Children's Bladder and Bowel Specialist Nurse

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description for full details.

Job Summary MAIN DUTIES:

1. To work independently across a multi-disciplinary team demonstrating expert nursing skills and knowledge of Bladder and Bowel
2. To receive, triage and process complex referrals from a variety of
3. To provide Bladder and Bowel assessment, treatment, management, support and advice to children, young people, families and other professionals across East
4. To prescribe/deprescribe within scope of practice and competency.
5. To use and interpret results of portable ultrasound bladder
6. Provide specialist, clinical knowledge of bladder and bowel issues to clinical colleagues, children, families, and carers.
7. To undertake nurse-led community Bladder and Bowel clinics, and home visits.
8. Oversee product provision and Bladder and Bowel assessments submitted by other health professionals to the
9. Maintain clinical responsibility for patients receiving Bladder and Bowel
10. Refer patients to appropriate professionals as required providing timely and accurate information when referring
11. Liaise with other nursing and social care professionals, General Practitioners, and consultants, as required, when identifying the optimum course of action for Bladder and Bowel
12. Act as a nurse advisor, supporting other professionals in clinical
13. To assist in the planning and provision of skilled Bladder and Bowel care education and training across the Pennine Lancs health and social care
14. To assist in the provision of an annual schedule of training
15. To provide additional training and education events as discipline specific training needs
16. To interface with public health promotion agencies to promote health in Bladder and
17. To provide ad hoc education to the public and to professionals promoting the Bladder and Bowel service and best standards of
18. To canvass opinion and review training needs regularly and deliver education to meet identified
19. To evaluate all training and education events ensuring an audit trail of training outcomes is
20. To interface with other education and training providers locally, regionally and nationally to ensure that education needs are met and best practice in teaching and training is
21. Keep updated with current trends and new developments in clinical practice and to disseminate best

Other

Essential

• Access to own transport for work purposes

Qualifications

Essential

• oMinimum of 12 Months Paediatric, community or Bladder and Bowel experience
• oRegistered Nurse - either RNC, RNLD, RN8, RN5, OR oRegistered Nurse - Adult with any Children's further qualification e.g., RHV, HV, RSN, SN, RFHN, FHN, SPC, SPCC, SPLD

Desirable

• Non Medical prescriber V300
• oFurther Bladder and Bowel care training
• oTeaching qualification
• oLeadership qualification or equivalent
• oSafeguarding Children and Young People training level 3

Experience

Essential

• oExperience of delivering health promotion and its importance in promoting healthy lifestyles
• oExperience of working autonomously in a multidisciplinary context
• oExperience of teaching/training others and experience of delivering health promotion

Desirable

• oWorking within an integrated Bladder and Bowel team spanning primary and secondary care
• oExperience of supporting staff in development, conducting appraisals, 1:1s, clinical supervision
• oUnderstanding of service development, and supporting in implementing of change within services, including identifying areas that require service development

work and related Knowledge

Essential

• oAn understanding of bladder and bowel problems in children.
• oCurrent knowledge of local and national policies informing health and social care
• oIT skills and computer literacy.
• Good basic knowledge aroundhealth assessments

Desirable

• oUse of mobile working devices. Use of Emis, health roster
• oDemonstrates competency in a wide range of clinical skill relating to Continence Care
• oExperience in caring for clients with learning disabilities.
• oAwareness of national and local strategic direction/frameworks related to Continence Care

Peronal atributes

Essential

• oAbility to work independently and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• oExcellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• oAbility to work to deadlines.
• oAbility to manage highly sensitive and emotional aspects of client care.

Desirable

• oAble to take a self-reflective approach to own practice

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).