Urology Nurse Practitioner
Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
Paignton, TQ3 3AGView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£39,959 to £48,117
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
11 September 2026
5 days leftJob description
The Urology Nurse Practitioner's main aim is to provide specialist advice and clinical practice to patients within the urological outpatient setting a...
- Work as an expert practitioner by assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating the specialist nursing care of patients requiring urological investigations and treatments.
- Provide expert advice to clinical staff on urological issues.
- To act as the patients, advocate when required and provide expert advice and comprehensive information, both written and verbal, on treatment options to enable patients to make an informed choice.
- Establish and maintain coordination of care for patients throughout diagnosis, planning, treatment and follow-up, liaising with all other service providers to ensure a smooth pathway.
- The provision of nurse led clinics for assessment and cancer follow-up, initiating investigations and procedures, making recommendations for treatment and referring to other agencies or discharging as appropriate.
- Work autonomously in providing ongoing support for a large number of cancer patients who have open access to the urology nurse practitioner service, including patients awaiting results, those newly diagnosed with urological cancer and others with advanced disease.
- To manage a caseload of patients requiring intravesical chemotherapy, including administration, assessment and follow up in accordance with COSSH and Local Guidelines.
- To offer support, counselling, and follow-up to patients awaiting results and those newly diagnosed with urological cancer including communicating highly sensitive information to patients and their carers.
The Nurse Specialist for the Urology Team will maintain excellent working relationships with patients, their relatives, and a multi-disciplinary team of professionals working across the trust, including:
o Consultant Urologists
o Modern Matron and Directorate Management / Executive Team
o Allied Health Professionals Specialist Nurses, Ward Nurses, Consultants, Doctors, Diagnostics, Council services etc
o Patient support / focus groups
o Outpatient services
o Administrative services
o Other urology nurse specialists within the south west STP
Provide, receive, interpret and communicate highly specialist information with a range of health care professionals
Present complex, sensitive or contentious information to large audiences.
Establish excellent working relationships with patients communicating in a number of ways including virtual consultations, face to face, written, telephone etc.
Communicate sensitive / distressing information and manage patient expectations
Able to communicate effectively in demanding and challenging situations
Ensure effective and prompt reporting of nursing issues and concerns to the matron or associate director of nursing and professional practice
Actively participate in multi-professional meetings, acting as a patient advocate and represent nursing views
Provide specialist knowledge to other areas, when assistance/advice is required
Assist the development of services for patients presenting with urology related health concerns
Effectively assist with change in order to meet national / patients / service needs
Co-ordinate multi-disciplinary team working in the specialist care of patients with urology related health concerns
Maintain a caseload of patients and demonstrate advanced practice in assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care
Collect, collate, evaluate and report information
Maintain accurate patient records
Ensure that national, regional and local guidelines are implemented, whilst continually monitoring the quality of care provision
Be flexible and work within the rostering KPI guidelines
Participate in clinical research, audit and contribute to the development of knowledge / education in urological related health concerns
Effectively work within the service to ensure that it is responsive and flexible
Manage own time with conflicting priorities to ensure that the needs of patients, workforce and service are met
The Urology Outpatient service sees both cancer and benign patients in the outpatient setting, running nurse and consultant led procedure and investigation clinics daily. We offer support and advice to patients and other professionals within the acute and community setting and work alongside other departments to enhance the patient's pathway of care.
The Urology team is a small, friendly team that is currently across multiple sites with the main outpatient clinics based in Paignton. We are a supportive team committed to providing our patients an excellent standard of care. We are committed to service improvement and staff development through education and training, helping staff to realise their true potential.
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Education
Essential: - degree
Desirable: - Urology experience
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First seen
1 September 2026
Last checked
2 September 2026
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