Staff Nurse - Urology Outpatients RLH/Aintree

Overview

Staff Nurse - Urology Outpatients RLH/Aintree

The closing date is 29 September 2025

We are looking for several Band 5 Nurses who would like a career within the Urology Specialty. The post holder would ideally have specialty experience in Urology Diagnostics and Treatments and show a desire to develop within the area.

Urology Diagnostics, Treatments and Outpatients is a growing Nurse Led Service which includes Nurse led diagnostics, Benign and Stone diagnostics, Cancer diagnostics and treatments and andrology services. This will also include communicating treatment plans with patients and primary care. If you are passionate about providing the highest standards of care to patients in this speciality and feel you would develop and enhance within if an experienced and supportive multidisciplinary team, that continually puts patient-centred care at the forefront.

Main duties of the job

• Join a nursing team in the Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Trust with a focus on providing the highest standards of care to patients.
• Provide a stimulating and challenging role with full support to integrate into your team and specialty.
• Contribute to a vibrant, forward-thinking organisation that welcomes ideas for change and improvement to ensure ongoing excellence.
• Aspire to be in the top 20 percentile of trusts in terms of high performance and help recruit the right staff to achieve this.

Our aspirations are to be in the top 20 percentile of trusts in terms of high performance and need the right staff to help us achieve this.

About us

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.

Job responsibilities

Clinical Responsibilities: Participate in maintaining a safe, comfortable and therapeutic environment for all patients and carers and maintain agreed standards of nursing care. Determine nursing priorities and plan patient care. Inform the nurse in charge when changes in circumstances may affect patient care. Maintain nursing records in accordance with the NMC and Trust guidelines. Maintain and improve quality of patient care through contribution to the Essence of Care and clinical benchmarking within the unit. Ensure due regard is given to customs, values and spiritual beliefs of patients. Provide information and support to patients/carers, and ensure all those involved in the care are aware of changes in the patient's condition. Assist in the safe custody, checking and administration of drugs. Develop the clinical knowledge and skills to care for acutely ill patients admitted via both planned and unplanned routes. Undertake expanded practice, under supervision, to optimise patient care and in accordance with ward/department and Trust policies. Involve patients and carers in the planning and delivery of care. Ensure effective lines of communication within the ward/department and multidisciplinary team. Management/Leadership Responsibilities: Ensure that all equipment is checked and maintained in safe working order. Manage allocated workload and provide supervision of less experienced staff. Practice and promote safe and efficient use of all resources. Report all incidents, accidents and complaints to the unit manager and complete Trust incident forms in accordance with risk management policies. Ensure compliance with Trust policies and procedures. Ensure own standards are maintained in relation to clinical governance. Provide leadership in the monitoring of standards of care. Act as shift coordinator in rotation with other nurses in the team. The post holder shall, as necessary, provide cover for and undertake duties of absent colleagues. The post holder shall follow all the policies and procedures of the organisation.

Person Specification Qualifications

• Registered Nurse, current NMC registration
• Diploma in Nursing

Experience

• Post registration experience and successful completion of band 5 foundation gateway competencies
• Experience within relevant clinical setting
• Evidence of maintaining a clinical learning environment
• Evidence of working with students
• Recent acute hospital experience including as a student nurse

Knowledge

• Knowledge of current nursing issues and clinical governance
• Demonstrates awareness of own limitations

Skills

• Ability to organise workload and delegate tasks appropriately
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Ability to support less experienced staff
• Ability to problem solve
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Basic IT skills, including e-mail and word processing

Other

• Supportive of colleagues
• Ability to work in changing environments
• Committed to high standards of patient care
• Exemplary personal standards of conduct and behaviour
• Maintain both personal and professional development
• Willingness to be flexible and adaptable

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust