Job summary
Job Purpose
To work as part of the Children's Community Nursing Team, providing children's bladder and bowel nursing care primarily within a child's home, school and nursery, and clinics ensuring the delivery of evidenced based care to children and their families or carers. The Brent Children's Continence Service will run clinics 9-5pm, Mon - Saturday.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be responsible for:
To participate in the assessment, planning and provision of skilled nursing care in negotiation with the child and family
Identifying, understanding and feeling confident to promote good bladder and bowel health for children
To provide skilled, effective, evidenced based nursing care for children with bladder and bowel care needs
To work in a collaborative manner with other agencies to ensure a seamless delivery of care to families.
To provide information and support to facilitate the child's and family's own choices with regards to nursing care around the management of bladder and bowel issues
About us
We providecommunity health services to more than two million people across eleven London boroughs and Hertfordshire.
Every day, our professionals provide high-quality healthcare in people's homes and local clinics, helping them to:
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stay well
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manage their own health with the right support
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avoid unnecessary trips to, or long stays in, hospital.
We support our patients at every stage of their lives, providing health visiting for new-born babies through to community nursing, stroke rehabilitation and palliative care for people towards the end of their lives.
Our vision:deliver great care closer to home.
Our mission: working together to give children a better start and adults greater independence
Job description
Job responsibilities
To lead the enhanced Tier 1 bladder and Bowel toileting advisory and drop in service
To run T2 bladder and bowel clinics, complete assessments, ordering of products and make recommendations
To train local staff to offer better assessment, evidenced based advice to GP practice/ school nurse and health visiting services.
Provide knowledge of continence milestones, general advice on toilet training and bladder and bowel health, such as information on fluid intake, dietary advice and the importance of regular toileting.
To operate the drop in service by appointment only to ensure that we manage the number of service users attending to keep everyone as safe as possible.
The continence nurse to be able to answer questions and discuss any concerns including day and nighttime wetting; constipation and soiling and to give advice and sign posting.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To lead the enhanced Tier 1 bladder and Bowel toileting advisory and drop in service
To run T2 bladder and bowel clinics, complete assessments, ordering of products and make recommendations
To train local staff to offer better assessment, evidenced based advice to GP practice/ school nurse and health visiting services.
Provide knowledge of continence milestones, general advice on toilet training and bladder and bowel health, such as information on fluid intake, dietary advice and the importance of regular toileting.
To operate the drop in service by appointment only to ensure that we manage the number of service users attending to keep everyone as safe as possible.
The continence nurse to be able to answer questions and discuss any concerns including day and nighttime wetting; constipation and soiling and to give advice and sign posting.
Person Specification
Education/Qualification
Essential
- Current NMC Registration for children's nursing
- Evidence of post registration study / learning over the past two years.
- Numeracy skills required for the safe administration of medicines
Desirable
- Teaching Qualification
- Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (Health visitor/School nurse)
- Nurse Prescribing V300
Experience
Essential
- Recent experience of at least 1 year of working as a registered children's nurse in a community nursing role
- Experience of working with children who have bladder and bowel issues
- Recent experience within as acute/community setting
- Evidence of involvement in the management of difficult situations and conflict resolution
- Evidence of working without direct supervision and managing own workload
Desirable
- Evidence of working without direct supervision and managing own workload
- Experience of managing staff within a team
- Managing a safeguarding caseload
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to support people to make informed decisions in relation to their health and well-being.
- Demonstrate ability to adapt to working within a changing environment.
- Evidence of supporting equality and valuing diversity in own practice
- Evidence of current clinical competencies relevant to community nursing.
- Empowering and working in partnership
Desirable
- Knowledge of assessment of health needs of the local population
- Background knowledge of current policy relating to public health and primary care
- Awareness of health needs of children and young people
Key Attributes
Essential
- Academic ability to study independently at degree or postgraduate level.
- Numeracy and Literacy skills
- Able to willing to work in partnership with service users, their friends and family as well as other health professionals
Desirable
Person Specification
Education/Qualification
Essential
- Current NMC Registration for children's nursing
- Evidence of post registration study / learning over the past two years.
- Numeracy skills required for the safe administration of medicines
Desirable
- Teaching Qualification
- Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (Health visitor/School nurse)
- Nurse Prescribing V300
Experience
Essential
- Recent experience of at least 1 year of working as a registered children's nurse in a community nursing role
- Experience of working with children who have bladder and bowel issues
- Recent experience within as acute/community setting
- Evidence of involvement in the management of difficult situations and conflict resolution
- Evidence of working without direct supervision and managing own workload
Desirable
- Evidence of working without direct supervision and managing own workload
- Experience of managing staff within a team
- Managing a safeguarding caseload
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Ability to support people to make informed decisions in relation to their health and well-being.
- Demonstrate ability to adapt to working within a changing environment.
- Evidence of supporting equality and valuing diversity in own practice
- Evidence of current clinical competencies relevant to community nursing.
- Empowering and working in partnership
Desirable
- Knowledge of assessment of health needs of the local population
- Background knowledge of current policy relating to public health and primary care
- Awareness of health needs of children and young people
Key Attributes
Essential
- Academic ability to study independently at degree or postgraduate level.
- Numeracy and Literacy skills
- Able to willing to work in partnership with service users, their friends and family as well as other health professionals
Desirable
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
