Urology Nurse Practitioner

☞ Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust

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Update day: 01-06-2024

Location: Paignton South West

Category: Health / Medical Care

Industry: Hospitals Health Care

Position: Associate

Job type: Full-time

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The Urology Nurse Practitioner main aim is to provide specialist advice and clinical practice to patients within the urological outpatient and inpatient setting and enabling optimum quality of life.

To work as an expert practitioner assessing and initiating treatment as appropriate for patients within agreed protocols. Work autonomously as a specialist resource for urology patients, their carers and other professionals. To provide information, psycho-social support and advice to patients, carers and families undergoing treatment and investigations for urological procedures.
  • 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 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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For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Jo Harrop Job title: Advanced Urology Nurse Practitoner Email address: jharrop@nhs.net Telephone number: 01803 650009
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Deadline: 16-07-2024

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