Bladder and Bowel Community Nurse - London
Job overview
We currently have an exciting opportunity to join the Brent Children’s Community Nursing Team as a Children and Young People Bladder and Bowel Continence Nurse. We are seeking a highly motivated and enthusiastic full time Band 6 Nurse.
The post holder will work as part of the Brent 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. The post holder is required to work closely within a multi-disciplinary setting. Nurse prescribing competency would be an advantage.
This post offers a great opportunity for an experienced Paediatric Nurse to further develop their management skills within the community setting.
Main duties of the job- 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
Working for our organisation
We can offer you:
- A comprehensive induction into the community service followed by a local induction to introduce you to the role
- Car lease scheme(only available for Band 5 and up)
- Flexible working options
- Annual travel card loan
- Training, support and development in your career
To have a full look at our benefits and what it’s like working for us please go here: https://www.clch.nhs.uk/job/pay-and-benefits
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to Job Description and Person Specification for outline of skills, knowledge and experience required.
Person specification
Education/Qualification
Essential criteria- RGN / RSCN / RN(Child)
- NMC Registration
- Evidence of post registration education and training
- Teaching Qualification
Experience
Essential criteria- Minimum 2 years post registration experience
- Minimum of one year post registration community or relevant experience
- Experience of working with students
- Experience of working with multi-professional team
- Experience of teaching
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria- Knowledge of Clinical Governance and its implementation
- Knowledge of Primary Health Care and Political influences
- Knowledge of Clinical Governance and its implementation
- Knowledge and demonstration of the use of Evidenced Based Care
- Knowledge of equal opportunities and their impact in practice
- Ability to support staff
- I.T. skills
- Knowledge of resource management
Other
Essential criteria- Able to carry out the duties of the post with or without adaptations
- Hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010)
Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification
Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job.
Interview arrangements will be communicated via email so please check your email regularly following the closing date.
At CLCH we appreciate and are proud of the diversity in the communities we serve and the workforce we employ. Applications are open and welcome to anyone, regardless of your age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, ethnicity, religion, and disability.
We are proud to say that we follow the workforce race equality standard and 28% of our senior staff (8A and above) are from a BAME background. CLCH also has active BAME and LGBTQI networks:
Disability and Wellbeing Network (DAWN)
Race Equality Network
Rainbow Network which supports LGBTQI staff.
Each network has a champion who is an executive director at the Trust and they hold regular meetings to discuss issues and make plans to improve CLCH.
The CLCH Equal opportunities statement is on our Website Equal opportunities :: Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust (clch.nhs.uk)
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