Adult Community Continence & Urology Nurse
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Are you a Registered Adult Nurse with a passion for providing specialist continence and urology care?
An opportunity has arisen to join our dynamic Community Continence and Urology Team. We are a multidisciplinary team dedicated to delivering high-quality services across North East Essex.
Our service operates between 0800 - 1800, 7 days a week, providing essential care to patients in their homes and in nurse-led clinics, aiming to restore maximum independence and promote self-management in daily living.
Why Join Us?
By joining our team, you will be part of a supportive and innovative community-focused service. You'll have the opportunity to make a significant impact on patients' lives by empowering them to manage their continence and urology needs effectively, improving their overall health and independence.
If you are passionate about providing high-quality patient care and education, and eager to be a crucial part of a multidisciplinary team, we encourage you to apply.
Embrace the opportunity to enhance patient care and contribute to a healthier community. Apply today to become a valued member of our Community Continence and Urology Team!
Main duties of the job
As a vital member of our team, you will:
1. Case Management: Manage a caseload of patients with continence and urology needs.
2. Specialist Care: Assess, treat, and review adults with continence needs and/or bladder and bowel dysfunction, ensuring individualized care plans are agreed upon with patients and/or their carers and family members.
3. Nurse-Led Clinics: Work within nurse-led clinics and patients' homes, accepting referrals from healthcare professionals and associated agencies.
4. Care Planning: Plan and implement care programs for the specialist management of continence problems.
5. Support and Counselling: Provide psychological support and counselling to adults and their carers/family members, addressing their identified continence needs.
6. Catheter Management: Assess and implement care plans for complex catheters and manage nurse-led community catheter clinics.
7. Specialist Advice: Act as a point of contact for specialist advice, information, and support to healthcare professionals.
8. Training and Education: Provide continence, urology, and catheter training to residential homes, MDT, and the wider healthcare service as required.
9. Clinical Practice Improvement: Implement evidence-based changes in clinical practice to enhance the standard of care and health outcomes for adults with continence problems.
10. Collaboration: Establish positive working relationships with other healthcare professionals to promote a seamless service.
About us
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
Job responsibilities
For full details of the duties and responsibilities of this role, please see attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Evidence of recent CPD
* RGN/RN ADULT, with current NMC Registration
* Specialist Continence Care
* Non-Medical Prescribing
Experience
* Experience of working with professionals from other disciplines
* Experience of working as a member of a team but also able to work autonomously
* Advanced clinical skills with experience in the management of continence & urology patient
* Community Experience
* Experience of managing/leading a team
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
£37,338 to £44,962 a year per annum pro rata
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