Continence Senior Nurse

Nelft; Brentwood; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

NELFT is recruiting a Bladder and Bowel Specialist Nurse Band 6 to lead continence care across diverse settings, including base, care homes and patients’ homes. The post emphasises senior clinical duties, teaching and supervision of junior staff.

You will work under guidance to deliver patient-centred plans, promote evidence-based practice, and collaborate with a wide network of health professionals within the Trust’s continence services.

Responsibilities

• Assess adults with continence issues or bladder/bowel dysfunction.
• Ensure robust, individualized care plans agreed with patients and carers.
• Manage a caseload of adults needing continence nursing care.
• Work in nurse-led clinics and patients' homes; accept referrals.
• Plan and implement care programmes for continence management.
• Provide counselling and psychological support as appropriate.
• Apply evidence-based changes to improve care and outcomes.
• Refer to other professionals for further investigations or treatment.
• Support other professionals in care planning.
• Build positive relationships with other healthcare teams.
• Assist development of the Continence Advisory Service per policy and NICE guidance.
• Help meet performance targets and respond to commissioning requirements.
• Maintain high standards of care and robust documentation.
• Organise daily activities and set priorities for self and juniors.
• Attend MDT meetings and maintain professional governance.
• Adhere to the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.

Job description

Job overview

• A Bladder and Bowel Specialist Nurse is an experienced practitioner who specialises in caring for patients with bladder or bowel dysfunction, including management of related issues.
• A Bladder and Bowel Specialist Nurse Band 6 will be involved in clinical practice, health promotion, teaching, supporting and supervision of Band 5 and Band 3 team members. They will be a senior clinician within the Service and will undertake work in a variety of settings including working from base, care homes, patients’ homes and specialist clinics.

Main duties of the job

• Assessing, treating and reviewing adults with continence needs and/or bladder and bowel dysfunction.
• Ensuring under guidance that patient care plans are robust, individualised and are agreed with the patient and/or carers/ family members as appropriate.
• Manage a caseload of adult patients across BB&T who require continence nursing care.
• Working within nurse-led clinics and patients' homes, accepting referrals from other healthcare professionals and associated agencies.
• Under guidance plan and implement a programme/plan of care for the specialist management of adults with continence problems and to monitor its effectiveness.
• Provide counselling under guidance, psychological support as appropriate to adults and their carers/family members in response to their identified continence needs.
• Implement evidence-based changes in clinical practice that improves the standard of care and health outcomes for adults with continence problems.
• Refer adults on to other healthcare professionals as appropriate for further investigations and treatment.
• Support other healthcare professionals in planning care.
• Establish positive working relationships with other healthcare professionals to promote a seamless service.
• Assist with the development of the Continence Advisory Service in accordance with National Policies and NICE Guidance.
• Work with the team to ensure performance targets are met and responding in good time to local commissioning group requirements.
• Ensure that high standards of care are promoted and practiced at all times.
• Ensure record keeping is robust and accurate in line with Trust policy.
• Organise and manage daily activities and establish priorities for self and junior members of the team.
• Attend and participate in staff and multi-disciplinary meetings within the Trust and acute setting as appropriate.
• Adhere to the NMC Code of Professional Conduct at all times. Continually assess working practice and risks encountered on a daily basis and contribute to the clinical governance agenda.
• Be aware of external and internal policies and reports, responding to lessons learned as appropriate to ensure continuity and improvement of patient care.
• Inform the team leader and senior nurses about any situations which may [resent a risk to patients and/or staff, including safeguarding concerns as appropriate. Consistently produce a high standard of work and to promote quality at all times.

Working for Us

Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London and Essex. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award-winning equality and diversity initiatives, along with staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest significantly in your development because when you feel valued and supported, we can deliver the highest quality care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been recognised in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for five consecutive years, and hold a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Through our staff networks and training opportunities, we strive to foster a just and compassionate culture at NELFT.

Our Values 2025 - 2030

Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT.
They are:

• We are kind.
• We are respectful.
• We work together with our communities.

These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by
the best people.

Starting with NELFT (delete for internal only)

NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being
properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters
will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will
undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which
will include mandatory training, systems training and the
allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will
have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior
managers, and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on
engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The
induction will be held at our head office in Goodmayes Hospital.

Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period.

High Cost Area Supplement – Fringe

This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 5% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £1,346 to a maximum of £2,270 p.a. pro rata for part time)

Certificates of Sponsorship

Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable
to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility
under the UKVI points-based system. When calculating the basic
salary for sponsorship, HCAS (High-Cost Area Supplement) is not
included to ensure fairness and consistency within our Trust.

Use of AI

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Applications should be written in your own words and accurately represent your knowledge, skills and experience.

We reserve the right to reject an application where we reasonably believe AI has been used to generate or materially contribute to its content.