Job summary
Specialist Nurse - Bladder and Bowel.
This job will involve assessing bladder and bowel problems in a variety of community settings and planning and evaluation of care. The post holder will be responsible for their own caseload of patients.
As part of the role the specialist nurse will work closely with other services providing clinical advice, clinical training and ongoing support for complex patients
Main duties of the job
Clinical assessment and management of individuals with bladder and bowel dysfunction.
Delivering training to other health care professionals
About us
We employ more than 6,500 staffwho deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals,Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary as well as in community sites, healthcentres and in patients' homes. We also are incredibly proud to have almost 150 volunteers here at CHFT.
We provide a range of services including urgent and emergency care; medical; surgical; maternity; gynaecology; critical care; children's and young people's services; end of life care and outpatient and diagnostic imaging services.
We provide community health services, including sexual health services in Calderdale from Calderdale Royal and local health centres. These include Todmorden Health Centre and Broad Street Plaza.
We continue to modernise and invest in our health services to build on our strong reputation.Foundation trusts are public leaders in improving quality in health services. They are part of the NHS- yet decisions about what they do and how they do it are driven by independent boards. Boardslisten to their Council of Governors and respond to the needs of their members - patients, staff andthe local community.
Foundation trusts provide what the health service wants, yet are also free to invest quickly in thechanges to the local community needs, in striving to be the best, and in putting their patients first.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Triage patients with undiagnosed cause for their bladder or bowel dysfunction onto the caseload
- Assess, treat and evaluate a variety of Bladder and Bowel dysfunctions with holistic care plans
- Assess the impact of dysfunction on patients and or carers
- Set appropriate treatment goals in collaboration with the patient
- Set appropriate treatment goals with due regard to NICE guidelines
- Assess the condition of skin and refer to tissue viability team as appropriate
- Accurately measure bladder volume and nature of dysfunction using recognised bladder diaries
- Assess the degree and extent of bowel dysfunction using recognised tools.
- Assess the symptom profile to accurately identify the type of bladder dysfunction as described by International Society for Incontinence.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Triage patients with undiagnosed cause for their bladder or bowel dysfunction onto the caseload
- Assess, treat and evaluate a variety of Bladder and Bowel dysfunctions with holistic care plans
- Assess the impact of dysfunction on patients and or carers
- Set appropriate treatment goals in collaboration with the patient
- Set appropriate treatment goals with due regard to NICE guidelines
- Assess the condition of skin and refer to tissue viability team as appropriate
- Accurately measure bladder volume and nature of dysfunction using recognised bladder diaries
- Assess the degree and extent of bowel dysfunction using recognised tools.
- Assess the symptom profile to accurately identify the type of bladder dysfunction as described by International Society for Incontinence.
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS / TRAINING
Essential
- Registered General Nurse Adults, NMC registered
- Post registration qualification in related subject or willing to work towards
- Independent Prescriber or willingness to work towards
- Teaching qualification or willingness to work towards
Desirable
- Training course in pelvic floor muscle assessment and management or willingness to work towards
KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE
Essential
- Post Graduate experience as a qualified nurse in the related subject
- Management of complex Bladder & Bowel care
- Good clinical reasoning skills and complex problem solving
- Awareness of relevant National Guidance Legislation, NSFs/ Local and National initiatives
- Excellent communication skills
- IT skills
- Awareness of CHFT values
Desirable
- Experience of working in the community
COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS (INCLUDING MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES)
Essential
- Ability to work in various locations throughout the network of services provided by the trust
- Willingness to work flexibly to meet the service needs
- Ability to manage own and others caseload
Person Specification
QUALIFICATIONS / TRAINING
Essential
- Registered General Nurse Adults, NMC registered
- Post registration qualification in related subject or willing to work towards
- Independent Prescriber or willingness to work towards
- Teaching qualification or willingness to work towards
Desirable
- Training course in pelvic floor muscle assessment and management or willingness to work towards
KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE
Essential
- Post Graduate experience as a qualified nurse in the related subject
- Management of complex Bladder & Bowel care
- Good clinical reasoning skills and complex problem solving
- Awareness of relevant National Guidance Legislation, NSFs/ Local and National initiatives
- Excellent communication skills
- IT skills
- Awareness of CHFT values
Desirable
- Experience of working in the community
COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS (INCLUDING MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES)
Essential
- Ability to work in various locations throughout the network of services provided by the trust
- Willingness to work flexibly to meet the service needs
- Ability to manage own and others caseload
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).
