About this role
Job summary
We are seeking a highly motivated nurse to join our Children and Young People's Continence Nursing team. The post holder will take a key role in the delivery of a wide range of bladder and bowel dysfunction services for children and young people across Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin.
The successful candidate will need to already possess the skills and knowledge in continence treatment and have an awareness of the medication management in line with NICE guidelines and other strategies used for children with incontinence.
Operational hours are Monday- Friday 09.00-17.00, through telephone clinics and face to face clinics being delivered at Coral House, Shrewsbury, Donnington Medical Practice and Stirchley Health Centre in Telford as well as seeing children in their own homes or other community settings.
The post holder will need to be able to meet the travel requirements of the role.
Main duties of the job
- To promote continence by providing education / advisory service for patients, professionals and others caring for patients with continence problems.
- To provide a continence service in community nurse-led clinics, home visits and other community settings and have extensive knowledge of the defined speciality using evidence of post basic study.
- To perform comprehensive assessments, plan, implement and evaluate care for children and young people with continence needs within Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin.
- To respond to patients, family and professionals telephone enquiries as required.
- To liaise with the Administrator to support the organisation of clinic sessions and ensure year round cover for the Children and Young People's Continence service.
- To support teaching and awareness raising sessions for health, education and social colleagues.
- To be involved in service development and audit.
About us
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.
Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.
Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RN child/RSCN or RGN with children's experience
- Professional knowledge acquired through degree level qualification
- Post registration diploma level specialist training, experience, short courses relevant to the effective management of bladder and bowel problems in children & young people
Experience
Essential
- Experience in undertaking comprehensive assessment of bladder and bowel function and the ability / readiness of children to be toilet trained and engage with treatments.
- Demonstrable knowledge and experience of child protection/safeguarding.
- Experience of decision making
- Experience in working independently and proactively
Knowledge
Essential
- Good knowledge of bladder and bowel problems and appropriate treatment / management options
- Knowledge of completing a continence assessment, identifying and manage bladder or bowel dysfunction
- Good understanding of policies, care pathways, and NICE guidelines relating to enuresis and continence
Other
Essential
- Must be able to meet travel requirements of post
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust
Address
Coral House
Longbow Close, Harlescott Lane,
Shrewsbury
SY1 3GZ
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.shropscommunityhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)