Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Care Practitioner (Bladder & Bowel)

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Job summary

Liverpool Community Bladder and Bowel Service aim to provide care for patients with Bladder and or Bowel dysfunction.

Our specialist nurses will complete full holistic assessments to assess and promote the wellbeing of patients under our care. By following National guidelines and providing evidence based treatment we aim to promote and support patients with continence dysfunction to live independently in the community as much as possible.

You will work as part of a very experienced specialist team and will be supported to increase your knowledge and skills in bladder and bowel dysfunction.

Main duties of the job

You will undertake responsibility for a delegated caseload under the supervision of specialist nurse caseload holder.

Carrying out initial assessments and plan, review and evaluate care of the individual patient pathway.

Be involved in complex assessments as required.

Maintain and develop your clinical competencies as required to meet the needs of patients on the caseload.

Promote independence, self management of needs and provide health education/healthy lifestyles to our community

About us

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 11 million people.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Date posted

23 August 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£28,407 to £34,581 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

350-COM5590254

Job locations

Queens Drive Health Centre

Moor Lane

Liverpool

L4 6XG

Job description

Job responsibilities

1. Provide information and advice on prescribed or over the counter medication.

2. Recognise, assess and refer patients presenting with mental health needs.

3. Promote and deliver evidenced based care.

4. Assist senior practitioners as required.

5. Utilise and demonstrate sensitive communication styles, to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment.

6. Communicate effectively with patients and carers, recognising the need for alternative methods of communication to overcome different levels of understanding, cultural backgrounds and preferred ways of communicating.

7. Act as an advocate when representing patients and colleagues viewpoints to others.

8. Recognise and work within own competence and professional code of conduct as regulated by the relevant professional body.

9. Produce accurate, contemporaneous and complete records of patient consultation, consistent with legislation, policies and procedures.

10. Prioritise, organise and manage own workload in a manner that maintains and promotes quality.

11. Deliver care according to national and local guidelines, working in partnership with other clinical teams/departments.

12. Assess effectiveness of care delivery through self and peer review, benchmarking and formal evaluation.

13. Participate in the maintenance of quality governance systems and processes across the organisation and its activities.

14. Utilise the audit cycle as a means of evaluating quality implementing improvements where required.

15. Evaluate the patients response to health care provision and the effectiveness of care.

16. Support and participate in shared learning across the wider organisation.

17. Utilising a structured framework (e.g. root cause analysis) participate in the management, review and identify learning from patient complaints, clinical incidents and near miss events.

18. Participate in the performance monitoring review of the team, providing feedback as appropriate.

19. Act as a positive role model takes responsibility for own development, learning and performance including participating in clinical supervision.

20. Actively promote the workplace as a learning environment encouraging everyone to reach their potential, learn from each other and from external good practice.

21. Understand own responsibilities and accountability in the delivery of care to patients, ensuring that the needs of the patient are the priority.

22. Participate in planning and implementing changes within the area of care and responsibility.

23. Work with other professionals to ensure sufficient staff of appropriate ability, quality and skill mix is available to meet the needs of patients.

24. Contribute and participate in the development of local guidelines, protocols and standards

25. Critically evaluate and review innovations and developments that are relevant to own practice

26. Keep up to date with new developments locally and nationally identifying those that will enhance the teams work

27. Undertake mandatory and statutory training.

28. Act as a mentor to students assessing competency against set standards as requested if appropriately qualified.

29. Accept and delegate tasks appropriately.

The post holder shall as necessary provide cover for and undertake duties of absent colleagues.