Urology Specialist Nurse

An exciting secondment opportunity has arisen for a nurse with urology experience to work within our Urology Outpatient services.. Whether you are an experienced band 6 who wants to broaden their urology experience and would like a new challenge, or you are a band 5 with a specific interest in urology this could be of interest to.

Based in the Urology Assessment Unit at Wythenshawe/Withington sites, you will work alongside a team of experienced urology specialists nurse in their own dedicated unit.

The post holder will work within the team to facilitate and develop urology services across Manchester Foundation Trust. They will provide professional, clinical and innovative care delivery within a multi-professional team. They will provide specialist nursing knowledge and expertise in the management of patients with urological conditions, liaising with colleagues across care settings to ensure specialist assessment, providing holistic packages of care and ensuring patients receive prompt and evidence based care.

Main duties of the job

The majority of the outpatient urology clinics across Manchester Foundation Trust are nurse led for urology benign and cancer patients.

The post holder will be expected to provide specialist knowledge and care to the urology patient and their carers. They will support colleagues in the effective management of patients in their specialist area who require a high level of judgement, discretion and decision making. The post holder will provide education and training to patients, carers and healthcare professionals.

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.