Job summary
The continence service works across Lambeth and Southwark in the community and within the acute trust, to provide a high-quality comprehensive specialist nurse service for patients with bladder and bowel problems. The team provide care across the continence pathway working collaboratively with the acute hospital services. We are looking for a lead nurse to offer specialist knowledge, clinical expertise and dynamic leadership. Supporting and leading the service to deliver across the acute trust and through into the community ensuring that the patient is at the centre of the delivery model. Clinics are run at different community sites and at the Guys and St Thomas sites. The service is in a period of transformation and aiming to remodel and adjust to fully meet the needs of the patient groups.
Closing date: 13/02/2025
Main duties of the job
Through strong clinical leadership and their own clinical practice they will supervise and support the team to provide and promote excellence in clinical care. To ensure that all patients are treated with compassion, dignity and respect. To promote best practice in the safe delivery of clinical care to patients in all the different clinic venues, deploy the best service models according to patients' needs and local arrangements, ensure partnership working and risk management. Promote high standards of care, prevention and control of infection.
To actively coach and support all members of the team to work and use the multi-disciplinary approach to patient needs. Ensure that staff members receive relevant clinical and professional supervision, foster service innovation, staff development and accountability.
About us
The Integrated Local Services directorate within this clinical group provides a range of community and inpatient health services for adults within the communities of Lambeth and Southwark, with some services also provided in Lewisham. Our hospital-based inpatient and outpatient services provide care for adults from across the region.
The services provided by the directorate include Neighbourhood Nursing, Specialist Rehabilitation and Reablement (bed and home based), Palliative and End of Life Care, Adults With Learning Disabilities service, Homeless and High Intensity User services, Refugee and Asylum Seeker service, Tobacco Dependence Treatment service, Weight Management service, GSTT@Home, and site administration services. Services are delivered in various locations including health centres, community bed-based units, patients' homes and a range of other community locations. Our inpatient hospital services serve the Guy's and St Thomas' sites. Our services work closely with all inpatient teams at Guy's and St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust and King's College Hospital, and collaborate closely with social services, mental health services and the voluntary sector.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The continence advisory specialist nursing service offers clinical support and advice for patients across Lambeth and Southwark via community clinics or home visits with bladder and bowel problems. The Team provide care across pathways working closely with colleagues at the acute hospitals.
The post holder will influence and deliver on local and national targets for the service.
As a practising clinician, specialist in the field of continence and manager, the post holder will ensure the provision of high quality, integrated and innovative patient centred healthcare by providing line management, professional leadership, advice and guidance to staff members. To be a key member of the operational management and development team within specialist acute and community nursing.
To be responsible for the day to day operational management and clinical leadership of their area of responsibility.
Through strong clinical leadership and their own clinical practice they will supervise and support the team to promote excellence in clinical care. To ensure that all patients are treated with compassion, dignity and respect. To promote best practice in the safe delivery of clinical care to patients in all the different clinic venues, deploy the best service models according to patients needs and local arrangements, ensure partnership working and risk management. Promote high standards of care, prevention and control of infection.
To actively coach and support all members of the team to work and use the multi-disciplinary approach to patient needs. Ensure that staff members receive relevant clinical and professional supervision, foster service innovation, staff development and accountability.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The continence advisory specialist nursing service offers clinical support and advice for patients across Lambeth and Southwark via community clinics or home visits with bladder and bowel problems. The Team provide care across pathways working closely with colleagues at the acute hospitals.
The post holder will influence and deliver on local and national targets for the service.
As a practising clinician, specialist in the field of continence and manager, the post holder will ensure the provision of high quality, integrated and innovative patient centred healthcare by providing line management, professional leadership, advice and guidance to staff members. To be a key member of the operational management and development team within specialist acute and community nursing.
To be responsible for the day to day operational management and clinical leadership of their area of responsibility.
Through strong clinical leadership and their own clinical practice they will supervise and support the team to promote excellence in clinical care. To ensure that all patients are treated with compassion, dignity and respect. To promote best practice in the safe delivery of clinical care to patients in all the different clinic venues, deploy the best service models according to patients needs and local arrangements, ensure partnership working and risk management. Promote high standards of care, prevention and control of infection.
To actively coach and support all members of the team to work and use the multi-disciplinary approach to patient needs. Ensure that staff members receive relevant clinical and professional supervision, foster service innovation, staff development and accountability.
Person Specification
value based behaviours
Essential
- demonstrates the VBBs in their VBB statement on the application form.
Qualifications
Essential
- oFirst level registered Nurse, Adult Branch, current NMC registration.
- oEvidence of specialist knowledge of Bladder and bowel management and strategies-international, national and local.
- oKnowledge of community/ acute care management acquired through specialist training or equivalent experience.
Desirable
- A Masters level qualification in nursing, a post graduate qualification or management /teaching qualification.
- NMP (Non-Medical prescriber)
- Coaching experience and qualification, or willingness to undertake
Skills
Essential
- oAbility to assess, diagnose and treat patients as an independent practitioner or willingness to develop such skills.
- oBroad clinical experience relevant to the post, including specialist skills and experience in speciality - Bladder and bowel problems
- Experience of research projects /Audit experience
- oEvidence of leadership and influencing skills with the ability to enthuse, motivate and involve individuals and teams, and have them understand service and performance expectations.
Desirable
- Experience of project management, negotiating Partnership Agreements with voluntary sector
- experience of carrying out risk assessment
leadership and management
Essential
- oDemonstrate previous success in leading, delivering change and performance within a team
- oExperience of implementing dynamic service models to meet the needs of the patient groups.
- oAbility to assess risk and escalate appropriately.
- oEvidence of teaching and mentoring.
- oExperience of delivering or evaluating training/health promotion programmes
- oExperience of solving conflicts with partner agencies to ensure safe service delivery.
Person Specification
value based behaviours
Essential
- demonstrates the VBBs in their VBB statement on the application form.
Qualifications
Essential
- oFirst level registered Nurse, Adult Branch, current NMC registration.
- oEvidence of specialist knowledge of Bladder and bowel management and strategies-international, national and local.
- oKnowledge of community/ acute care management acquired through specialist training or equivalent experience.
Desirable
- A Masters level qualification in nursing, a post graduate qualification or management /teaching qualification.
- NMP (Non-Medical prescriber)
- Coaching experience and qualification, or willingness to undertake
Skills
Essential
- oAbility to assess, diagnose and treat patients as an independent practitioner or willingness to develop such skills.
- oBroad clinical experience relevant to the post, including specialist skills and experience in speciality - Bladder and bowel problems
- Experience of research projects /Audit experience
- oEvidence of leadership and influencing skills with the ability to enthuse, motivate and involve individuals and teams, and have them understand service and performance expectations.
Desirable
- Experience of project management, negotiating Partnership Agreements with voluntary sector
- experience of carrying out risk assessment
leadership and management
Essential
- oDemonstrate previous success in leading, delivering change and performance within a team
- oExperience of implementing dynamic service models to meet the needs of the patient groups.
- oAbility to assess risk and escalate appropriately.
- oEvidence of teaching and mentoring.
- oExperience of delivering or evaluating training/health promotion programmes
- oExperience of solving conflicts with partner agencies to ensure safe service delivery.
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).
