Paediatric Continence Nurse Specialist

NHS Jobs; Brierley Hill; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in the United Kingdom seeks a dedicated paediatric continence specialist nurse to lead patient care within the continence service. You will assess, plan and deliver care for children aged 0-19 with complex continence needs, while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams across care settings.

The role emphasises safeguarding, accurate record-keeping, and high-quality family-centered care within the NHS framework.

Responsibilities

• Responsibility for Patient Care (including monitoring, diagnostics + investigations)
• To work with children who are slow to acquire faecal and urinary incontinence
• Have a moderate degree of global delay
• Have a physical condition which hinders continence
• Work autonomously within continence clinics without supervision, accountable for own professional actions
• Have secondary enuresis or encopresis as a behavioural response to emotional difficulties
• Ensure that all patient records are completed and maintained in line with Trust policy, observing patient confidentiality at all times
• Provide specialist assessment, support and treatment for children aged 0 -19 years who have more complex continence needs
• Enhance quality of life for people with long term conditions
• Ensuring that people have a positive experience of care
• Understanding of child anatomy and physiology
• Clear understanding of bowel conditions and faecal impaction
• Use a varied array of skills to devise continence packages for children with learning disabilities, physical disabilities, communication difficulties, complex health care.
• Refer children and young people to other specialists and agencies as appropriate
• Refer to the Continence Lead if any issues require more specialist advice and intervention, thereby maintaining high service standards
• Deal with patient complaints in a positive and sensitive way in accordance with Trust policy
• Uphold a professional approach and maintain professional integrity at all times
• Practice competencies developed, upholding the NMC Code of Professional Conduct
• Be aware of Dudley Safeguarding/Child Protection policy and requirements
• Gather information to provide specialist advice to assist child protection investigations
• To promote a patient focused approach to care in collaboration with all relevant health professionals
• To act as an advisor to primary health care staff on matters relating to the patients management and to provide clinical, professional advice. Promote the development of clinically effective care that is seamless between primary and secondary care settings.
• Demonstrate and utilise specialist skills and knowledge to provide innovative practice in paediatric continence
• To support the transition of young people from paediatric to adult care, liaising with the adult Urology and Gastroenterology team and in-reach to adult wards as appropriate, for young people in the process of transition
• Deal expertly and confidently with distressing and emotional issues in the knowledge that other support services are available to assist To undertake any other duties of a similar nature consistent with the responsibilities of this post in order to provide a quality (insert) service.
• Act as a role model of excellence in childrens continence care
• Provide professional advice, support and leadership to colleagues
• Attend, as appropriate, regional and national events to enable Black Country Partnership to be identified as a service provider of childrens continence best practice
• Develop and maintain good working relationships with staff supporting the needs of children with disabilities, school nurses, health visitors, occupational therapists and physiotherapists
• Provide clinical advice in relation to home delivery service enquiries
• To liaise with continence service (continence products)
• Work with other services for peer support and good practice
• Policy and Service Development
• Support the implementation of an integrated continence strategy in line with Department of Health guidance and National Service Framework for Children
• Support assessors of children and young people with bowel/bladder problems to be aware of, and comply with, related service guidelines and protocols
• Contribute to the development of service guidelines and protocols
• Contribute to service reviews and development work as appropriate to grade in collaboration with the Service manager and clinical lead
• Ensure that clients and service users views are central to the development of the service
• To ensure evidence based service through regular review and updating Trust guidelines in conjunction with the Lead Urology Nurse Specialist
• Planning and organising
• Maintain and deliver nurse-led community childrens continence clinics
• Manage a clinical caseload ensuring effective relationships with other health, education and social care professionals
• Assume an active role in self-development by undertaking training and updating programmes/courses
• Maintain awareness of current development in nursing and medical practice by attending lectures, conferences and seminars as appropriate and by reading available literature
• Attend professional meetings as requested by the Team Leader
• Analysis and data management
• Maintain patient records and clinical activity recordings to monitor patient contacts and clinical outcomes
• Liaise with the service manager to maintain and accurately update information on the disability database regarding the service
• Develop audit tools to assure quality care is paramount

Job description

The Royal Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Foundation Trust in the United Kingdom seeks a dedicated paediatric continence specialist nurse to lead patient care within the continence service. You will assess, plan and deliver care for children aged 0-19 with complex continence needs, while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams across care settings.

The role emphasises safeguarding, accurate record-keeping, and high-quality family-centered care within the NHS framework.