Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Urology Specialist Nurse team in a new role which will support the pathway for patients requiring elective urology surgery.  This role will help to guide the patient pathway by supporting clinical prioritisation of both elective day case and elective inpatient admissions.  Patients will be referred into the service for surgery and this role will provide expert knowledge and skills in supporting identification and planning for appropriate day case / admission.

• Interview Date: 26 July 2022

• 37 hours 30 minutes/week

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Main duties of the job

The Day Treatment Centre has been designed to provide facilities within Newcastle Hospitals to enhance and increase patient activity and this Urology Specialist Nurse will be part of the Urology multidisciplinary team and will support this activity and patient pathway by providing clinical support and expertise in organising and planning for the elective surgery. The role will oversee preadmission patient selection and optimisation and will provide support and guidance post operatively to promote a more streamlined journey and experience for this group of patients. This will include the management of patients who may need to return for ongoing care post day case surgery, for example patients discharged with urinary catheter in situ who will subsequently require catheter removal.

You will require extensive knowledge, skills and experience of the patient pathways through elective surgery and you will need to have knowledge and awareness of patient needs and requirements throughout these pathways. You will also need to have insight into the specific requirements of urology surgical patients. You will be required to have enhanced communication and coordination skills to ensure that suitable patients are prioritised and listed / admitted for elective urology surgery.

You will work closely with both the Day Treatment Centre and the Urology Department facilitating effective pathways of care for elective surgical patients

Working for our organisation

Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with over 18,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.

Rated ‘Outstanding’ by the CQC for the second consecutive time in 2019, we have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.

We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.

Our staff oversee around 1.84 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.

We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.