About this role
Job summary
An opportunity has arisen with in the Specialist Continence Nursing Team. Are you looking for a new challenge? Do you have excellent communication skills, consider yourself to be caring and compassionate and want to make a difference? This is a very rewarding role that can make a huge difference to your patients lives.
The service is looking for a band 4 Assistant Practitioner to fill a 22.5 hour vacancy. We are looking for a motivated, reliable and kind practitioner to join the team.
The continence team is small and friendly, working closely with the PCH teams and the Urology department at the JPUH.
The successful candidate will be required to work across the East Coast Community Healthcare area. Working in clinics, care homes and the community.
You will be required to work with both adults and children with continence needs carrying out a comprehensive initial and review assessments, developing treatment and management plans. Changing routine catheters will be a part of the role. You will deliver training and also give help and advice to professionals. Experience in community working is preferable. Knowledge of continence care would be an advantage and we will help you to develop your skills and knowledge in this specialist area. If you feel that you could have the passion to help treat and manage continence problems and carry out routine catheter changes, then please apply.
The role is for 22.5 hours a week. The team do not work weekends or bank holidays.
Main duties of the job
Support the continence team to provide continence promotion, treatment strategies and management options to patients with continence problems. This will be delivered through carrying out continence assessments and reassessments in the community, care home, clinic and community hospital setting.
Develop and maintain close links with other professionals.
The Assistant Practitioner will provide care to patients with continence issues. They will work alongside a registered nurse and allied health professionals.
The Assistant practitioner will be indirectly supervised by a registered nurse.
They will be required to provide education to others regarding continence care. This will be achieved through clinical practice, delivering teaching and providing advice and support.
About us ECCH is well established health care provider and has been successfully delivering NHS care within the community since 2011. We provide a range of NHS, community health and social care services predominantly across the easterly region of the Norfolk/Suffolk borders.We are aligned to NHS terms and conditions, and offer many employee benefits, to find out more about us visit our website - www.ecch.org. We are a social enterprise and staff owned organisation which means staff can opt to be shareholders and have a real say in how ECCH is run and evolves to deliver healthcare for the future.At the heart of our ambition, we work in partnership with and for the community to become the provider and employer of choice for community healthcare.
Job description Job responsibilities
Professional:
*Support the continence nursing team to provide continence advice and support to patients, their carers/relatives and other health care professionals.
*Plan and support care taking into account own competencies.
*Review the effectiveness of advice given and where appropriate initiate any action that may be required.
*Carry out continence assessments, reassessments, promotion and management within care homes, the clinic and in the community setting.
*Promote confidence in the patient by acting appropriately to the organisation's standards of appearance, behaviour and attitude.
*Work in a team and alongside other agencies.
*Safeguard the confidentiality of all information in line with organisational policies.
*Communicate effectively with patients, relatives and colleagues at all times to promote high standards of healthcare.
*Support and participate in clinical audit.
*Carry out routine catheter changes.
Educational:
*Demonstrate a positive attitude to education and participate in continuing professional development in accordance with the organisation's policy.
*Act as a role model for health care professionals and students/learners providing advice and support.
*Participate in teaching in the clinical setting and group teaching.
*Participate in staff induction programme.
*Participate in multi agency work/training.
*Initiate and maintain resource files using evidence based information.
*Attend in-service training courses and study sessions as required.
*To participate in the training of learners by demonstrating procedures
*Taking part in clinical supervision sessions.
Organisational:
*Maintain effective liaison with the continence team, and other health care professionals.
*Comply with the provisions of the Organisation's policies on Health and Safety at work and risk assessment. Reporting hazards within the working environment and completing DATIX documentation as necessary, in accordance with the Organisation's policies.
*Maintain all items of equipment issued to assist in the care of patients including uniform, reporting faults and deficiencies promptly and ensuring that repairs are carried out.
*Ensure the accurate completion of records, care plans and patient registers within agreed Organisational standards.
*Submit all personal claim forms.
Our Values outline the core behaviours that we can all achieve and are summarised as an acronym within the word 'CARE'. These stand for: Compassion, Action, Respect and Everyone.
Underpinning our Values are our Signature Behaviours which highlight by taking the right actions we continue to build a strong culture. Our four Signature Behaviours are: Compassion - We Listen, We Learn, We Lead| Action - My Accountability, My Responsibility | Respect - Respect Our Resources: People, Time and Money | Everyone - Work Together, Achieve Together.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
*Foundation Degree in Health-related area (or equivalent i.e. Higher Apprenticeship, NVQ level 3 with relevant experience and evidence of further training). *Evidence of personal development.
Desirable
*Evidence of relevant course attendance or experience i.e. Continence Link Care, attended Continence Study Day.
Experience Essential
*Proven experience of working with people with continence problems. *Evidence of personal and professional development.
Desirable
*Community experience. *Ability to demonstrate a comprehensive level of clinical knowledge and competence within the clinical sphere of practice
Additional Criteria Essential
Skills and Knowledge: *Good interpersonal and communication skills. *Good time management. *Eagerness to put forward new ideas. *Willingness to undertake group teaching *Evidence of good IT skills. *Good report writing skills. Personal Attributes: *Flexible. *Dependable. *Motivated. *Ability to work with a small team. *Keen interest in continence nursing. *Able to use own initiative. *Willingness and ability to work across different sites and travel to alternative sites and across the community as required. *Ability to embrace our Culture, Values and Signature Behaviours: (Compassion - We Listen, We Learn, We Lead| Action - My Accountability, My Responsibility | Respect - Respect Our Resources: People, Time and Money | Everyone - Work Together, Achieve Together).
Desirable
Skills and Knowledge: * Ability to use various IT packages to a good standard in connection with the role Personal Attributes: * Able to provide motivational coaching to support people's behaviour change
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.
Employer details Employer name East Coast Community Healthcare CIC
Address Yare House
Morton Peto Road
Great Yarmouth
Norfolk
NR31 0LT
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.ecch.org/ (Opens in a new tab)