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, or pregnancy and maternity status or social economic background.