Job summary
Employer heading
Prostate Clinical Nurse Specialist
Band 7
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, (LGT), is a community-focused provider of local and acute care, delivering high-quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich, and Bexley. We provide whole-life care and are here to support our communities to live healthier lives as well as taking care of them when they need us the most.
Employing almost 7,500 colleagues, affectionately known as Team LGT, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham, and at over a dozen community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup.
We have recently launched our new vision and values to mark the LGT10 – the tenth anniversary of our Trust forming in 2013. Our trust vision is to be exceptional. In the quality of our patient care; our support for colleagues; and in the difference we make through our partnerships and in our communities.
To achieve this we value Respect, Compassion, and Inclusion; Being accountable over staying comfortable; Listening over always knowing best; and Succeeding together over achieving alone. You can read more about our visions and values here
Our hospitals and community sites provide a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services, as well as emergency and planned care. The Trust is rated as “good” or “outstanding” in over three-quarters of the services inspected by the Care Quality Commission.
Every year our work includes performing 10,000 procedures in our theatres; bringing seven and a half thousand new lives into the world; carrying out 570,000 visits to patients in their homes or communities and providing emergency care for more than 300,000 patients arriving in our busy Urgent and Emergency Departments.
LGT is a centre for the education and training of medical students enrolled with King’s College London’s GKT School of Medical Education. We are a training centre for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals. We are pioneering new roles that will support the changing needs of our patients and are one of the largest employers of physician associates in the country.
We are committed to working with our partners to deliver the best outcomes for our local communities. This means playing an active role in the South East London Integrated Care System (ICS), and in formal partnerships including the South East London Acute Provider Collaborative, provider partnerships with our local mental health trusts and borough-based boards of the ICS in Bexley, Greenwich and Lewisham.
Job overview
We are looking for a nurse with demonstrable urological experience to join our friendly team as a Clinical Nurse Specialist to help drive forward our service and influence the positive experience of patients and carers living with prostate conditions. You will drive, lead, and showcase advanced autonomous nursing practice delivering suspected prostate cancer diagnostics in a high-volume centre.
The role will require the delivery of a comprehensive diagnostic pathway managing patients on this pathway to the point of diagnosis and the onward referral/liaison with other services (e.g. Clinical/Medical Oncology). Clinical triage of referrals, investigation interpretation and managing benign diagnosis with a patient-centred approach are pivotal aspects to the role.
If successful you will work as an independent practitioner and with members of the multidisciplinary team, provide advice and support to patients, carers, and healthcare professionals under the pathway. You will also help promote safe, competent and evidence-based practice, in line with national objectives and within the clinical governance framework.
There is an expectation that the post holder will be involved in service development, research, teaching, and education commitments, and will have a willingness to develop oneself and others.
In the future, the post holder will work as part of the Urology Investigation Unit.
So, if this sounds like your ideal next challenge we want to hear from you today.
Main duties of the job
To work with the CNS support, to assist in managing a caseload of patients within the specialty whilst working as part of the multidisciplinary team, delivering individualised and, personalised direct patient care.
Acting as a key worker to the patients and ensuring that their needs are identified and met, including carrying out Holistic Needs Assessments and the associated care plans- ensuring GP’s are aware of all care plans
Run nurse-led TAC, support TP biopsies, attend SMDT, implement actions following SMDT (Specialist MDT) meetings, and telephone clinic review post-MRI/TP biopsy.
Support for diagnostic suite procedures such as prostate biopsy.
Liaise with other disciplines in order to utilise the expertise available to ensure patients with urology are provided with the highest quality care available. Provide cover across the service and within the team as appropriate. Support the development of the role according to patients changing needs and research findings, with the resources available.
Working for our organisation
Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, (LGT), is a community-focused provider of local and acute care, delivering high-quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich, and Bexley. We provide whole-life care and are here to support our communities to live healthier lives as well as taking care of them when they need us the most.
Employing almost 7,500 colleagues, affectionately known as Team LGT, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham, and at over a dozen community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup.
We have recently launched our new vision and values to mark the LGT10 – the tenth anniversary of our Trust forming in 2013. Our trust vision is to be exceptional. In the quality of our patient care; our support for colleagues; and in the difference we make through our partnerships and in our communities.
To achieve this we value Respect, Compassion, and Inclusion; Being accountable over staying comfortable; Listening over always knowing best; and Succeeding together over achieving alone. You can read more about our visions and values here
Our hospitals and community sites provide a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services, as well as emergency and planned care. The Trust is rated as “good” or “outstanding” in over three-quarters of the services inspected by the Care Quality Commission.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Maintain accurate records of the clinical service ensuring that confidentiality of information is adhered to.
Demonstrate the ability to undertake expert caseload management.
Participate in providing education within the trust
Audit and research, to promote service development initiatives are an integral part of the role.
The chosen candidate will be dynamic and self-motivated individual.
Person specification
Essential/sesirable
Essential criteria
- Comprehensive Urology experience
- Evidence of staff management
- Clinical triage and decision making
- Knowledge of current advances and pathways in diagnostics
- Excellent communication skills and ability to negotiate and influence
- IT literate
- Ability to problem-solve, prioritise and to work to deadlines
- Demonstrates evidence of knowledge and ability to undertake change management
- Able to manage stressful situations and challenge decisions to ensure that patient needs are met
Desirable criteria
- Previous experience of research and audit
- Proven evidence of improving patient experience
- Ability to develop collaborative working relationships with multi professional teams
- Experience in TAC
- Experience TP Biopsy
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Michelle Reis
- Job title
- Matron
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02088365083
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