Job Description

The advertised job is an exciting development to join the Urology Nurse Specialist Team. The successful candidates will join an established Urological Cancer/Benign team . We are a highly motivated cohesive team that has formed from the merger between the Royal Liverpool and Aintree University Hospital Urology departments.



The successful candidates will work with the existing team to deliver nurse led telephone assessment clinics and manages patients through the Clinical Pathways including; diagnostic imaging, biopsies and diagnosis . Currently the service is delivered across Aintree and Royal sites . The merger between the two hospitals is a great opportunity to reconfigure our service to best manage our urology patients in Merseyside.



The candidate needs to be an experienced Urology nurse with experience. The job will include mentoring from our current team. Key attributes for the individual should include: ability to work in a team; confidence to also work autonomously; a desire to improve clinical patient care; be a good communicator, and be compassionate to our patients.



Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.



We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.



UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.



For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.



Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women's Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.



For roles at Liverpool Women's, visit their careers page .



Perform specialist personalised, assessment and higher level discussion of patient's holistic needs, resulting in personalised care planning and evaluation of care delivery using advanced clinical knowledge and clinical skills.



Demonstrate higher level clinical care by managing a patient caseload providing expert assessment, planning and evaluation.



Co-ordinate and manage nurse-led clinics (within Speciality).



Contribute towards a multi-professional approach in the management of patients within the specialist area, especially in relation to ongoing care needs and discharge arrangements, including providing access to community cancer support.



Establish and maintain effective communication with patients and carers / relatives.



Support patients and their families and ensure that they receive the required information to enable them to self manage, lead or participate in their care delivery.



Recognise changes in patient's condition that require the intervention of others and case manage/refer on as appropriate.



To support, assist and encourage the multi-disciplinary team in resolving patient problems, by the provision of new and innovative models of case management.



To lead the specialist nursing contribution to the service, in the delivery of high standards of patient care.



To lead the specialist nursing contribution to the service, work in partnership with lead clinicians, Lead Cancer Nurse, Head of Operations, and Matron to ensure the delivery of high standards of patient care.



Work with the Matron to promote the development of nurses