Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity to join a developing service
within the Community Directorate.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated registered
nurse educated to degree level to join the adult bladder and bowel service.
The base for this post will be Innovation House, Bishop
Auckland, this is a Countywide Community post so locality work will be required according to service need.
This role involves a mixture of working within clinics, home visits, care homes and office
environment.
The post will allow you to work in a specialist service and
develop specialist skills / knowledge and expertise in bladder and bowel dysfunction. This is an
exciting opportunity to become part of an innovative and forward thinking community based team. You
will make a valuable contribution to the way local bladder and bowel services are organised and
delivered in order to provide high quality, cost effective services to people living in County Durham and
Darlington.
The role is supportive of family friendly hours working
predominantly Monday to Friday (day hours, eg: 08:30-16:30).
Main duties of the job
The successful applicant will have a passion for delivering
high quality care to people with bladder and bowel dysfunction. You will be dynamic and caring with
excellent communication skills as patient education and support is an important component of the job.
Prior experience and an indepth knowledge of issues in
complex bladder and bowel dysfunction is essential as is the promotion of continence care.
Working autonomously to triage, allocate work tasks, adhere
to dealines in order to provide high quality evidence based care.
Experience of change management, quality improvement process
and recent on going nursing development is a requirement.
Knowledge of budgetary control, IQEW and clinical
supervision is also a requirement of the post.
Clinical community experience would be desirable as would a
knowledge of appraisal and HR skills, but not essential
About us
If you are being interviewed you must accept an interview slot in the system to continue, even if you have arranged with the manager
You must be able to produce ALL certificates stated essential in the person specification or you will not be able to complete pre-employment checks
We provide hospital services from two acute sites - Darlington Memorial Hospital and University Hospital of North Durham. We have a centre for planned care in Bishop Auckland and provide care from community hospitals in Chester-le-Street, Shotley Bridge, Barnard Castle, Sedgefield and Weardale as well as over 80 other community based settings and providing care in patients' homes.
We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented
From April 1 2024 we are unable to offer sponsorship for healthcare roles that do not meet the minimum salary, If you are in the UK on a VISA please ensure you have no restrictions that would prevent you from taking this post.
Full Job Descriptions can be found in the adverts supporting documents
Job description
Job responsibilities
Assessment and management of patients with complex bladder
and/or bowel dysfunction.
Performing clinics and home visits within County Durham and
Darlington, these will be a combination of telephone and face to face assessments and reviews.
Leadership and management of the service and staff as
required in the absence of Lead Nurses.
Contribute to service and policy development as well as
being able to provide education and training.
Please see job description also for further
roles & responsibilities
Job description
Job responsibilities
Assessment and management of patients with complex bladder
and/or bowel dysfunction.
Performing clinics and home visits within County Durham and
Darlington, these will be a combination of telephone and face to face assessments and reviews.
Leadership and management of the service and staff as
required in the absence of Lead Nurses.
Contribute to service and policy development as well as
being able to provide education and training.
Please see job description also for further
roles & responsibilities
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Teaching certificate or equivalent
- Evidence of continuing professional development at post grad level IT skills In depth knowledge of complex issues in bladder & bowel dysfunction
Desirable
- Independent / Community prescribing qualification
- Leadership / Management development course (or willing to undertake) Knowledge of budgetary control
Statutory Registration
Essential
- First level registered nurse with the NMC First degree
Desirable
- Community prescribing or willing to work towards
Special Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of issues in complex bladder and bowel care
- Good communication and interpersonal skills
- Keen to develop themselves and others, open to new ideas and willingness to share experience with others
- Experience of delivering education and training
- Organisational Skills Leadership Skills
- Team working
- Triage
Desirable
- Knowledge of budgetary control
- Management skills
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of recent on-going nursing development Experience of change
- Management Experience of clinical supervision
- Experience of quality improvement processes, including audit and risk management
- Experience of complex bladder & bowel management
- Experience of working independantly, unsupervised providing high quality,
- evidence based care
- Experience of successfully working to deadlines and completing tasks
- Experience of complaint handling and reporting.
Desirable
- Clinical community experience
- Experience of research
- Experience of appraisal performance / HR skills
Special Requirements
Essential
- Ability to travel independently across the County to fulfil requirements of the post
- Ability to work flexibly in differing environments to meet the needs of the service
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Teaching certificate or equivalent
- Evidence of continuing professional development at post grad level IT skills In depth knowledge of complex issues in bladder & bowel dysfunction
Desirable
- Independent / Community prescribing qualification
- Leadership / Management development course (or willing to undertake) Knowledge of budgetary control
Statutory Registration
Essential
- First level registered nurse with the NMC First degree
Desirable
- Community prescribing or willing to work towards
Special Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge of issues in complex bladder and bowel care
- Good communication and interpersonal skills
- Keen to develop themselves and others, open to new ideas and willingness to share experience with others
- Experience of delivering education and training
- Organisational Skills Leadership Skills
- Team working
- Triage
Desirable
- Knowledge of budgetary control
- Management skills
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of recent on-going nursing development Experience of change
- Management Experience of clinical supervision
- Experience of quality improvement processes, including audit and risk management
- Experience of complex bladder & bowel management
- Experience of working independantly, unsupervised providing high quality,
- evidence based care
- Experience of successfully working to deadlines and completing tasks
- Experience of complaint handling and reporting.
Desirable
- Clinical community experience
- Experience of research
- Experience of appraisal performance / HR skills
Special Requirements
Essential
- Ability to travel independently across the County to fulfil requirements of the post
- Ability to work flexibly in differing environments to meet the needs of the service
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).
