Job summary
Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to work within the Specialist Continence team at HDFT.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated registered practitioner with specialist continence experience to work as a Band 7 Continence Specialist Practitioner.
This is largely a community post so locality work will be required according to service need. This role involves a mixture of working within clinics, home visits, care homes and hospital environment.
The post will allow you to work and lead a specialist service and work with adults to develop individualised treatment programmes to promote continence and develop specialist skills / knowledge and expertise in bladder and bowel dysfunction. This is an exciting opportunity to become part of an innovative and forward-thinking community-based team, however you will be required to work alongside colleagues within Harrogate Hospital and liaise with wider MDT colleagues. You will make a valuable contribution to the way local bladder and bowel services are organised and delivered to provide high-quality, cost-effective services to people living in the surrounding localities.
Main duties of the job
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will have a passion for delivering high quality care to people with bladder and bowel dysfunction. You will be dynamic and caring with excellent communication skills as patient education and support is an important component of the job. You will provide bowel, bladder and catheterisation training and act as a source of advice for all specialist related training needs.
Prior experience and an in-depth knowledge of issues in complex bladder and bowel dysfunction is essential as is the promotion of continence care.
About us
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust (HDFT) cares for the population in Harrogate and the local area, as well as across North Yorkshire, Leeds and parts of the North East.
At HDFT we provide outstanding care to both our patients and our staff and we value Kindness, Integrity, Teamwork and Equality. If you're looking for an interesting and rewarding career in the NHS, where you can make a real difference to patients' lives, HDFT could be the place for you!
We offer colleagues:
- A supportive culture so colleagues can bring their whole selves to work.
- Staff Recognition - as well as regular appraisals, we recognise achievements with our Making a Difference & Team of the Month Awards, along with annual Colleague Recognition Awards.
- Employee Support and wellbeing - we offer a wide range of staff benefits including an Employee Assistance Programme, counselling service and a fast-track Physiotherapy service.
Please note:
- Due to high levels of interest, posts may close early if we reach a sufficient number of applications
- Visa sponsorship is only available for certain roles. Please ensure the role you are interested in meets the criteria for a visa before submitting your application.
- Please also be aware that the Trust does not offer relocation packages for Agenda for Change roles.
- All job offers are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job description
Working autonomously to triage, allocate work tasks, adhere to deadlines to provide high quality evidence-based care.
Experience of change management, quality improvement process and recent ongoing professional development is a requirement.
Knowledge of budgetary control, and clinical supervision is also a requirement of the post.
Clinical community experience would be desirable as would a knowledge of appraisal and HR skills, but not essential.
As a clinical lead, you will provide support, leadership, advice, and clinical supervision to junior members of the team and ensure operational efficiency of continence clinical care pathways. Also, to act as a resource to other professionals, patients, and carers. An understanding of incident reporting and feedback, and medicines management for continence would be desirable
In return the successful candidate can expect, regular clinical and management supervision, support in personal development and the opportunity to work in a well-established dynamic team.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Job description
Working autonomously to triage, allocate work tasks, adhere to deadlines to provide high quality evidence-based care.
Experience of change management, quality improvement process and recent ongoing professional development is a requirement.
Knowledge of budgetary control, and clinical supervision is also a requirement of the post.
Clinical community experience would be desirable as would a knowledge of appraisal and HR skills, but not essential.
As a clinical lead, you will provide support, leadership, advice, and clinical supervision to junior members of the team and ensure operational efficiency of continence clinical care pathways. Also, to act as a resource to other professionals, patients, and carers. An understanding of incident reporting and feedback, and medicines management for continence would be desirable
In return the successful candidate can expect, regular clinical and management supervision, support in personal development and the opportunity to work in a well-established dynamic team.
Person Specification
professional registration
Essential
- NMC/AHP
- Degree or equivalent
- Continence and Urology qualification
- Teaching and assessing qualification
- 2 years clinical continence and urology experience
Desirable
- Masters degree
- prescribing qualification
- budget management
- management and leadership experience
essential and desirable
Essential
- NMC/AHP
- Degree or equivalent
- Continence and Urology qualification
- Teaching and assessing qualification
Desirable
- Masters degree
- prescribing qualification
- budget management
- management and leadership experience
Person Specification
professional registration
Essential
- NMC/AHP
- Degree or equivalent
- Continence and Urology qualification
- Teaching and assessing qualification
- 2 years clinical continence and urology experience
Desirable
- Masters degree
- prescribing qualification
- budget management
- management and leadership experience
essential and desirable
Essential
- NMC/AHP
- Degree or equivalent
- Continence and Urology qualification
- Teaching and assessing qualification
Desirable
- Masters degree
- prescribing qualification
- budget management
- management and leadership experience
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).
