Job summary
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust are looking for an exceptional Band 6Tissue Viability and Continence Specialist Nurse to join our talented and committed integrated community team.
The trusts forward thinking, initiative way of working has created this dual role to improve clinical outcomes in the prevention of wounds and the management of tissue damage due to incontinence, pressure and other comorbidities as well as treating patients referred with bladder and bowel and pelvic floor dysfunction.
The role includes assessing complex patients in their home or in a nurse led clinic setting, participating in teaching and mentoring of other professionals, engaging in clinical trials. You will be required to work closely with other stakeholders.
This post will be 37.5 hours a week and countywide. If you are highly motivated, enthusiastic and feel you have the blend of skills complimentary of both Tissue Viability & Continence we would like to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
- To work as part of the multidisciplinary team with the aim of preventing admission, supporting early discharge and providing ongoing or shared care for patients.
- To provide an advanced standard of clinical assessment evidence-based advice and education to individuals with bladder and bowel problems.
- To provide supervision to health care professionals in relation to: prevent pressure ulcers/Moisture Associated Skin Damage (MASD) and other wounds, and use of equipment.
- To undertake all aspects of clinical duties as an autonomous practitioner with access to advice and support from senior colleagues.
- Act as a patient advocate through the application of critical and professional knowledge and skills.
- To organise the job role effectively with regards to clinical priorities and use of time.
- To participate in evidence-based audit and research projects.
About us
Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.
Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care setting but also with the community. These services include Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development.
To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high calibre candidates that share our vision & values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people & members of our ethnic minorities & LGBTQ+ communities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities
- To plan, implement and evaluate individualised specialist patient care programmes based on evidence-based practice and the application of clinical reasoning skills.
- To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of your own work including management of patients in your care.
- The post holder will require a high degree of communication skills in communicating highly sensitive information regarding individuals medical conditions. To ensure effective communication with the wider community and Healthcare professionals, to persuade change, influence and improve practice.
- Empathy, reassurance and negotiating skills are required to encourage patient compliance to treatment/management strategies, where there may be significant barriers to understanding in some patient groups e.g. learning disabilities, mental health.
- Provide advised to palliative care services in wound and equipment management and the management of incontinence as appropriate.
- Promote better understanding on prevention and management of wounds, MASD and equipment prevision to patients, their families and carers, and other agencies involved with the patient through education and support.
- Involvement of the service user, carers and other professional including clinical management plans where required.
- Ensure personal clinical skills are regularly updated as required by Lead Clinician to a specialist level.
- Participate in research and clinical trials in accordance with Clinical Governance and Trust policy.
- Involvement of the service user, carers and other professional including clinical management plans where required.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description and person specification for full details of responsibilities
- To plan, implement and evaluate individualised specialist patient care programmes based on evidence-based practice and the application of clinical reasoning skills.
- To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of your own work including management of patients in your care.
- The post holder will require a high degree of communication skills in communicating highly sensitive information regarding individuals medical conditions. To ensure effective communication with the wider community and Healthcare professionals, to persuade change, influence and improve practice.
- Empathy, reassurance and negotiating skills are required to encourage patient compliance to treatment/management strategies, where there may be significant barriers to understanding in some patient groups e.g. learning disabilities, mental health.
- Provide advised to palliative care services in wound and equipment management and the management of incontinence as appropriate.
- Promote better understanding on prevention and management of wounds, MASD and equipment prevision to patients, their families and carers, and other agencies involved with the patient through education and support.
- Involvement of the service user, carers and other professional including clinical management plans where required.
- Ensure personal clinical skills are regularly updated as required by Lead Clinician to a specialist level.
- Participate in research and clinical trials in accordance with Clinical Governance and Trust policy.
- Involvement of the service user, carers and other professional including clinical management plans where required.
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- BSc Nursing
- Tissue Viability/Continence Modules in the last 6 years
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Level of experience of tissue viability/Continence within the present job
- Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team
Desirable
- Experience of participating to audit
- Development of clinical guidelines
Knowledge / Skills
Essential
- Excellent verbal skills with awareness of the need for confidentiality at all times
- Good record keeping skills
- Ability to use tact, diplomacy, persuasion in implementing change
- Skilled in teaching trained an untrained staff, carers and patients
- Able to identify problems and recommend solutions
- Able to review current practice
- Standard keyboards skills and ability to communicate through IT using packages such as Word, Outlook, and Excel
Desirable
- Ability to work with databases in Excel
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications
Essential
- BSc Nursing
- Tissue Viability/Continence Modules in the last 6 years
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Level of experience of tissue viability/Continence within the present job
- Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team
Desirable
- Experience of participating to audit
- Development of clinical guidelines
Knowledge / Skills
Essential
- Excellent verbal skills with awareness of the need for confidentiality at all times
- Good record keeping skills
- Ability to use tact, diplomacy, persuasion in implementing change
- Skilled in teaching trained an untrained staff, carers and patients
- Able to identify problems and recommend solutions
- Able to review current practice
- Standard keyboards skills and ability to communicate through IT using packages such as Word, Outlook, and Excel
Desirable
- Ability to work with databases in Excel
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
