Urology Cancer Nurse Specialist
| Posting date: | 15 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | £38,682.00 to £46,580.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £38682.00 - £46580.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 29 July 2025 |
| Location: | Milton Keynes, MK6 5LD |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9430-25-0455 |
Summary
The dedicated Urology Investigation Unit allows us to offer a variety of training and development opportunities for our staff to develop both clinical and leadership skills, encouraging career progression. We also endeavour to provide our staff with clinical supervision and aim to embed critical reflective practice. The onsite cancer centre offers streamlined cancer services with the recent addition of a local onsite radiotherapy service. This developing service is underpinned by a forward thinking and supportive management team, nurse practitioners, advanced clinical practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, the palliative care team. We are also fortunate to have excellent wellbeing and Macmillan information and support services. Nurse-patient relationship: To support and advise hospital nursing staff, medical staff and other healthcare professionals, enabling them to fulfil their role in caring for patients with Urology Cancer whilst also recognising the needs of their families and carers. Management of patient health/illness status: To act as a Nurse Specialist in the management of patient illness, demonstrating evidence based clinical skills and knowledge to professional staff and patients. Education: Identify the ongoing training and educational needs of patients, their carers and their families in relation to the prevention, treatment and management of Cancer. Professional role: To work with the ACP/CNS to analyse and interpret national recommendations, i.e. NICE guidance and formulate action plans to achieve compliance from a nursing perspective. Operational: Demonstrates clinical skills and knowledge in the assessment, planning and development of the Cancer service. Personal development: To maintain own personal and professional growth through participating in annual review, with their appraiser identifying their development needs and implementing a personal development plan. Please refer to the Job Description for further details We believe success lies in the diversity of our employees and are committed to promoting equality, encouraging diversity and embracing inclusion. We welcome applications from everyone interested in working for us. MKUH is committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and as such we offer a range of flexible working practices. We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications have been received. MKUH uses identification scanning technology to confirm the authenticity of documents; all prospective employees of MKUH will have their original documents verified using this technology. By applying for this role, you accept if successful, that information from your application will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) system. Your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which aims at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers. Upon commencing employment with the Trust, all employees (except Medical & Dental Staff on national terms and conditions) are subject to a probationary period lasting a period of six months with an option to extend for a further six months to a total of 12 months.