Job summary
The Continence Staff Nurse is a qualified nurse with an active registration with the NMC. In addition will have experience in catheter care, continence health promotion, continence needs, assessment and training to other professionals and agencies in the area.
The Continence Staff Nurse will also liaise between primary and secondary care settings as well as other agencies in the management of treatments of catheter care in the community and in a clinical setting.
The Continence Staff Nurse will be involved in the day to day delivery of the Specialist Continence Service
Main duties of the job
Post holders must be able to demonstrate competence and confidence in a wide range of relevant clinical skills and knowledge, relevant to continence, urology and bowel health. Ability to demonstrate understanding of case management is an advantage. The successful candidate will either be a qualified mentor or be willing to undertake mentorship training in the very near future.
About us
Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 4000 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.
We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.
We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care while remaining committed to our vision and values. Please view our Strategy using the link below:
https://www.rdash.nhs.uk/documents/clinical-and-organisational-strategy-2023-to-2028/
To find out more about working for RDaSH and the fantastic benefits we offer visit our website:
https://workwithrdash.co.uk/
We are committed to inclusive cultures and really value people in our organisation, view our Allyship video on YouTube to find out more:
https://youtu.be/WMJSkLoTk4Q
The main terms and conditions of service can be found here:
https://www.nhsemployers.org/publications/tchandbook
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached job description and person specification to view the full details about the role.
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if there are a high amount of applications
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please view the attached job description and person specification to view the full details about the role.
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early if there are a high amount of applications
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NMC registration
- Evidence of continued of continued professional development
Desirable
- Mentorship
- Knowledge and skills relating to continence
- Evidence of continued professional development
Experience
Essential
- Knowledge around continence care
- Experience around delivering assessment, care and treatment within adult care services
Desirable
- indwelling catheters
- Bladder scanning
- Trial without catheters
- Bowel management
- Community and clinic settings
Knowledge
Essential
- Community skills
- Communication and IT
Desirable
- Indwelling catheters, bowel care Bladder scanning
- Flexible approach to problem solving
- Effective communication skills both orally and written
- Assessment and implement treatment plans
- Judgements and analytics involving a range of facts and situation where different assessment of patients are needed - finding the problems to solve the problems that may occur
Additional reuirements
Essential
- Dynamic and forward-thinking -Patient focused/ commitment to high quality services.
- Commitment to anti oppressive practice and challenging social exclusion and health inequalities.
- Commitment to multi-disciplinary working.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- NMC registration
- Evidence of continued of continued professional development
Desirable
- Mentorship
- Knowledge and skills relating to continence
- Evidence of continued professional development
Experience
Essential
- Knowledge around continence care
- Experience around delivering assessment, care and treatment within adult care services
Desirable
- indwelling catheters
- Bladder scanning
- Trial without catheters
- Bowel management
- Community and clinic settings
Knowledge
Essential
- Community skills
- Communication and IT
Desirable
- Indwelling catheters, bowel care Bladder scanning
- Flexible approach to problem solving
- Effective communication skills both orally and written
- Assessment and implement treatment plans
- Judgements and analytics involving a range of facts and situation where different assessment of patients are needed - finding the problems to solve the problems that may occur
Additional reuirements
Essential
- Dynamic and forward-thinking -Patient focused/ commitment to high quality services.
- Commitment to anti oppressive practice and challenging social exclusion and health inequalities.
- Commitment to multi-disciplinary working.
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).
