Band 8a Surgical Care Practitioner - Kidney Cancer

Essential

• Registered general nurse
• Relevant First Degree
• Masters' degree in Surgical Care Practice (Qualified SCP)
• Appropriate teaching certificate or extensive teaching experience
• Advance assessment qualification (OSCE)
• Advance communication skills course
• Evidence of recent professional / management / leadership development
• Basic Surgical Skills (RCS course)
• First Surgical Assistant Course (Intuitive-Da Vinci)

Essential

• Extensive experience in Urology (Kidney) Robotic/Laparoscopic/Open Assisting as SCP for: Partial Nephrectomy Complex partial nephrectomy (i.e. multiple partial nephrectomy, partial nephrectomy on single kidney and multiple partial nephrectomy on single kidney) Radical Nephrectomy Retroperitoneal Partial/Radical Nephrectomy Nephroureterectomy Radical Nephrectomy with IVC thrombectomy Reconstructive surgery (i.e. Pyeloplasty and Ureteric reimplantation) Adrenalectomy Para-aortic Lymphadenectomy Cancer, benign and reconstructive kidney surgery
• Independent in flexible cystoscopy: Follow up flexible cystoscopy post nephroureterectomy for non-muscle invasive TCC and mascle invasive TCC Stent removal post pyeloplasty Preoperatively to nephroureterectomy for diagnostic purpose
• Experience in running nurse/SCP led clinic: Preoperative surgical clinic (including kidney biopsy) Follow up post kidney cancer treatment Active surveillance for kidney conditions Post-operative follow up SCP clinic
• Experience in a senior nurse role in an acute NHS setting
• Experience in perioperative management of complex surgical patients
• Able to use skills of history taking and physical assessment to direct patient care
• Extensive experience in theatres
• Experience of working autonomously at an advanced level within the specialist area
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Proven ability to initiate audits/research & assess evidence
• Knowledge and experience of leading significant change, delivering tangible and sustained improvement
• Experience of motivating staff and improving individuals and team performance
• Able to build rapport and credibility with senior clinical and managerial colleagues

Desirable

• Experience of developing business and workplans in line with future service requirements
• Extensive knowledge and experience of practice and policy across a broad range of responsibilities, e.g. financial systems & budgetary control, corporate and clinical governance, health & safety and human resources
• Experience of managing employment relation issues
• Budgetary management skills

Essential

• Competencies as defined by the Curriculum Framework for Surgical Care Practitioners for the NHS National Practitioner programme
• Up to date knowledge of current clinical and professional issues
• Sound Knowledge of current issues in the profession and practice of nursing.
• Excellent verbal, written, interpersonal & communication skills
• Knowledge of quality standards & NICE recommendations/NSF
• Up to date knowledge of EAU guidelines
• Proven listening / counselling skills
• Excellent skills in time management and organization
• Evidence of teaching / presentation skills
• Ability to conduct & evaluate own projects successfully, to act autonomously in planning & implementing tasks
• Ability to organise / coordinate diverse teams to deliver high standard of patient care
• Knowledge of current clinical / nursing / SCPs research
• Proven ability to influence others through research findings
• To prepare written reports and contribute to business planning and service delivery
• Open, participative, dynamic and supportive leadership with a flexible management style
• Ability to critically analyse data
• IT skills