Continence Nurse

Bradford District Care NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Band 6 Continence Nurse Specialist

Band 6 Continence Nurse, 22.5 hours per week

A great opportunity has arisen to work as a band 6 Community Continence Nurse within Bradford District Care Foundation Trusts Continence Service. We are a well-established team delivering expert care to individuals with bladder and bowel problems across the primary care setting and care homes. We are also responsible for delivering education across the community nursing teams on continence care (bladder/bowel and catheterisation). The mechanism for this delivery is varied and responds to ever changing needs. We pride ourselves on our multidisciplinary approach to patient care and are very proud of the service that we deliver.

We are looking for a motivated, dynamic, forward thinking nurse with a passion for improving the delivery of continence care in the Bradford, Airedale, and Craven area.

If you are keen to learn new skills and advance your practice and knowledge in this speciality, we would love to hear from you. Further information can be obtained if you require from Team Leader stacey.knowles@bdct.nhs.uk

Closing- 14th January 2024

Shortlisting- 19th January 2024

Interview- 9th February 2024

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible for undertaking complex continence assessments and providing a structured management plan and auditing outcomes. You will provide support for community staff and service users with line management responsibilities in supporting junior staff within the service. You will have good communication skills and be confident in teaching. You will also have the enthusiasm for service improvement and work collaboratively in achieving continence service objectives.

Job Purpose:

-To work as a senior member of the Continence service-To provide a high standard of care that is research/evidence based-To provide support, advice and education on complex bladder and bowel conditions to health and social care professionals, service users, independent organisations and other agencies across the designated health economy-Contribute to the ongoing development of the service

About us

Everything we do is underpinned by our core values: -

We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference

We Listen - We understand people's views and respond to their individual needs

We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners

We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including :

Increase mileage rates for > 3500

A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages

A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities

Plus many more.

We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme.

BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.

Date posted

27 December 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£35,392 to £42,618 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

453-23-5924490

Job locations

New Mill, BDCFT

Saltaire

BD18 3LD

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please read the attached Job description and the person specification for more details about this role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please read the attached Job description and the person specification for more details about this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered nurse
Educated to degree level

Training

Essential

Committed to undertake relevant training/education to meet the requirements of the role
Ability to contribute to the training of others

Experience

Essential

Minimum of 2 years, current experience working in an environment dealing with continence or urology
Ability to deliver training informally and formally

Desirable

Experience of team leadership/management

Skills

Essential

Excellent interpersonal skills, demonstrating an ability to build relations
Sound IT skills (Microsoft Office, Word)
Car driver, current full driving license and access to a car

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered nurse
Educated to degree level

Training

Essential

Committed to undertake relevant training/education to meet the requirements of the role
Ability to contribute to the training of others

Experience

Essential

Minimum of 2 years, current experience working in an environment dealing with continence or urology
Ability to deliver training informally and formally

Desirable

Experience of team leadership/management

Skills

Essential

Excellent interpersonal skills, demonstrating an ability to build relations
Sound IT skills (Microsoft Office, Word)
Car driver, current full driving license and access to a car

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).