Job summary
We are seeking a motivated and compassionate Adult Continence Band 6 Registered Nurse to join our Adult Continence Service. This is an excellent development opportunity, with a structured pathway and mentorship to progress into a Band 6 Continence Nurse role.
Based at The Orbital, Swindon, you will have the flexibility to work within a team that supports both on-site and hybrid working arrangements, depending on the nature of the role. HCRG Care Group is committed to fostering an agile and adaptable workforce to best meet the needs of our organization and service users.
The post-holder will provide high-quality, evidence-based assessment and management of adults with bladder and bowel dysfunction, promoting continence and preserving dignity.
This role will suit a nurse with strong interpersonal skills, a desire to develop specialist knowledge, and a commitment to improving patient outcomes in community and outpatient settings.
This is a part-time position working 30 hours, Monday to Friday, with no weekend or Bank Holiday shifts required
Main duties of the job
As an Adult Continence Band 6 Registered Nurse, you'll be accountable for:
- Delivering safe and effective clinical practice
- Enhancing the patients experience with regular and constructive communication Managing and developing the performance of a team of nursing staff
- Ensuring effective contribution to the delivery of the organisations objectives Efficient and effective use of resources
- Deputising for Senior Continence Nurse and Continence Nurse Manager
- Deliver high-quality, compassionate nursing care tailored to the needs of diverse patient populations.
- Autonomously assess, plan, implement, and evaluate individualised care, ensuring best practice and adherence to local healthcare policies.
- Work with patients carers and relatives to ensure that they are partners in their care.
- Adapt clinical approaches to meet the unique healthcare challenges.
- Work within the limitations of the continence budget without compromising the clinical needs of the patient.
- Recognise and respond appropriately to deteriorating patients, escalating concerns as necessary.
- Includes participation in catheter and continence clinics, along with conducting home-based and care home assessments to support patient-centered care.
Please see the attached Job Description for the full list.
About us
About the Company
We change lives by transforming health and care.
Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.
Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.
While it doesn't happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date we've shown here. If you're keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.
To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2
Job description
Job responsibilities
As an Adult Continence Band 6 Registered Nurse, you'll be part of our valued team in Swindon.
You will feel valued as a Continence Nurse within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
- Salary of £37,338 - £44,962 with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
- Free tea and coffee at your base location
- Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
- Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life's emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
- Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
- Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
- An open, just culture where you're encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
- The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission
Essential
- NMC Registered Nurse
- Substantive experience working autonomously in a community health care setting in last 3 years.
- Substantive experience of regularly preforming continence assessments within the last 3 years
- Experience in lone working in different environments.
- Full UK Driving license with use of a car
- Ability to carry out moving and handling and equipment safely
Desirable
- Appropriate Post Registration Accredited Course for role
- Experience of creating and providing education packages.
- Experience of managing junior staff and students.
- Experience in competently using continence related equipment.
- Evidence of the ability to build therapeutic relationships with people who demonstrate challenging behaviour.
Job description
Job responsibilities
As an Adult Continence Band 6 Registered Nurse, you'll be part of our valued team in Swindon.
You will feel valued as a Continence Nurse within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
- Salary of £37,338 - £44,962 with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions
- Free tea and coffee at your base location
- Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
- Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover life's emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
- Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
- Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
- An open, just culture where you're encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
- The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission
Essential
- NMC Registered Nurse
- Substantive experience working autonomously in a community health care setting in last 3 years.
- Substantive experience of regularly preforming continence assessments within the last 3 years
- Experience in lone working in different environments.
- Full UK Driving license with use of a car
- Ability to carry out moving and handling and equipment safely
Desirable
- Appropriate Post Registration Accredited Course for role
- Experience of creating and providing education packages.
- Experience of managing junior staff and students.
- Experience in competently using continence related equipment.
- Evidence of the ability to build therapeutic relationships with people who demonstrate challenging behaviour.
Person Specification
General Requirements
Essential
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Desirable
- Click Apply for this job above to view the Job Description on our career site
Person Specification
General Requirements
Essential
- Click Apply for this job above to view the Job Description on our career site
Desirable
- Click Apply for this job above to view the Job Description on our career site
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.
