SEHSCT Consultant Nurse - Urology Band 8B

Job details

• Branch: Belfast Area (SEHSCT)
• Location: UH, Main Building
• Salary: Band 8b (£64,455 - £74,896 )
• Contract Type: Permanent
• Opening Date: 15/07/26
• Closes: Wed, 29 July 2026 @ 5:30 PM
• Interview Dates: To Be Confirmed

Notes

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JOB DESCRIPTION

JOB TITLE

Consultant Nurse – Urology

BAND

Band 8B

DIRECTORATE

Medicine, Unscheduled Care & Cancer

INITIAL LOCATION

Ulster Hospital

REPORTS TO

Assistant Director

ACCOUNTABLE TO

Assistant Director Cancer, LVH Medical Specialties & Outpatients

Job Summary

The Consultant nurse in Urology will practise a high degree of professional autonomy at an advanced level in the delivery of high quality, safe and effective care.

The Consultant nurse role will blend a significant proportion of direct, higher level clinical care (minimum of 50% of job role) with education, research, service development and evaluation activities. The postholder will exercise advanced knowledge, skill and expertise in the provision of patient management in conjunction with the urology clinical nurse specialists and local and regional urology teams. He / she will work in collaboration with the cancer management team multidisciplinary teams locally and regionally and. The postholder will establish, implement and support the development of Consultant nurse led clinics in response to service need.

The postholder will lead and influence service policy development within SET and at a strategic level whilst continuing to provide a strong clinical commitment and expert advice to clinical colleagues. The Consultant nurse will demonstrate leadership skills. Be a nurse leader in any Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) processes and motivate others and proactively improve quality of cancer care and standards of practice and advanced nursing roles within cancer care.

The postholder should contribute to education at a regional level involving peer review and relevant publications and support and act as clinical advisor to the Urology Specialist nursing team. To support the delivery of a high quality, safe and compassionate healthcare service, all staff are expected to act as a role model to others in all aspects of their work.

Also encompassed within the job plan the post holder will spend 0.2 WTE (1 day per week) in partnership with the Ulster University School of Nursing. Within this time the post-holder will provide academic input and contribute towards educational provision across a range of postgraduate programmes aligned to their areas of expertise,and provide research support for MSc supervision. The post holder will also contribute to research activity, aligned to Palliative and Cancer Care Research Group, including developing or implementing research in practice.

Main Duties / Responsibilities

As a member of the clinical team, the Consultant nurse will

Exercise advanced levels of clinical judgment, knowledge and skill and possess a high degree of personal/professional autonomy to enable complex decision-making.

To be able to clinically risk assess patients pre-operatively and to assess appropriateness of surgical procedure.

To be able to discuss and refer patients to alternative therapeutic interventions if surgery is not appropriate.

To assist in the clinical care of post-operative patients, undertaking patient reviews and providing senior clinical advice ensuring patients receive the most appropriate care based on their clinical need.

To obtain informed consent for specific procedures in line with relevant Trust policies and protocols, ensuring full explanation is given and consent obtained prior to the procedures.

To attend and participate in the urology MDT on regular weekly basis

Demonstrate advanced skills for assessment, diagnosis, treatment, management within the field of practice of urology and make and receive referrals, where appropriate.

Identify and adopt innovative clinical practice models, e.g. implementation and evaluation of new treatments, technologies, and therapeutic techniques.

Use an innovative, person-centred approach to contribute to better outcomes and experience for patients/clients, families, carers or communities.

As an expert, conduct and contribute to systematic reviews of clinical practice.

Act as an educator and contribute to the training and education of others.

Through the formalised university links, provide academic and research support.

Develop and influence professional practice locally, nationally and internationally through the promotion and evaluation of evidence-based practice, research and service development.

Present and contribute to local/national/international professional conferences, special interest groups/working parties, research forums, including dissemination through relevant publications.

Lead and facilitate inter-professional working.

Participate in relevant recruitment and retention initiatives.

Demonstrate an awareness of the systems and strategies in place for

Identifying poor performance and practice.

escalating concerns when appropriate.

Education of patients/relatives/carers regarding aspects of care and give appropriate health promotion and education as outlined by national and local health organizations.

Ensuring all documentation is legible, accurate, is written in black ink and clearly signed/timed/dated in accordance with the NMC.

KEY DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES

1.0 Professional Leadership

1.1 Process complex, sensitive or contentious information in contributing to the development of strategic planning of urology services in partnership with the Assistant Director and Clinical Director for Cancer Services, Director of Nursing, and wider urology MDT.

1.2 Provide professional leadership and advocacy in the care of patients with urology.

1.3 Support and lead staff to develop the urology nursing service, providing a professional and academic role model, and actively supporting and inspiring nurses to develop confidence and clinical skills.

