Job summary
As part of Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, Evelina London is there for children, young people and women from London to South East England and provides specialist care for families around the UK and across the world.
Every year, the number of children and young people Evelina London cares for, in our hospitals and throughout our local community, continues to grow. We support families from pre-conception, before birth, throughout childhood and into adult life.
This is an exciting opportunity to help shape and build a comprehensive children's nursing service for the local children/YP and families of Lambeth and Southwark.
Adverts closing: 7th October 2024 at Midnight
Interview date: 25th October 2024
Main duties of the job
We are looking for an enthusiastic paediatric nurse wishing to expand their skills and knowledge working with children and young people requiring night time bed wetting enuresis support and advice. The successful candidate will receive training and support to enable them to work autonomously with school age children and their families to empower them in management of their own night time enuresis care needs. The post holder will be supported to develop their knowledge and clinical skills to be able to lead enuresis clinics. The post holder must be able to analyse simple enuresis data, for example, client lists of initials, reviews and follow ups. Administration support will be provided for booking clinics, telephone support and support with general booking enquiries. Clinical support staff will lead the alarm clinics and will work closely with the Enuresis Lead Nurse. Training and development opportunities will be provided and you will attend Eric training and their updates to remain up to date with bladder conditions in children. You will also follow NICE guidelines Bedwetting in under 19s.
About us
At Evelina, we are reminded every day of how important it is to look after the health and wellbeing of our staff as they balance of responsibilities in and out of work.
We are committed to supporting flexible working; we want to support you to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. The post holder as part of flexible working can work full time or term time only with some flexible hours.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will work as an autonomous practitioner providing high quality specialist nursing care within the school nurse service. You will support children and families with their night time enuresis needs
The post holder will be responsible for facilitating effective enuresis support to enable the young person to be dry at night. You will also identify when additional support may be required for example the use of an alarm or medication.
The post holder will provide clinical supervision to other staff and will be responsible for the competency assessment of training nurses and support staff. The post holder will also support student observation within the clinical area, you will be expected to be innovative and flexible. You will lead clinical audits in own specialist area and you may also support research.
The post holder will work collaboratively with their peer enuresis lead nurse across the School Nursing Service. They will ensure the safety and well-being of services users, and always working in a manner that promotes dignity and human rights through the adoption of person centred care principles.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will work as an autonomous practitioner providing high quality specialist nursing care within the school nurse service. You will support children and families with their night time enuresis needs
The post holder will be responsible for facilitating effective enuresis support to enable the young person to be dry at night. You will also identify when additional support may be required for example the use of an alarm or medication.
The post holder will provide clinical supervision to other staff and will be responsible for the competency assessment of training nurses and support staff. The post holder will also support student observation within the clinical area, you will be expected to be innovative and flexible. You will lead clinical audits in own specialist area and you may also support research.
The post holder will work collaboratively with their peer enuresis lead nurse across the School Nursing Service. They will ensure the safety and well-being of services users, and always working in a manner that promotes dignity and human rights through the adoption of person centred care principles.
Person Specification
Qualification
Essential
- RN Child Registered Nurse on the NMC register. To hold the appropriate level for the area of speciality.
- Evidence of professional/clinical knowledge in area supplemented by specialist clinical, managerial training and CPD
- BSC/1st degree (health related) or equivalent qualification/training and experience
- Mentorship course
Experience
Essential
- Experience of teaching/assessing/supervising others in a clinical setting
- Experienced and competent in the management of patients within the speciality
Skills/Knowledge/Ability
Essential
- Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate specialist care delivered to patients/clients and give relevant advice/information to patients and relatives.
- Able to work alone
- Ability to prioritise work effectively
- Time management and organisation skills
- Good communication skills and ability to deal with sensitive information. Dealing with distressed relatives, care of terminally ill & other challenging situations
- Evidence of involvement and and leadership in mentoring students
Person Specification
Qualification
Essential
- RN Child Registered Nurse on the NMC register. To hold the appropriate level for the area of speciality.
- Evidence of professional/clinical knowledge in area supplemented by specialist clinical, managerial training and CPD
- BSC/1st degree (health related) or equivalent qualification/training and experience
- Mentorship course
Experience
Essential
- Experience of teaching/assessing/supervising others in a clinical setting
- Experienced and competent in the management of patients within the speciality
Skills/Knowledge/Ability
Essential
- Ability to assess, plan, implement and evaluate specialist care delivered to patients/clients and give relevant advice/information to patients and relatives.
- Able to work alone
- Ability to prioritise work effectively
- Time management and organisation skills
- Good communication skills and ability to deal with sensitive information. Dealing with distressed relatives, care of terminally ill & other challenging situations
- Evidence of involvement and and leadership in mentoring students
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
