Job summary
Continence Clinical Lead - Band 7
Salisbury
Hours per week - Permanent
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Continence Clinical Lead post in Wiltshire Health and Care. The successful candidate will need to be highly motivated with a dedicated passion for excellence in continence care. Working as part of a team, you will need excellent communication and organisational skills, and be expected to give expert clinical continence advice on a range of bladder and bowel dysfunctions and implement continence care in an area that requires highly specialist knowledge and skills.
Main duties of the job
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.
About us
Wiltshire Health and Care provides community based healthservices, enabling people to live healthy independent lives. Our Vision is to enable people to live independant and fulfilling lives for as long as possible. We are an NHSpartnership organisation, focused entirely on delivering quality health andcare to the people of Wiltshire - not on making a profit.
There has never been a better time to join us. Communityservices are expanding as part of the NHS Long Term Plan and the population ofWiltshire has never needed the energy, enthusiasm and commitment of ourcommunity-focused teams more than now. You will join a friendly and supportiveteam who live our values of Quality, Integrity, Partnership and Change, whichwere developed with our staff, patients and carers.
If you already live in or near Wiltshire, youll know thatit is a great place to live and work: rolling countryside, bustling markettowns and vibrant city life combined with excellent transport links and goodschools. If you are looking to move to the area, we offer local employment anda chance to play a crucial role as part of your new community straight away.What are you waiting for?!
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attachedJob Description (under Supporting Documents) for more information regarding therole and to access the full person specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
1. Registered Nursing Degree or Degree (BSc Hons Physiotherapy) or equivalent.
2. HPC Registered or NMC registered
3. Evidence of substantial CPD in Continence management and or other clinically related and relevant subjects.
4. Teaching and assessing in clinical practice
5. To possess a current, valid driving licence and to be a competent driver
6. Evidence of continuing professional development
7. Knowledge of legislation affecting professional practice
8. Experience of applying research-based information to practice
9. Leadership and Management training
Desirable
10. Further qualifications relevant to continence practice
11. Awareness of recent Government
12. initiatives that may affect future clinical practice
13. To be knowledgeable of the clinical governance agenda and have an awareness of commissioning
14. Evidence of formulation protocols and standards.
Experience
Essential
15. Advanced Continence knowledge and
16. experience
17. Continence management
18. Evidence of innovation and flexibility
19. Leadership experience approach to care
20. Teaching experience and presentation
21. experience
22. Knowledge of recruitment, selection & the
23. appraisal system
24. Setting and monitoring standards of care
25. Experience within a wide range of diverse
Additional Criteria
Essential
26. Access to a vehicle that can be used for business purposes and hold a full and valid driving licence.