Job summary
- Main area
- Specialist Medicine
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 188-NM4732
- Employer
- University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- University Hospital Southampton
- Town
- Southampton
- Salary
- £35,392 - £42,618 Per annum - Pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 24/05/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 05/06/2024
Employer heading
Colorectal Pelvic Floor Specialist Nurse
Band 6
Job overview
University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us.
Please see below for a detailed job description for the role.
Main duties of the job
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a band 6 specialist nurse to join our established colorectal pelvic floor team to cover a period of maternity leave. Our multidisciplinary team sits within the GI Physiology Unit at University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust (UHS) and is comprised of specialist nurses, physiotherapists, clinical scientists, operating department practitioners, colorectal surgeons and gastroenterologists.
You will play a key role in providing excellent patient care and improving the quality of life for patients with complex bowel conditions including pelvic floor dysfunction, constipation, obstructive defecation, rectal prolapse, faecal incontinence, haemorrhoids and anal fissure. This will include conducting outpatient clinics to assess patients and provide treatment as well as supporting consultant clinics.
You will be highly motivated, enthusiastic and experienced in delivering high quality patient care. You will possess excellent communication and organisational skills. Relevant experience in pelvic floor/bowel care/colorectal nursing/gastro nursing/continence care is preferred although training will be provided. This would be a good opportunity for someone looking for an opportunity to gain experience in a specialist nursing role.
Working for our organisation
As one of the largest acute teaching Trusts in England, we offer learning and development opportunities to help you achieve the career you aspire to. UHS is rated ‘Good’ by the CQC and in the latest national NHS Staff Survey, we were in the top 10 acute trusts for staff engagement and for staff recommending the hospital as a place to work or receive care.
All non-clinical roles may involve a mixture of on site and remote working, Specific details and flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process. UHS employees are able to access a range of NHS discounts, are entitled to a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme.
Southampton is an attractive place to live and work situated on the south coast, with an international airport and direct trains to London. The New Forest National Park and beaches of the Jurassic coast are also right on our doorstep. The city offers living costs 20% lower than London and 14 schools rated outstanding by Ofsted.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Providing information and education to patients or carers regarding their bowel condition in both face to face consultations, telephone consultations and virtual group education sessions
- Provide information and education to patients alongside consultants in joint clinics
- Review patient medication for bowel conditions recommending adjustments to GP or consultant where appropriate and review efficacy
- Recommend continence aids (eg anal plugs) where appropriate and review efficacy
- Coordinate and provide a rectal irrigation service alongside colorectal pelvic floor nursing team
- Undertake digital rectal examination as appropriate
- Attend and contribute to the UHS pelvic floor MDT
- Arrange diagnostic tests where necessary (eg endoanal ultrasound, anorectal physiology)
- Arrange referral to other specialists where appropriate (eg physiotherapy, dietician)
- Coordinate departmental patient consultant review meetings alongside colorectal pelvic floor team
- Undertake biofeedback for pelvic floor retraining
- Manage own caseload and have good time management skills
Person specification
Trust values
Essential criteria
- Patient First
- Always Improving
- Working Together
Qualifications, knowledge and experience
Essential criteria
- Registered nurse on relevant part of the NMC register
- Degree qualification, 120 credits at L6 or possess an equivalent knowledge to be assessed through evidence of relevant specialist training, experience or portfolio
- Significant post registration experience / qualification / training, including experience and knowledge within relevant speciality
- Completion of all Band 5 (preceptorship) competencies
- Higher Education Institute approved course in supporting learners in practice or evidence assessed to be of equivalent experience, demonstrating support to a range of learners in practice. Provide evidence of both supporting a range of learners in practice and supporting colleagues to promote effective learning in practice
- Extensive post registration experience within specialist area.
- Knowledge of current issues within the acute health service.
- Understanding of personal accountability.
Desirable criteria
- Change Management, clinical practice development.
- Multidisciplinary team working.
Skills and competencies
Essential criteria
- Ability to learn and assimilate information quickly
- Communication
- Critical thinking
- General IT skills
- Leadership
- Negotiation skills
- Organisational skills
- Prioritisation
- Teamwork
- Working under pressure
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Theresa Royles
- Job title
- Lead Clinical Scientist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 02381 206704
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