Children and Young People's Continence Nurse

Job description

Job responsibilities

As a Registered Nurse the Children's Continence nurse will work as part of the Children& Young Peoples Continence Team supporting children and young people with enuresis (night wetting), promoting health and wellbeing and ensuring the provision of high quality, safe nursing care to children and families on the caseload.

• Manage a clinical caseload of children with enuresis (night wetting) providing nurse-led continence clinics in a variety of settings, offering face to face and virtual consultations
• Undertake initial assessments and review appointments to identify the child/young persons specific continence needs, developing and implementing detailed care plans reflecting interventions and case management as per NICE guidance including medication recommendations
• Promote and demonstrate best practice, integrating evidence based practice and clinical reasoning into care delivery. Assist with the implementation of national standards and guidance on childrens continence care
• Organise, plan and prioritise work according to service needs with a responsibility for supporting other team members regarding service delivery.
• Ensure health records are maintained and compliant with NMC and Trust policy and keep accurate, legible, contemporaneous records of all care interventions, written reports as required, with proficient knowledge of information governance.
• Provide caseload monitoring and support to team lead, to aid analysis of relevant service data to demonstrate activity of the team and assist with identifying service needs and possible developments.

• Be responsible for maintaining clinical standards and participate in audits to ensure a high standard of practice is achieved, at both service and Trust wide level

• Help develop, implement and review clinical protocols and standard operating procedures which assist in delivering safe care and best nursing practice.
• Work within Trust safeguarding procedures, reporting and acting on any concerns appropriately and undertaking statutory and additional training required for the role.
• Recognises own professional boundaries and develops awareness of roles and areas of expertise of other health professionals and agencies
• Responsibility for own professional development attending mandatory and other training as agreed in the PDR process and as required by the Trust
• Support and educate staff offering relevant clinical knowledge and skills for the delivery of continence care for children within the enuresis caseload, facilitating access to expert specialist knowledge and skills as needed
• Develop a working knowledge of the Trust Children & Young Peoples Continence Policy and provision of products
• Report clinical incidents via the correct channels, ensuring learning and implementation of relevant recommendations.
• To demonstrate an awareness of budgetary restraints with responsible use of resources regarding Trust materials and equipment; those pertinent to the team include portable bladder scanners, enuresis alarms and accessories
• Staff may be required to work anywhere in West Sussex or Brighton & Hove in order to meet the needs of the service

Person Specification

Qualifications /Registration

Essential

• Registered childrens Nurse
• Registered Nurse with recent evidence of working within a community specialism

Desirable

• Module in Child Protection/Safeguarding children
• ENB998/Mentorship Module or equivalent

Experience

Essential

• Minimum of one years post registration clinical experience at band 5
• Experience of managing a caseload of children within a community setting and / or on a childrens ward
• Experience of teaching /health promotion
• Experience of working in partnership with other with other allied health, social, education and volunteer agencies
• Experience of working with children and families/carers
• Experience of working with children and families/carers

Desirable

• Evidence of relevant post registration professional development
• Experience of clinical audit

Other

Essential

• Ability to travel as required meeting the needs of the service on a daily basis
• A full valid driving licence and access to a car for business purposes

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Proficient clinical assessment and care planning skills
• Good understanding of children's communication, physical well-being & emotional needs
• Communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate and engage with staff, children and families
• Ability to make informed decisions and prioritise own workload
• Ability to help develop set up and implement new working practices and evaluate processes once implemented
• Ability to demonstrate knowledge of child and adult safeguarding and take appropriate action to safeguard
• Awareness of professional responsibilities and boundaries
• Able to work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary interagency team and liaise effectively with a wide range of stake holders
• Interest in and working knowledge of IT and new technologies

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

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Unit 3 The Quadrant

60 Marlborough Road

Lancing

BN15 8UW

Employer's website

https://www.sussexcommunity.nhs.uk/work-with-us/ (Opens in a new tab)