1.4 Inspire colleagues to improve standards and quality of care and to develop professional practice by participating in the development of clinical guidelines and supporting the implementation of local and national guidelines.

1.5 Challenge organisational and professional barriers that limit or inhibit an effective urology service.

1.6 Use cancer nursing expertise as a resource to promote, support and teaching of nurses, other healthcare professionals and junior medical staff.

1.7 Work in collaboration with the Trust’s Governance Facilitator, Practice Education Facilitator and Senior Cancer Managers to foster a culture where urology nurses will:

Develop safe autonomous nursing practice within their scope of practice

Work in partnership with medical colleagues to improve outcomes.

Develop new models of nurse led cancer care.

1.8 Assist in change management for the implementation of innovative care structures. OR Lead on and play a proactive role in implementing innovative ways of working, motivating and change management within cancer services.

1.9 Work with Cancer Management team to develop professional practice locally to meet the needs of the local population and support the strategic direction of the service across the cancer trajectory (prevention, treatment, living with and beyond cancer).

1.X Contribute and influence the cancer care nursing agenda at a local, national and international level.

1.10 Provide specialist urology nursing care advice to the Directorate Team, Director of Nursing and the Trust Board as and when required or requested.

1.11 Promote effective, open, respectful communication amongst professional groups, support staff and women and their families.

2.0 Clinical Management

2.1 To be directly responsible for the line management of urology CNSs across dermatology and plastics, a job plan will be agreed once appointed.

2.2 Work in partnership with the Trust’s Governance Facilitator, Practice Education Facilitator and Senior Cancer Managers in professional development through the identification of learning needs across the organisation, working closely with cancer managers, supervisors of cancer nurses and educationalists.

2.3 Foster a culture of reflective practice enabling cancer nurses, healthcare professionals and junior doctors to develop confidence and clinical skill competency.

2.4 Collaborate and work in partnership with the Trust’s Governance Facilitator, Practice Education Facilitator and Senior Cancer Managers and develop the skills of urology nurses identifying where development is required and ensure that appropriate action plans are developed and implemented to remedy any shortcomings.

2.5 Collaborate with educationalists to identify educational packages that meet the needs of urology nurses that support the development of urology nurse led care.

2.6 In partnership with cancer management team and UU lead the development of high level multi-disciplinary educational programmes for clinical staff across primary and secondary care, promoting the sharing of expertise and influencing the development of practice.

2.7 Ensure that recommendations from NICE, BAD and BAPRA and Manual of Cancer Standards and the Royal Colleges are incorporated into local practice.

2.8 Work with key stakeholders, including Higher Education institutes and other education providers to develop and promote a range of learning opportunities.

2.9 Lead and support authentic stakeholder engagement, through co-production and co-design, to facilitate improvement in cancer services and user experience.

3.0 Service & Management

3.1 Work collaboratively with others to promote and create a culture of research awareness throughout cancer services teams. Undertake relevant research and audit topics to improve health outcomes and identify future services developments. Implement changes in practice where required

3.2 Provide expert advice to the CD for Cancer, Regional CD for Plastics and ADs for service development and act as a catalyst of change, which may lead to service re-design and the introduction of new models of care that are evidence-based.

3.3 Facilitate the dissemination of new evidence and research findings. and ensure systems are in place for their implementation.

3.4 Working in collaboration with the Trust’s Governance Facilitators to support multidisciplinary investigatory/audit work.

3.5 In collaboration with research colleagues in the Trust and Ulster University promote cancer based audit and research within Cancer Services.

3.6 Participate in national policy development and NICE guideline reviews including taking stakeholder status when appropriate.

3.7 In collaboration and partnership with the cancer management team support the development of tools/methods that enable the views of the service users to be heard.

3.8 Act as a key conduit for effective two way communication at a strategic level between managers and internal and external stakeholders.

4.0 Clinical Governance

4.1 Operate, at all times, with high standards of probity and personal conduct. Consider themselves an ambassador for cancer nursing acting as a role model for all staff and work within statutory frameworks governing nurses.

4.2 Contribute to the development and delivery of the Directorate Clinical Governance agenda.

4.3 Have a significant role in Quality improvement, providing expert input and influencing and challenging other professional, the wider organisation and across organisational boundaries to help deliver better services.

4.4 Have a strong belief in the need for self-development which positively influences academic activity, leadership skills, and drives service improvement methodology, leading/participating in multidisciplinary teams and peer supervision, publication and learning opportunities.

4.5 To collaborate with the AD and Clinical Manager in workforce planning within designated area of responsibility, maintaining methods of monitoring workload, clinical activity, staffing levels/skill mix ensuring action is taken to prevent compromised care.

4.6 To develop plans to improve recruitment and retention of the Multi-Disciplinary Team, minimising the use of bank utilisation.

