Job summary
We have two exciting new roles within the prostate cancer diagnostic service for enthusiastic nurses that will support the current team in our vision of a largely nurse-led local anaesthetic trans perineal (LATP) prostate biopsy service.

The post holder will support Prostate Cancer Diagnostics across UHB and be part of a wider Uro-Oncology Team. The Prostate Cancer team delivers care across Queen Elizabeth, Heartlands, Solihull and Good Hope Hospitals and it would be expected the successful candidate would be present on all of these sites across their working week.

The successful post holder can expect to receive training to become competent and independent, if not already, to provide LATP biopsies. This process will occur over 12 months after which it would be expected that the successful post holder transition to Band 8a LATP nurse. Therefore, this is considered a developmental role. If competence is not achieved within 12 months they will remain at band 7 until achievement.

The successful post holder will also be expected to triage and provide independent prostate cancer follow up clinics as well as developing within the wider Urology CNS team to progress into this role. The role will be key in the delivery of Nurse Led Diagnostics in the UHB Prostate Cancer Pathway.

Main duties of the job
The main duties of the role will be to deliver independent LATP prostate biopsies.

The successful post holder will also be expected to triage and provide independent prostate cancer follow up clinics as well as developing within the wider Urology CNS team to progress into this role. The role will be key in the delivery of Nurse Led Diagnostics in the UHB Prostate Cancer Pathway.

Please contact Richard Gledhill for more information.

About us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

Details
Date posted: 02 November 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 8a
Salary: £57,528 to £64,750 a year
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time, Flexible working
Reference number: 304-9019052
Job locations: Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Mindelsohn Way, Birmingham, West Midlands, B15 2TH, United Kingdom

Essential Qualifications

• NMC Registration Nurse/ NMC Registration Midwife
• Relevant post graduate specialist qualification
• Non-medical prescribing qualification or agreement to complete
• Evidence of professional updating within last 12 months.

Desirable Qualifications

• Masters Degree [ Healthcare related]

Essential Experience

• Complex reasoning.
• Critical thinking, reflection and analysis to inform their assessments, clinical judgements and decisions.
• Knowledge and skills of a broad range of clinically and professionally challenging and complex situations.
• Effective leadership.
• Proven success in service development.
• Influencing skills.
• Change management.
• Data input, collection, analysis, audit and evaluation.
• Use of databases.
• Standard keyboard skills and knowledge of a number of IT packages such as excel, Word, PAS, e-rostering etc.
• Assess competing priorities.
• Ability to utilise research and develop a research aware culture.
• Can act on own initiative.
• Ambition in expectations of self and colleagues in delivering high-quality care.
• Highly specialised clinical skills requiring accuracy and dexterity.

Desirable Experience

• Has experience in managing junior colleagues.

Essential Additional Criteria

• Work within budgetary controls.

Desirable Additional Criteria

• Proven experience in involvement in trust CIP's.

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. 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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Employer's website: https://www.uhb.nhs.uk/jobs.htm

Contact
Hiring Manager, richard.gledhill@uhb.nhs.uk, 01213716927

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust's privacy notice