This is an exciting opportunity to join a developing service within the Bladder and Bowel Teamwithin Lincolnshire Community Health Services.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated registered nurse with experiencewithin continence to work as a Band 7 continence nurse specialist.
This is a Countywide Community post so locality work will be required according to service need. This role involves a mixture of working within clinics, home visits, care homes and office/ home environment.
The post will allow you to work in a specialist service and work with adults to develop individualised treatment programmes to promote continence and develop specialist skills / knowledge and expertise in bladder and bowel dysfunction. This is an exciting opportunity to become part of an innovative and forward-thinking community-based team. You will make a valuable contribution to the way local bladder and bowel services are organised and delivered to provide high-quality, cost-effective services to people living in Lincolnshire
Please note this position will not commence before May 2025
The successful applicant will have a passion for delivering high quality care to people with bladder and bowel dysfunction.You will be dynamic and caring with excellent communication skills as patient education and support is an important component of the job.
Prior experience and anin-depth knowledge of issues in complex bladder and bowel dysfunction is essential as is the promotion of continence care.
Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust is in the top 25 per cent of all community trusts for overall staff engagementin the 2021 NHS National Staff Survey.
At LCHS, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in LCHS’ workforce.
LCHS recognises the increasing demand for more flexibility in working practices in order to accommodate the personal goals and commitments that employees experience at different stages during their working lives. Flexible working opportunities such as part-time working, compressed hours, job shares, and hybrid working models can help staff to balance their personal and work commitments. Arrangements can be put in place if it can be shown that the needs of the individual can be balanced with those of the service and the impact on other team members, enabling the Trust to recruit and retain skilled staff, raise staff morale, reduce absenteeism and respond to changing service needs more effectively.
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As per job description
Working autonomously to triage, allocate work tasks, adhere to deadlines to provide high quality evidence-based care.
Experience of change management, quality improvement process and recent ongoing nursing development is a requirement.
Knowledge of budgetary control, and clinical supervision is also a requirement of the post.
Clinical community experience would be desirable as would a knowledge of appraisal and HR skills, but not essential.
As a clinical lead, you will provide support, advice, and clinical supervision to junior members of the team and ensure operational efficiency of continence clinical care pathways. Also, to act as a resource to other professionals, patients, and carers.
In return the successful candidate can expect, regular clinical and management supervision, support in personal development and the opportunity to work in a well-established dynamic team.
This advert closes on Sunday 16 Feb 2025