4.7 To take the lead in complaint/disciplinary/incident and accident investigation, analysis and resolution, applying root cause analysis and, where applicable supporting the Governance team to undertake investigations and report writing and meeting with families.

4.8 To ensure statutory/mandatory duties and legal requirements are upheld within areas of responsibility.

4.9 To work with the public, service users and voluntary organisations ensuring meaningful engagement and involvement in the planning and evaluation of services.

4.10 To routinely measure and analyse standards through a range of audit activity, using a range of IT packages.

4.11 To identify research projects and coordinate team participation in Research & Development.

HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES

The Trust supports and promotes a culture of collective leadership where those who have responsibility for managing other staff:

1. Establish and promote a supportive, fair and open culture that encourages and enables all parts of the team to have clearly aligned goals and objectives, to meet the required performance standards and to achieve continuous improvement in the services they deliver.

2. Ensure access to skills and personal development through appropriate training and support.

3. Promote a culture of openness and honesty to enable shared learning.

4. Encourage and empower others in their team to achieve their goals and reach their full potential through regular supportive conversation and shared decision making.

5. Adhere to and promote Trust policy and procedure in all staffing matters, participating as appropriate in a way which underpins Trust values.

GENERAL MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES

6. The post holder will promote and support effective team working, fostering a culture of openness and transparency. The post holder will ensure that they take all concerns raised with them seriously and act in accordance with the South Eastern Health & Social Care Trust’s Raising Concerns Policy and their professional code of conduct, where applicable

7. The post holder will, in the event of a concern being raised with them, ensure it is managed correctly under the South Eastern Health & Social Care Trust’s Raising Concerns Policy and ensure that feedback/learning is communicated at individual, team and organisational level regarding the concerns raised, and how they were resolved

GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

The post holder will be required to

8. Ensure the Trust’s policy on equality of opportunity is promoted through his/her own actions and those of any staff for whom he/she has responsibility.

9. Co-operate fully with the implementation of the Trust's Health and Safety arrangements, reporting any accidents/incidents/equipment defects to his/her manager, and maintaining a clean, uncluttered and safe environment for patients/clients, members of the public and staff.

10. Adhere at all times to all Trust policies/codes of conduct, including for example

• Smoke Free policy

• IT Security Policy and Code of Conduct

• standards of attendance, appearance and behaviour

11. Contribute to ensuring the highest standards of environmental cleanliness within your designated area of work.

12. Co-operate fully with regard to Trust policies and procedures relating to infection prevention and control.

13. All employees of the South Eastern HSC Trust are legally responsible for all records held, created or used as part of their business within the South Eastern HSC Trust including patients/clients, corporate and administrative records whether paper-based or electronic and also including emails. All such records are public records and are accessible to the general public, with limited exceptions, under the Freedom of Information act 2000 the Environmental Information Regulations 2004, the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR) and the Data Protection Act 2018. Employees are required to be conversant with the South Eastern HSC Trust’s policy and procedures on records management and to seek advice if in doubt.

14. Take responsibility for his/her own ongoing learning and development, in order to maximise his/her potential and continue to meet the demands of the post.

15. Represent the Trust’s commitment to providing the highest possible standard of service to patients/clients and members of the public, by treating all those with whom he/she comes into contact in the course of work, in a pleasant, courteous and respectful manner.

This Job Description will be subject to review in the light of changing circumstances and is not intended to be rigid and inflexible but should be regarded as providing guidelines within which the individual works. Other duties of a similar nature and appropriate to the grade may be assigned from time to time.

It is a standard condition that all Trust staff may be required to serve at any location within the Trust's area, as needs of the service demand.

eHealth

The South Eastern Health & Social Care Trust has invested in eHealth to deliver better, faster, safer care to our community and is committed to supporting staff to utilise associated information systems that directly and indirectly inform care. Trust staff are therefore required to commit sufficient time to ensure that they acquire and/or retain the core technology skills required to support their role.

Personal and Public Involvement (PPI)

Staff members are expected to involve patients, clients, carers and the wider community were relevant, in developing, planning and delivering our services in a meaningful and effective way, as part of the Trust’s ongoing commitment to Personal and Public Involvement (PPI).

Please use the link below to access the PPI standards leaflet for further information. PPI_leaflet.pdf (hscni.net)

July 2026

PERSONNEL SPECIFICATION

JOB TITLE Consultant Nurse Urology

DEPARTMENT / DIRECTORATE Medicine, Unscheduled Care & Cancer

SALARY Band 8B

HOURS Full-time - 37.5 hours per week

Ref No: 55787375 July 2026

Notes to applicants

You must clearly demonstrate on your application form under each question, how you meet the required criteria as failure to do so may result in you not being shortlisted. You should clearly demonstrate this for both the essential and desirable criteria.

