Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen to be at the forefront of our continued transformation journey within our Children's Community and Specialist Services here at LTHTR.
Our Children's Bladder and Bowel Service provides expert nursing assessment and interventions to prevent and manage incontinence ?, as well as support children and young people with chronic continence conditions across Greater Preston, Chorley, and South Ribble.
The team is based atBroadoaks Child Development Centre, our main Community site for Paediatric Services. This naturally provides great networking opportunities to collaborate with other teams based here.
As the Community Health Care Assistant for ourChildren's Bladder and Bowel Service, you will be working within the team, supporting children who require assessment, care planning, and intervention following referral into the service.
This is arare opportunity to be integral within a nurse-led service where you can make a real differenceand have a meaningful impact on how specialised care is delivered closer to home.
Main duties of the job
You will have the opportunity to utilise your skill set by applying your skills in motivating children, their parents and support staff when empowering and engaging them in their assessment and toilet training program.
You will be instrumental within the service's triaging process and have a real steer on independently developing, implementing and evaluating individualised structured toileting programs and initiate care plans using evidence based advice and information, for children who have been referred for problematic toilet training.
You will also have the opportunity to continue to develop your own and other's development through working collaborate with colleagues from other professional groups in order to provide holistic package of care for children with complex and neurodiversity needs.
In doing this, you will need to prioritise and manage own workload, seeking advice and support from colleagues, where required to do so.
About us
Not only is our team undergoing continual transformation and at the forefront of national practice for Children and Young People; the setting we are based at, Broadoaks Child Development Centre, is too!
We continually strive to provide specialist services closer to the Children and Young People's home here at LTHTR and we would welcome your views and input on this too.
We acknowledge that this is a specialist service and we really do want someone with transferrable skills to enhance our current offer.
If you think this is something you could bring bucketful's of passion, creativity, knowledge and a keenness to continually learn and develop; we want to hear from you.
Additional training and support from the whole team to ensure you continually develop, is a given and we would like you to be open around your areas of further interest and development to ensure we can support your development needs.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the main job description for further details re expectations and opportunities to develop whilst in this role.
To support the Specialist Nurses in the delivery of a specialist nursing service to children and young people with continence issues. This involves providing a high quality service within the community clinic setting and home visits, to support parents and carers in the journey of helping their child in gaining continence.
Triage and review completed referrals for Toilet Training programs.
Develop, implement, and evaluate individualised structured toileting programs and care plans using evidence based advice and information to parents, carers and staff in home, clinic and educational settings.
The post holder to prioritise and manage own workload, seeking advice and support when necessary from the childrens continence nurse specialist.
In consultation with the Childrens Bladder and Bowel team plan, deliver and evaluate health promotion work, in groups, with families or individuals, on aspects of child health and development in relation to continence issues, which reflects need and meets the service requirements of the organisation.
To assess and review annually children and young people requiring continence product provision.
To act as a patient advocate, ensuring privacy, dignity and confidentiality are met.
To monitor and ensure patient satisfaction and be proactive in managing any issues that are identified.
Maintain stock levels of all relevant forms/ information leaflet etc within the clinic rooms.
Maintain stock levels of all relevant equipment/continence related products.
To develop and maintain sound management and organisational skills.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the main job description for further details re expectations and opportunities to develop whilst in this role.
To support the Specialist Nurses in the delivery of a specialist nursing service to children and young people with continence issues. This involves providing a high quality service within the community clinic setting and home visits, to support parents and carers in the journey of helping their child in gaining continence.
Triage and review completed referrals for Toilet Training programs.
Develop, implement, and evaluate individualised structured toileting programs and care plans using evidence based advice and information to parents, carers and staff in home, clinic and educational settings.
The post holder to prioritise and manage own workload, seeking advice and support when necessary from the childrens continence nurse specialist.
In consultation with the Childrens Bladder and Bowel team plan, deliver and evaluate health promotion work, in groups, with families or individuals, on aspects of child health and development in relation to continence issues, which reflects need and meets the service requirements of the organisation.
To assess and review annually children and young people requiring continence product provision.
To act as a patient advocate, ensuring privacy, dignity and confidentiality are met.
To monitor and ensure patient satisfaction and be proactive in managing any issues that are identified.
Maintain stock levels of all relevant forms/ information leaflet etc within the clinic rooms.
Maintain stock levels of all relevant equipment/continence related products.
To develop and maintain sound management and organisational skills.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential
- GCSE Maths & English grade C or above OR level 2 numeracy skills and level 2 literacy skills
- BNCS or NVQ / Internal Level 2 training program
Desirable
- NVQ Level 3 in Health
- Educational courses linked with promoting continence or fluid balance.
- Courses linked to child development
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of working with children and their families
- Experience of working with children and families with health needs
- Understanding of concept and application of confidentiality
Desirable
- Experience of working in a health care or related setting
- Experience of delivering toilet training advice and guidance.
- Experience of working within a Paediatric outpatient department
- Experience of working within an educational setting
Person Specification
Qualifications & Education
Essential
- GCSE Maths & English grade C or above OR level 2 numeracy skills and level 2 literacy skills
- BNCS or NVQ / Internal Level 2 training program
Desirable
- NVQ Level 3 in Health
- Educational courses linked with promoting continence or fluid balance.
- Courses linked to child development
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of working with children and their families
- Experience of working with children and families with health needs
- Understanding of concept and application of confidentiality
Desirable
- Experience of working in a health care or related setting
- Experience of delivering toilet training advice and guidance.
- Experience of working within a Paediatric outpatient department
- Experience of working within an educational setting
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.
