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Job overview

The Bladder and Bowel Health Team support patients from the age of 4; the adult team offer specialist bladder and bowel advice, support and treatment to patients across Herefordshire over the age of 18; providing support to the Paediatric Specialist as required.  They will be responsible for the timely specialist assessment and treatment of patients with bladder and bowel problems, ensuring when required, that the most appropriate products are prescribed to manage their symptoms. 

Interventions take place in a variety of settings including hospitals, clinics, patient homes and residential homes. The role also provides education in the field of bladder and bowel care to WVT staff, patients and their carer`s.

The post-holder will be a non-medical prescriber or working towards this accreditation, within their scope of clinical practice.

22.5hrs p/w

Driving is Essential for this post

Main duties of the job

•    Ability to act as an independent practitioner and be professionally and legally accountable and responsible for all aspects of own work, including a defined clinical caseload of patients with bladder and bowel conditions with a Hereford GP .

•    To work autonomously to provide bladder and bowel health advice to patients and their carer`s in community clinics, the patients’ own home, residential care homes and acute hospital settings.

•    Use specialist skills to interpret bladder and bowel charts accurately in order to identify patient problems and implement effective treatment.

•    To promote the development of the Bladder + Bowel Health Team in Herefordshire.

•    To undertake clinical procedures, investigations or interventions competently whilst maintaining a safe, dignified and confidential environment.

•    The post-holder will have successfully completed or be willing to work towards an accredited non-medical prescribing course. 

•    To provide education and training for WVT and external staff on the management of continence problems and use of continence products.

•    To have an excellent understanding and knowledge of current local and national guidelines and policies about the management of paediatric bladder and bowel conditions and act as a source of knowledge for the multidisciplinary team.

•    To work flexibly within the Bladder + Bowel Health Team to cover the work of colleagues during periods of absence or peak workloads

Working for our organisation

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT , the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust and Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we'd want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust - they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: "The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential."

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.