Shortlisting will be carried out on the basis of the essential criteria set out in Section 1 below, using the information provided by you on your application form. Please note the Trust reserves the right to use any desirable criteria outlined in Section 3 at shortlisting. You must clearly demonstrate on your application form how you meet the desirable criteria.

Proof of qualifications and/or professional registration will be required if an offer of employment is made – if you are unable to provide this, the offer may be withdrawn.

ESSENTIAL CRITERIA

SECTION 1: The following are ESSENTIAL criteria which will initially be measured at shortlisting stage although may also be further explored during the interview/selection stage. You should therefore make it clear on your application form whether or not you meet these criteria. Failure to do so may result in you not being shortlisted. The stage in the process when the criteria will be measured is stated below.

Factor

Criteria

Method of Assessment

Qualifications & Experience

Live NMC Registration on Part 1 (ADULT) of the NMC register.

A minimum of 8 years post registration experience with at least 7 years in the area of urology nursing

At least 3 years experience in a senior cancer nursing role – band 7 or above

Educated to Masters Level or above in advanced nursing practice

Post registration qualification in cancer

Experience of setting up and running independent nurse-led clinics and service development initiatives

Shortlisting by Application Form

Other

Hold a current full driving licence which is valid for use in the UK and have access to a car on appointment.

This criteria will be waived in the case of applicants whose disability prohibits driving but who have access to a form of transport approved by the Trust which will permit them to carry out the duties of the post.

Shortlisting by Application Form

SECTION 2: The following are ESSENTIAL criteria which will be measured during the interview/ selection stage:

Knowledge / Skills / Abilities

Ability to demonstrate significant experience in urology nursing practice including responsibility for aspects of case management, managing a clinical area, leading elements of service provision and of supporting staff in the clinical environment

Expertise in all aspects of urology nursing

Considerable professional leadership experience within health and social care settings

Proven leadership ability including ability to work effectively across organisational boundaries

Experience and knowledge of service change and redesign

Experience of public speaking

Evidence of continuing professional development

Evidence of innovative practice that involves research or audit

Evidence of experience in quality/ service improvement initiatives

Evidence of clinical and educational/ University teaching

Evidence of working and association with an education provider to enhance the profession

Evidence of research experience

Evidence of managing people

Evidence of participating in regional, national and international networks

Experience of multi-agency working

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Excellent report writing and presentation skills

IT literate

Ability to network across organisation

Ability to influence and motivate others

Negotiating skills and ability to resolve conflict

Ability to make decisions and be accountable for them

Ability to prioritise and meet deadlines

Ability to compile, analyse and disseminate complex information

Interview / Test

Knowledge

Sound knowledge of professional regulation

Clear understanding of the relationship between research and practice

Detailed knowledge of cancer nursing issues and their impact on service delivery

Excellent understanding of wider HSC agenda and drivers for change

Detailed understanding of research and assessing evidence

Interview / Test

DESIRABLE CRITERIA

SECTION 3: these will ONLY be used where it is necessary to introduce additional job related criteria to ensure files are manageable. You should therefore make it clear on your application form how you meet these criteria. Failure to do so may result in you not being shortlisted

Qualifications

PhD or Professional Doctorate

Teaching qualification.

Shortlisting by Application Form

Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will need to demonstrate at interview that they have the required competencies to be effective in this demanding leadership role. The competencies concerned are set out in the NHS Healthcare Leadership Model, details of which can be found at

http://www.leadershipacademy.nhs.uk/resources/healthcare-leadership-model

Particular attention will be given to the following dimensions

Leading with care

Evaluating information

Connecting our service

Engaging the team

Holding to account

Influencing for results

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THE TRUST IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYER

Successful applicants

may be required to attend for a Health Assessment

can expect to be placed at the minimum point of the pay scale, although a higher starting salary, within the range of the pay band may be available if the person appointed has experience relevant & equivalent to the post. Request for recognition of previous service with non-direct NHS/HSC organisations towards starting salary and incremental credit must be made via the Retained Recruitment team within 3 months from commencement of employment. Requests made after 3 months will not be considered. If the successful candidate is an existing HSC employee moving to a higher band, AfC Pay on Promotion will apply.

are able to request Flexible Working from the 1st day of their employment. A number of flexible working provisions are offered by all HSC Organisations including Full-time working, Fixed working patterns, Part-time working, Flexi-time, Compressed/elongated hours, Average hours working patterns, Term-time working, Job-share or Homeworking for some or all of the working pattern, depending on the role being undertaken. Successful applicants are encouraged to discuss with their manager what Flexible Working provisions may be available in the role they are taking up, prior to commencing employment, to help them achieve a positive Work/Life Balance

All staff are expected to display the HSC Values at all times