Job summary
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustUro-Oncology Prostate Patient Led Follow Up Specialist Nurse
Do you deliver compassionate excellence? Do you want a new challenge? If yes, then read on....
About the OUH Stratified Prostate Pathway Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust delivers a risk-based, patient-centred approach to prostate cancer follow-up. The Stratified Prostate Pathway supports tailored care based on clinical risk, enabling eligible patients to transition to patient led follow up (PLFU). This model reduces unnecessary hospital visits while ensuring robust PSA surveillance and rapid access to specialist care when needed. It empowers patients through education and streamlined communication, aligning with national best practice in cancer survivorship.
Informal visits are strongly encouraged.
Main duties of the job
The band 6 Specialist nurse will play a pivotal role in this pathway, supporting patients through tailored surveillance and transitioning eligible individuals to patient led follow up (PLFU). This involves remote monitoring of PSA levels, symptom assessment, and ensuring rapid access to specialist care when needed. The role also includes patient education, clinical decision-making, and collaboration across multidisciplinary teams to deliver safe, efficient, and empowering care aligned with national best practice.
Develop and provide comprehensive clinical care, specialist advice, and support to patients on uro-oncology prostate patient led follow up service.
Work as an autonomous, specialist practitioner alongside members of the multidisciplinary team in the prostate urology service.
Role will include working alongside the assistant pathway co-ordinators and the clinical nurse specialist team.
Flexibility within the uro-oncology service to ensure appropriate specialist cover.
About us
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. For more information on OUH please view OUH At a Glance by OUHospitals - Issuu
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.
We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Service specific skills, tasks or procedures required:
o A background in and/or knowledge of oncology and/or prostate cancer.
o Computer literate with proficiency in using standard office software digital tools and EPR trained.
o Able to process data and undertake data entry to move patients onto the stratified pathway.
o To ensure prerequisite are met for moving patients onto the pathway including, treatment summary completed, patient has attended health and wellbeing event, holistic needs assessment completed.
o Telemed patient clinic to ensure patient understanding of information, that they have appropriate contact details and to answer questions.
o Able to educate and support patients to facilitate safe and successful self-management as per the guidelines of the Stratified pathway.
o Ability to monitor and track patient activity and monitor patient progress on the stratified pathway.
o Confidence to triage/signpost and if appropriate escalate patient calls and emails to relevant clinical staff and/or other services in OUH in a timely manner.
o Order/undertake, interpret, and act upon PSA blood tests and other investigations.
o To work closely with the assistant pathway co-ordinators to ensure blood test labels are sent to patients and that other administrative duties are fulfilled.
o Able to collect and analyse data to ensure all targets are met and to identify and work on continual service delivery and improvement.
o Work collaboratively and co-operatively with clinical colleagues to develop the service
o Ability to work both as part of a team and on occasion independently.
o Ability to communicate effectively with both internal and external colleagues and stakeholders.
o To undertake any reasonable further duties as required when requested by their line manager.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Service specific skills, tasks or procedures required:
o A background in and/or knowledge of oncology and/or prostate cancer.
o Computer literate with proficiency in using standard office software digital tools and EPR trained.
o Able to process data and undertake data entry to move patients onto the stratified pathway.
o To ensure prerequisite are met for moving patients onto the pathway including, treatment summary completed, patient has attended health and wellbeing event, holistic needs assessment completed.
o Telemed patient clinic to ensure patient understanding of information, that they have appropriate contact details and to answer questions.
o Able to educate and support patients to facilitate safe and successful self-management as per the guidelines of the Stratified pathway.
o Ability to monitor and track patient activity and monitor patient progress on the stratified pathway.
o Confidence to triage/signpost and if appropriate escalate patient calls and emails to relevant clinical staff and/or other services in OUH in a timely manner.
o Order/undertake, interpret, and act upon PSA blood tests and other investigations.
o To work closely with the assistant pathway co-ordinators to ensure blood test labels are sent to patients and that other administrative duties are fulfilled.
o Able to collect and analyse data to ensure all targets are met and to identify and work on continual service delivery and improvement.
o Work collaboratively and co-operatively with clinical colleagues to develop the service
o Ability to work both as part of a team and on occasion independently.
o Ability to communicate effectively with both internal and external colleagues and stakeholders.
o To undertake any reasonable further duties as required when requested by their line manager.
Person Specification
education
Essential
- NMC registration
- First level degree (HEI Level 5 or 6) in undergraduate base profession
- Demonstrable evidence of ability to achieve post-graduate study at Level 6 or 7 study.
Desirable
- Completed or completing Level 7 MSc, relevant to clinical area or speciality, or willing to undertake
- Leadership Course or Qualification
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Demonstrates knowledge or transferrable skills within urology speciality
- Excellent clinical and practical skills
- Computer literate with experience of working with Microsoft Office packages
Desirable
- Experience of team leadership ability or management skills
- Experience of applying research evidence to own clinical practice
Other skills
Essential
- Commitment to evidencing own professional development, capabilities and competency development via work-based assessments and use of a portfolio.
- Able to organise own workload effectively
- Enthusiasm towards teaching patients, staff and others in the MDT as needed.
- Ability to recognise own limitations, working within scope of practice, acting on feedback from clinical supervisors when required.
- Evidence of effective team working as part of a multi-disciplinary professional team
Person Specification
education
Essential
- NMC registration
- First level degree (HEI Level 5 or 6) in undergraduate base profession
- Demonstrable evidence of ability to achieve post-graduate study at Level 6 or 7 study.
Desirable
- Completed or completing Level 7 MSc, relevant to clinical area or speciality, or willing to undertake
- Leadership Course or Qualification
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Demonstrates knowledge or transferrable skills within urology speciality
- Excellent clinical and practical skills
- Computer literate with experience of working with Microsoft Office packages
Desirable
- Experience of team leadership ability or management skills
- Experience of applying research evidence to own clinical practice
Other skills
Essential
- Commitment to evidencing own professional development, capabilities and competency development via work-based assessments and use of a portfolio.
- Able to organise own workload effectively
- Enthusiasm towards teaching patients, staff and others in the MDT as needed.
- Ability to recognise own limitations, working within scope of practice, acting on feedback from clinical supervisors when required.
- Evidence of effective team working as part of a multi-disciplinary professional team
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
