Telephone contact number - 01493 453510
Email - UrologyNurses@jpaget.nhs.uk
Opening hours - 8.30am to 4.30pm Monday to Friday
The Uro-Oncology Nursing Team at the James Paget University Hospital provides specialist nursing support to all patients diagnosed with the five main urological cancers; Prostate, Bladder, Testis, Renal and Penile.
Patients diagnosed with Adrenal Cancer are also supported.
The team is part of the Norfolk and Waveney Specialist Urology Services working in collaboration with both the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and Queen Elizabeth Hospital at King's Lynn.
The service has expanded its nursing workforce in order to develop urological services in line with current cancer initiatives and to meet 28 days national cancer diagnosis targets
Uro-Oncology Nurses offer the following;
- Support and care to both patients and their families from receiving the 2ww referral from GP.
- Fast track their investigations, avoid any delays and breaches the cancer pathway.
- Support the patients during diagnosis, treatment and signpost them to appropriate professionals as needed.
- Act as patients advocates and support the patients with follow-on care as well.
Siji supports and manages both the Oncology and Non-Oncology Nursing Team staff at the James Paget. She has a special interest in Prostate Cancer and with her clinical knowledge and many years of experience in nursing she continues to support the Urology team and her group of patients effectively. Siji is an enthusiastic and eager professional who would like to make a difference in patients journey by providing them with enough information and offering suitable support.
Jincy completed her nursing studies in India and has been nursing for 24 years. She was one of the first nurses to come to Gorleston from South India 18 years ago to work at the James Paget. Jincy was the first one to choose nursing in her family and was inspired to become a nurse by her older brother, Sojan who sadly passed away two years ago with coronavirus in India. She says; “I believe his legacy lives on through my work caring for cancer patients and their loved ones. I have a wonderful team who want to make the difference to our patients and we really work as a team. No two days are the same but that’s what keeps the job exciting and rewarding. “I feel that I’m making a difference by supporting patients in a crucial and difficult time of their life.”