Urology Nurse Specialist - Home Visits & ISC/TWOC

Hollister Incorporated; Folkestone; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company Car

Group Pension 8.5%

Life Insurance

Group Income Protection

28 days annual leave + Bank Holidays

Employee Assistance Programme

Enhanced Family Friendly policies

Internal recognition scheme

Job summary

Hollister Incorporated is seeking a Nurse Specialist to develop and deliver Urology TWOC & ISC procedures across Community Clinics and Acute Trust TWOC Clinics, plus home visits. You will assess continence needs and educate patients and carers in catheter care, while collaborating with GPs and nurses to meet clinical objectives.

The role requires an RN GPN with Urology/Continence experience, a driving licence for home visits, and a commitment to evidence-based holistic patient care.

Qualifications

• Qualified Nurse RGN (essential).
• Proven experience within Urology / Continence Care.
• Recognised Urology / Continence Care Qualification (desirable).
• Community / district nurse experience (desirable).
• Car driver (essential - home visits will be required).
• Knowledge and the ability to demonstrate a research-based holistic approach to patient care.
• Evidence of recent post registration training and development.

Responsibilities

• Provide safe, effective and specialist nursing care, information and advice to patients and their relatives on all aspects of catheter care (including self-catheterisation).
• Undertake Trial Without Catheter Procedures within a Community & Acute Hospital based Clinic.
• Manage community referrals from the Acute Trust to undertake ISC & TWOC procedures in the patients home.
• Assess, treat and review adults with continence / urology needs and/or bladder and catheter complications and advise accordingly.
• Teach and support other nursing and non-nursing staff and carers as required.
• Foster good communication links and co-operation between GPs, Community Nurses, Ward Managers, and other disciplines / departments.
• Ensure timely and accurate entry of data into appropriate patient record keeping systems that meet the requirements of data protection and ensure that company liability is within current regulation.
• Support the introduction of new products and provide opportunities for end users to review.
• Participate in discussion and the operation of research programmes affecting patients and the service.
• Work with Company Nurse Manager to set annual clinical objectives and track regularly to ensure timely completion.

Skills

Nursing

Urology experience

Holistic patient care

Education

Nurse RGN (Essential)

Job description

Hollister Incorporated is seeking a Nurse Specialist to develop and deliver Urology TWOC & ISC procedures across Community Clinics and Acute Trust TWOC Clinics, plus home visits. You will assess continence needs and educate patients and carers in catheter care, while collaborating with GPs and nurses to meet clinical objectives.

The role requires an RN GPN with Urology/Continence experience, a driving licence for home visits, and a commitment to evidence-based holistic patient care.