Job summary
- Main area
- Continence Service
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 363-CTH6249477
- Employer
- East London NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Continence service, Grove Building Mile End Hospital
- Town
- London
- Salary
- £42,471 - £50,364 Including HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 19/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Continence Nurse
NHS AfC: Band 6
ELFT has long been recognised as a centre of excellence for mental and health care, innovation and improvement. So it is a very exciting time for you to come and work for us. Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Job overview
Our staff are central to delivering the service vision and we are keen to recruit high calibre staff, who will be offered the support required to fulfil their roles as well as being provided with the training and experience to further their skills and build a career of which they can be proud of.
You will be expected to have completed the Continence course or have the willingness to complete the course. A minimum of one year experience in managing patients with bladder and bowel dysfunction as well as bringing your clinical expertise is also desirable..
You will be a strong team player, an excellent communicator who is adaptable, committed, well organised and work well under pressure.
The post holder will ensure they deliver an effective and efficient clinical nursing services and be able to triage, assess, treat and manage clients with a bladder and/or bowel dysfunction and be able to refer on as appropriate.
Due to the nature of the post, the applicant must be willing to support patients attending continence clinic, screen referrals received via single point of access and undertake home visits to support patients in their homes or similar community setting when required.
Main duties of the job
As part of the integrated team, you will be responsible for assessing the needs of individuals in the community, clinics and residential settings, who are experiencing bladder and or bowel dysfunction concerning continence promotion, assessment, and management.
To plan, provide, evaluate and further develop regular in-service training for members of the Extended Primary Health Care Team to ensure that the promotion of continence is understood and promoted at all levels for example Male, Female and Suprapubic Catheterisation, Digital Rectal Examination and Promotion and Assessment of Continence for qualified staff and Catheter Care and Promotion of Continence for both qualified and unqualified staff
To provide an educational service to Social Services Staff, voluntary organisations and Care Home Staff as appropriate
Working for our organisation
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
As part of the integrated team, you will be responsible for assessing the needs of individuals in the community, clinics and residential settings, who are experiencing bladder and or bowel dysfunction concerning continence promotion, assessment, and management.
To plan, provide, evaluate and further develop regular in-service training for members of the Extended Primary Health Care Team to ensure that the promotion of continence is understood and promoted at all levels for example Male, Female and Suprapubic Catheterisation, Digital Rectal Examination and Promotion and Assessment of Continence for qualified staff and Catheter Care and Promotion of Continence for both qualified and unqualified staff
To provide an educational service to Social Services Staff, voluntary organisations and Care Home Staff as appropriate
Person specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential criteria
- RGN Willingness to undertake further higher level study To have undergone Continence promotion training in male/female catheterisation.
- • Community nursing experience • Demonstrate good time management skills • Ability to use sound clinical judgement to solve complex situation. • Ability to work as a member of the team
Desirable criteria
- Continence specialist Courses Continence Assessment Mentorship qualification
- Ability to demonstrate leadership skills. Teaching skills
Experience
Essential criteria
- 1 years post registration
- Knowledge of current practice in the management of continence of products that are supplied to clients
- Experience of Lone Working in the community
- Experience of carrying out continence assessment
Desirable criteria
- Ability to demonstrate evidence based continence care following a needs- based assessment
- Have worked in a continence promotion field Willingness to increase and improve learning and knowledge
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Community nursing experience
- Demonstrate good time management skills
- Ability to use sound clinical judgement to solve complex situation.
- Ability to work as a member of the team
- Ability to motivate self, prioritise personal objective, meet targets and deadlines
- Effective written, computer and verbal communication skills.
- Demonstrate ability to manage, evaluate and sustain changes in practice
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
- Chinny Ejiogu
- Job title
- Continence Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07918 446065
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