Sheeba Eapen

I am an Advanced Clinical Practitioner and senior nursing leader with extensive experience in autonomous clinical practice, advanced patient assessment, diagnostic reasoning, patient management, and multidisciplinary team working. I have developed and led nurse-led services, managed complex patient pathways, and delivered holistic care across diagnosis, treatment, survivorship, and palliative care. Throughout my career, I have successfully led service development initiatives, quality improvement programmes, clinical governance activities, workforce development, and educational projects.

I am passionate about delivering high-quality, patient-centred care and am committed to improving patient outcomes through innovation, evidence-based practice, effective leadership, and collaborative working across primary, secondary, and tertiary healthcare settings.

Uro-Oncology Lead Clinical Nurse Specialist (Band-8a) - Whittington Health NHS Trust

(2019-08 - 2026-07)

• Conducting advanced history taking, clinical assessment, diagnostic decision-making and clinical management pathways.
• Independently managing complex and long-term conditions.
• Developing and delivering nurse-led clinics and patient pathways.
• Interpreting diagnostic investigations and formulating comprehensive management plans.
• Independently requesting and interpreting diagnostic tests, including blood investigations and radiological imaging, as an IR(ME)R-certified practitioner.
• Delivering holistic patient assessments, treatment planning, and follow-up care.
• Leading and developing specialist nurse-led clinics for intravesical chemotherapy and bladder instillations, PSA Active Surveillance, Safety Net Renal Surveillance, BPH treatments including TURP, UroLift and Rezum services, nephrostomy care, catheter management, continence services, and post-surgical follow-up.
• Overseeing diagnostic pathways, including uroflowmetry, bladder scanning, PSA monitoring and interpretation, and coordination of further investigations.
• Providing structured patient education on catheter care, self-management strategies, lifestyle modifications, and safety-netting advice in accordance with national guidelines and best practice.
• Ensuring robust clinical governance, patient safety, and risk management for patients with complex urological needs.
• Coordinating complex pathways for patients diagnosed with bladder, kidney, prostate, and testicular cancers.
• Acting as a key point of contact for patients and families throughout diagnosis, treatment, surveillance, and follow-up.
• Supporting multidisciplinary team discussions and ensuring timely implementation of treatment recommendations.
• Facilitating referrals, staging investigations, treatment planning, and ongoing surveillance.
• Working closely with oncology, radiology, pathology, surgical, and palliative care teams to provide integrated care.
• Independent flexible cystoscopist competent in performing diagnostic procedures in line with British Association of Urology Surgeons Standards (BAUS).
• Coordinating care for patients undergoing complex urological procedures, including cystectomy, nephrectomy, orchidectomy, and other major surgical interventions.
• Liaising with specialist surgical units, Cancer Nurse Specialists, and external healthcare providers to ensure seamless patient transitions between organisations.
• Supporting patients through pre-operative assessment, preparation, education, and consent processes.
• Monitoring post-operative recovery, managing complications, and coordinating rehabilitation and follow-up care.
• Ensuring effective communication between healthcare providers, patients, and families to maintain high standards of patient experience and clinical outcomes.
• Clinical leadership and service transformation.
• Strategic nursing leadership within urology and uro-oncology services.
• Line management, supervision, and professional development of clinical and administrative staff.
• Leadership of multidisciplinary teams including Clinical Nurse Specialists, MDT Coordinators, and administrative teams.
• Development and implementation of policies, clinical guidelines, and patient pathways.
• Governance, risk management, incident investigation, and quality assurance.
• Change management and delivery of service improvement initiatives.
• MDT coordination and inter-trust collaboration to support complex patient pathways.
• Cross-site collaboration with Clinical Nurse Specialists and external healthcare providers.
• Workforce development, competency frameworks, education, and mentorship.
• Leading multidisciplinary meetings and fostering collaborative working across organisations.
• Ensuring compliance with national standards, Trust policies, and evidence-based practice.
• Mentorship and clinical supervision of healthcare professionals.
• Design and delivery of educational programmes, teaching sessions, and staff training.
• Established a structured CPD programme ensuring the urology CNS team remains aligned with current BAUS/BAUN /EAU/NICE guidance and emerging clinical evidence.
• Supporting competency development, professional practice, and workforce capability.
• Facilitating learning opportunities across multidisciplinary teams.
• Development and delivery of structured CPD programmes.
• Clinical education in urology assessment, catheter care, surgical pathways, and uro-oncology management.
• Induction programmes and support for internationally recruited staff.
• Education and training for nurses, medical students, allied health professionals, and healthcare support workers.
• Collaboration with Practice Development Nurses and Integrated Care Boards to support regional education initiatives.
• Clinical supervision, reflective practice, and professional development support.
• Promoting evidence-based practice, national guidance compliance, and continuous quality improvement.
• Workforce planning, talent development, and succession planning within specialist services.
• Lead and contribute to clinical audits, quality improvement (QI) projects, service evaluations, and service redesign initiatives to enhance patient care, safety, and operational effectiveness.
• Drive innovation and continuous service improvement through the analysis of patient outcomes, performance metrics, and stakeholder feedback.
• Apply and promote evidence-based practice, ensuring compliance with national guidelines, professional standards, and best practice recommendations.
• Participate in clinical research, quality improvement studies, and national BAUS audits, supporting the generation and dissemination of evidence through presentations, publications, and professional forums.
• Contribute to achieving quality assurance and accreditation benchmarks within the Adult Urology Service, demonstrating excellence in clinical governance, patient safety, and service delivery.
• Support compliance with regulatory, organisational, and professional quality standards through robust governance, audit, and assurance processes.
• Monitor, analyse, and improve patient outcomes and experience to ensure high-quality, patient-centred care and sustainable service development.
• Develop and implement workforce planning strategies aligned to patient demand, clinic capacity, workforce requirements, and service priorities.
• Lead urology service improvement programmes, including clinical audits, QI initiatives, patient feedback reviews, and pathway redesign projects to optimise care delivery.
• Contribute to Trust-wide governance programmes, benchmarking exercises, and national audits, using data-driven insights to inform service development and performance improvement.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to identify opportunities for efficiency, innovation, workforce development, and enhanced patient outcomes.
• Designed and implemented an electronic MDT tracking for Cancer diagnosed patients’ template and compliant urology CNS record, improving clinical accuracy and multidisciplinary communication.
• Modernised documentation workflows, reducing administrative burden and supporting safer, more efficient urology clinical practice.
• Streamlined high‑cost consumable use through evidence‑based catheter and drainage management, ensuring compliance with NICE guidelines.
• Led service redesign initiatives that improved 2ww cancer suspected target [one stop clinics] referral‑to‑discharge pathways, reduced cancer diagnosis and treatment waiting times, and enhanced patient satisfaction.