The closing date is 30 June 2026
Salary: £50,129 to £57,365 a year per annum
Job summary
An exciting and rewarding opportunity has arisen for a motivated and experienced nurse to join the Urology team as a full-time Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist within Glangwili General Hospital, Carmarthen and across the Health Board.
This pivotal role offers the chance to make a meaningful impact on patient care by delivering a high-quality, specialist urology nursing service. The post holder will provide expert clinical advice, coordinate complex patient pathways, and act as a key point of contact for patients navigating their diagnostic and treatment journey. Working collaboratively within a dynamic multidisciplinary team, the successful candidate will contribute to the continuous development and improvement of urology services, ensuring care is safe, effective, and truly patient-centred.
As an autonomous practitioner, the Clinical Nurse Specialist will utilise advanced clinical assessment and decision-making skills to support patients across the urology pathway, while also providing leadership, guidance, and expertise to colleagues. This role offers an excellent opportunity to further develop advanced practice skills and lead on key areas of service delivery and innovation.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will play a key role in delivering a high-quality, specialist urology nursing service, ensuring patients receive safe, effective, and compassionate care throughout their clinical pathway. This is a rewarding opportunity to work at an advanced level, supporting patients with complex needs while shaping service delivery.
Key responsibilities include:
Providing expert clinical advice, guidance, and emotional support to patients and their families across a range of urology pathways, ensuring a personalised and patient-centred approach
Undertaking comprehensive assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care in line with current evidence-based practice, national guidance, and local protocols
Acting as a dedicated point of contact for patients, coordinating care across multidisciplinary teams to ensure timely access to investigations, treatment, and follow-up
Contributing to service development, audit, and quality improvement initiatives, supporting the continuous enhancement of urology services and patient outcomes
Delivering education, guidance, and specialist support to nursing colleagues and the wider multidisciplinary team, promoting high standards of clinical practice
This role offers the opportunity to influence patient pathways, enhance service delivery, and contribute to ongoing improvements within urology services.
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential
- Registered Nurse (Part 1)
- Current NMC Registration
- Masters Degree or equivalent experience
- Specialist qualifications
- Expert level of knowledge in clinical speciality
- Knowledge of service improvement
- Able to undertake a literature search and critically appraise research papers
Desirable
- Teaching qualification
- Management qualification
- Advanced clinical skills
- Non-medical Prescribing course
Experience
Essential
- Experience in the relevant specialty
- Experience of working in a multi-professional environment
- Experience of managing a ward/area/department
- Experience of working with pre-registration nursing/midwifery students in a mentorship role
- Experience of undertaking audit
Desirable
- Experience of participating in research
Language skills
Desirable
- Welsh speaker (Level 1)
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
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).