Nursing Associate

Job summary

Are you a compassionate, motivated clinician looking to play a key role in transforming patient care? Urological conditions can have a profound impact on daily life, and we're looking for someone who is dedicated to supporting patients and their families through both acute and long-term challenges.

If you're ready to make a real difference while growing your specialist skills, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.

As a Nursing Associate within our Urology Outpatients team, you'll be a vital part of a dynamic and supportive service. You will work closely with a wide range of Urology professionals, helping us deliver safe, effective and compassionate care to patients of all ages.

You'll already have completed the Trainee Nursing Associate programme, achieved a Level 5 foundation degree-equivalent qualification, and secured registration with the NMC. You'll be confident working in line with the NMC Code of Conduct and ready to apply your skills within a specialist setting.

Main duties of the job

In this varied and rewarding role, you will:

• Lead your own nurse-led clinics, including:
  • Adult and paediatric flow clinics
  • Trial Without Catheter (TWOC) clinics
• Support clinicians in the flexible cystoscopy suite, gaining valuable experience in specialist procedures.
• Scrub for surgical procedures and assist with trans-perineal prostate biopsy clinics.
• Support general urology clinics, ensuring excellent continuity of care.
• Assess, plan and deliver high-quality clinical care in line with patient needs, under the supervision of a registered nurse.
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team, regularly liaising with other departments to coordinate care.
• Carry out essential administrative duties that help the service run smoothly.

About us

At the RUH we put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone's contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.

We are proud to be in thetop 20 best hospitals to work for in the country.

We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks - celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.

We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We've even got a pool!

We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more about living and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about our extensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we're providing healthcare fit for the future with the landmark Dyson Cancer Centre and our passion for research.