Uro-Oncology Specialist Nurse

Posting date:	21 November 2025
Salary:	£47,810.00 to £54,710.00 per year
Additional salary information:	£47810.00 - £54710.00 a year
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	07 December 2025
Location:	Twickenham, TW7 6AF
Company:	NHS Jobs
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	C9289-PC-118

Summary

Roles and Responsibilities Expert Clinical Practice/Leadership 1. To provide expert nursing advice to patients with Urological malignancies and their families throughout the course of their illness from diagnosis, assessing their needs and providing information as required. 2. To demonstrate specialist skills and knowledge through expert nursing practice. This includes administering intravesical medications and, with specialist training, carrying out urological diagnostics such as Uro dynamic studies. 3. To liaise with all relevant members of the multidisciplinary team in the care and support of individual patients including GPs. 4. To maintain a high profile in the clinical area, acting as a role model for other health care professionals 5. To facilitate individualised patient care based upon the principles of evidence based practice. 6. To act as a liaison nurse between inpatient, outpatient and home care, referring on to community support agencies when required. 7. To hold a nurse led clinic including the development of written protocols based on national standards, triaging or following up Urology cancer and benign patients, arranging tests, reviewing results, diagnosing, and referring back to a medical team as appropriate. 8. Supporting patients with body image and sexuality concerns in relation urological diagnosis, utilising other agencies and specialists as appropriate. 9. To offer advice and support on pain and symptom control liaising with the Specialist palliative care team, and make appropriate referrals to the chronic pain service. 10. To assess individual patients psychosocial and spiritual needs and refer for appropriate counselling or to other agencies. 11. To work in close collaboration with colleagues in the Surgical Directorate. 12. To work in close collaboration with the cancer and palliative care team. 13. To counsel the family of patients with Urological cancer, referring to the appropriate genetic service as required. 14. To provide professional clinical leadership and expertise to other nursing staff. 15. To help co-ordinate weekly multi-professional meetings for Urology cancer and suspected patients to achieve high standards of MDT working and assist with the compliance and evidence for cancer peer review. 16. To provide expert nursing advice to primary care teams on managing patients with Urological conditions and malignancies. 17. Responsible for working with the team to implement the recovery package for patients including completing of HNAs assisting with health and well-being events and treatment summaries where appropriate. Education / leadership 1. To promote patient/carer independence through the provision of relevant teaching and support. 2. To participate in and organise study days/education programmes to raise awareness of the holistic needs of patients. 3. To develop resource and teaching packs for use by patients and/or staff in the clinical and educational setting. 4. To ensure the provision of appropriate written information is available to patients and staff. 5. To participate in the Trusts on-going educational programmes. 6. To evaluate the need for patient support groups within the Trust. 7. Liaise with other charities, organisations and agencies dedicated to urological cancer ensuring patients, their families and carers are informed of the availability of existing support services. Research/Audit/ Quality 1. To utilise up-to-date research findings in the delivery of patient care and to disseminate this knowledge to all members of the multidisciplinary team. 2. To participate as appropriate in relevant research studies and audit findings and disseminate these findings to clinical practice as appropriate in order to develop best practice. 3. To identify opportunities for nursing research within own specialist area and carry out nursing research appropriate to the speciality. 4. To regularly audit service including eliciting the views of patients, carers and professionals ensuring patient feedback is incorporated into developments in the service. 5. To attend relevant departmental and Directorate and network meetings relating to clinical governance and to contribute to the clinical governance agenda. Management 1. To liaise with other members of the team to ensure that there is an efficient use of resources, human, financial and time. 2. To ensure that there is a safe and acceptable environment for clients/patient. 3. To act as a patient/staff advocate through the application of ethical, legal and professional knowledge and skills. Personal development 1. To maintain own expert level of competence. 2. To participate in Annual review with the Clinical Nurse Lead 3. To critically reflect on own performance through clinical supervision, coaching or mentoring. 4. To work within the NMC Code of Professional Conduct and all Trust Guidelines. 5. To continue own personal development through the pursuit of relevant professional and academic study. 6. Participate in Annual job planning 7. Prepare for NMC revalidation Collaboration/ Consultancy 1. To work in a collaborative manner with all members of the multidisciplinary team recognising the unique contribution of other disciplines and appropriately referring. 2. To recognise own limitations and seek advice and support on referrals. 3. To act as a resource within the Trust and to participate in Trust-wide professional groups as appropriate. 4. To represent the Trust locally and nationally, participating in and speaking at conferences. 5. To work in a collaborative manner with local primary care teams. 6. To act as a resource to primary care teams, attending meetings organised by the PCT as appropriate. 7. To provide specialist advice and support related to the purchasing and commissioning of resources/services. 8. To act in an advisory/ collaborative role with senior management in issues relation to the specialty. 9. To act as a specialist resource for the management of patients. Communication 1. Ensure all communication, which may be complex, contentious or sensitive, is undertaken in a responsive and inclusive manner, focusing on improvement and ways to move forward. 2. Ensure all communication is presented appropriately to the different recipients, according to levels of understanding, type of communication being imparted and possible barriers such as language, culture, understanding or physical or mental health conditions. 3. This job description may be subject to change according to the varying needs of the service. Such changes will be made after discussion between the post holder and his/her manager. 4. All duties must be carried out under supervision or within Trust policy and procedure. You must never undertake any duties that are outside your area of skill or knowledge level. If you are unsure you must seek clarification from a more senior member of staff.