Registered Nurse

• Assist with flexible cystoscopies including dilatation, catheter change and laser procedures.
• Obtain Specimens and Undertake Point of Care testing
• Answer phone calls and provide advice re health needs or appointments.
• Book appointments and print clinic lists and appointment letters.
• To carry out Bladder instillations, urinary 'flows' clinic, TWOC (trial without catheter), and CIC(clean intermittent catheterisation).
• Assist practitioners with LATP clinics(prostate biopsy).
• To carry out catheter change clinic including urethral, ileal conduit and suprapubic changes.
• Prepare and support patients prior to, during and following healthcare procedures.
• Confident to work independently and as part of the team.
• Carry out manual handling including using a hoist.

Desirable

• Completion of male catheterisation and suprapubic catheter change training
• Teaching and assessing qualification (Teaching and assessing in practice or equivalent) or willing to undertake.

Essential

• Experience with intermittent catheterisation, intravenous medication administration, Cannulation, venepuncture, ECGs. Expectation to undertake training for extended roles required by the ward / department
• At least 12 months of recent, post qualification experience in either an acute hospital or outpatient setting

Essential

• Advance communication skills, verbal written, report writing and record keeping
• Excellent interpersonal skills with patients and the multidisciplinary team
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Computer / IT skills and expectation to develop these in line with the needs of the service i.e. Care flow Electronic patient record, ICE, Microsoft teams, Outlook- Email, symbiotics and connecting care
• Time management/Basic Problem solving skills
• Ability to organise own workload.