Bladder and Bowel Specialist Nurse

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT); Otley; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) is seeking a motivated continence clinician to join the Bladder and Bowel Service. You will provide advanced assessments, education, and specialist care for patients with bladder and bowel problems within a multidisciplinary team.

The role includes planning and evaluating care programmes, supervising staff, and contributing to audits and research to improve continence outcomes.

Qualifications

• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Will ing to undertake BSc Nursing
• Wiling to undertake Continence Modules
• Level of experience of tissue viability/Continence within the present job
• Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team
• Experience of participating to audit
• Development of clinical guidelines

Responsibilities

• Plan, implement and evaluate individualised care programmes for continence
• Provide supervision to healthcare professionals in continence management
• Be accountable for own work including patient management
• Organise the role with clinical priorities and time management
• Advocate for patients through professional knowledge
• Communicate highly sensitive medical information effectively
• Ensure effective communication with community and healthcare professionals to influence practice
• Demonstrate empathy and negotiate to support adherence
• Advise palliative care on continence management
• Keep clinical skills updated to a specialist level
• Participate in research and clinical trials
• Involve service users, carers and other professionals in management plans

Skills

Verbal communication

Confidentiality

Leadership

Travel autonomy

IT skills

Education

Evidence of continuing professional development

Willing to undertake BSc Nursing

Wiling to undertake Continence Modules

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Bladder and Bowel Service. We are seeking a motivated individual who wishes to join us.

If you are committed to improving continence outcomes for patients, then this post is your chance to work in a dynamic team and make a real difference to our patients.

Main duties of the job

Please note for this role you will be required to travel independently around the county meeting strict time deadlines. You will need to hold a full UK driving licence* and have use of a vehicle. You cannot use public transport for this role as this is not a reliable form of transport and will not allow you to meet service needs. Please confirm in your application that you meet the specified criteria.

• To provide an advanced standard of clinical assessment evidence-based advice and education to individuals with bladder and bowel problems.
• To plan, implement and evaluate specialist packages of care for individuals with bladder and bowel problems.
• To work as part of the multidisciplinary team with the aim of preventing admission, supporting early discharge and providing ongoing or shared care for patients with continence problems.
• To provide advice and education to the general public and other HealthCare professionals.
• To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner with access to advice and support from senior colleagues.
• To participate in evidence-based audit and research projects

*DVLA have a number ofreciprocalarrangements with overseas countries, for further information please visit the DVLA website

Working for our organisation

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead fulfilling lives.

Our clinical teams deliver a wide range of NHS services across inpatient, primary care and community settings, including children’s, adult and older people’s mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, and research and development.

To achieve our goals, we recruit high calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities’ employer, we welcome applications from all sections of the community, particularly under represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.

All appointments for new employees to CPFT are subject to the successful completion of a probationary period.

Please note we reserve the right to close adverts early should we receive sufficient applications.

Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all roles. If you apply for a post that does not attract sponsorship, your application will be withdrawn from the process.

For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at https://www.cpft.nhs.uk

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities

1. To plan, implement and evaluate individualised specialist patient care programmes based on evidence-based practice and the application of clinical reasoning skills.

2. To provide supervision to health care professionals in relation to all aspects of managing incontinence.

3. To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of your own work including management of patients in your care.

4. To organise the job role effectively with regards to clinical priorities and use of time.

5. Act as a patient advocate through the application of critical and professional knowledge and skills.

6. The post holder will require a high degree of communication skills in communicating highly sensitive information regarding individual’s medical conditions

7. To ensure effective communication with the wider community and Healthcare professionals, to persuade change, influence and improve practice

8. Empathy, reassurance and negotiating skills are required to encourage patient compliance to treatment/management strategies, where there may be significant barriers to understanding in some patient groups e.g. learning disabilities, mental health.

9. Provide advice to palliative care services in the management of incontinence as appropriate.

10. Ensure personal clinical skills are regularly updated as required by Lead Clinician to a specialist level.

11. Participate in research and clinical trials in accordance with Clinical Governance and Trust policy.

12. Involvement of the service user, carers and other professional including clinical management plans where required.

Person specification

Education / Qualifications

• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Willing to undertake BSc Nursing
• Wiling to undertake Continence Modules

Experience

• Level of experience of tissue viability/Continence within the present job
• Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team
• Experience of participating to audit
• Development of clinical guidelines

Skills & Abilities

• Excellent verbal skills with awareness of the need for confidentiality at all times
• Ability to use tact, diplomacy, persuasion in implementing change
• Can demonstrate leadership skills and initiative
• Ability to deal with those with life limiting conditions
• Motivated to work collaboratively and enthusiastically as a member of a multi-disciplinary team
• Ability to remain calm and work effectively in pressure situations
• Standard keyboard skills and competent with various IT packages, Word, Outlook, Excel

Other

• Ability to travel independently around Cambridgeshire and Peterborough area meeting required timescales. A Full driving licence and access to a vehicle is essential.

Here at Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) we are dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion. We deliver many of the NHS services that are provided outside of hospital and in the community such as physical, mental health and specialist services.

We are a health and social care organisation, offering a wide range of services, including:

• Integrated physical and mental health services for adults and older people;
• Specialist mental health and learning disability services;
• Children’s community services in Peterborough;
• Ground-breaking research

We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from under‑represented groups including disabled people and members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities. For further information about our positive equality, diversity and Inclusion work, please visit https://www.cpft.nhs.uk/equalityanddiversity .

CPFT is looking to build upon its pool of temporary workers with Temporary Staffing Services (TSS). You will be asked at interview if you would be willing to register with TSS. This is an excellent opportunity for those looking to take on additional hours that are flexible around your personal circumstances.

Please be advised that in line with the WHO Health Workforce Support and Safeguards List, 2020 Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust currently are unable to accept applications from overseas candidates whose country of residence is classed as a ‘Red List’ country.

Applicants who require entry into the UK will be required to provide a valid police certificate from the relevant authority from each country (except the UK) where the applicant has been present for 12 months or more, 10 years before the date of visa application, while aged 18 or over.

If you are successful at interview you will be subject to pre‑employment checks, including a DBS (if appropriate), references and Occupational Health. To ensure a smooth process please bring all identity documents to your interview. A list of required identity documents will be attached to your interview invitation.

All communications will be sent to you via TRAC Systems. By applying for this post you are agreeing to CPFT transferring the information contained in this application to TRAC. If you are made an offer, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Jackie Robinson Job title Continence Clinical Lead / Specialist Nurse Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 07790572256