Bladder and Bowel Service Specialist Nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Purpose

The post holder will provide clinical and supervisory leadership to junior staff, deputise, and take responsibility of the Bladder and Bowel Service in the absence of the Senior Nurse Specialist. The post holder will be required to be jointly responsible with the Senior Nurse Specialist for the day-to-day planning and delivery of continence care.

The post holder will manage a caseload of clients with multiple and complex needs, and will use evidence of based/client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions. There will also be a requirement to provide specialist nursing input into planning, development, and evaluation of clinical services within the team, with responsibility for defined project.

Main duties & responsibilities:

To be accountable for the physical, psychological, and social assessment of the patient in the set caseload.

To be responsible for planning, delivering, and evaluating the needs of patients and their families.

To support in enabling the patient to develop the skills to self-manage their condition.

To deliver patient care in the patients home or in clinics

To collect and collate patient activity and outcomes, using clinical and patient experience audit to improve service delivery.

To participate and initiate research using governance principles.

To maintain patient confidentiality by working by the Caldicott and data protection guidelines.

To resolve any potential complaints against the service, with and in the absence of the Service Manager.

To promote and demonstrate research based practice by continuous education of self and others within the service.

To at as a role model to medical and other healthcare students, providing up to date information, advice, and practical skills.

To ensure CPD framework is implemented and an up-to-date PDR is in place.

To use a tool kit approach to the development and maintenance of complex skills, using tools such as; case management and nurse prescribing. 

Person Specification

Qualifications & Training

Essential

• Level 1 registered nurse, with a current NMC registration.

Desirable

• Teaching or coaching qualification.

Knowledge & Experience

Essential

• Experience of delivering training or presentations.
• Experience of coaching and developing other team members.
• Experience of working with continence.
• Proven post registration experience working within a multi-disciplinary team.

Desirable

• Experience of working within a community setting.
• Previous experience of leading a team alongside other members of management.
• Previous experience of managing a caseload of patients.

Skills & Abilities

Essential

• Good IT skills
• Effective time management.

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Suffolk GP Federation CIC

Address

Various locations across Suffolk

Eye

IP23 7DD

Employer's website

https://suffolkfed.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)