Community Bladder & Bowel Care Nurse

To undertake holistic bladder and bowel assessments, planning, implementing and evaluating care primarily to the adult population specifically in the area of Bladder and Bowel health.

Providing Bladder and bowel advice and education to professionals working within the health care economy.

Working with patients and carer's promoting continence whenever this is applicable, and where not achievable the aim will be to manage incontinence to a high standard

To assess patient care needs and implement treatment programs specifically to patients who present with bladder and bowel dysfunction.

To participate in and support training programs that promote continence care within the social and health care economy.

To ensure that treatment options are within keeping with service guidelines. To promote & maintain accurate record keeping in order to conform with NMC / Registered professional body Policy and data protection legislation.

Take responsibility for updating and developing professional knowledge and skills which relate to best practice in continence care.

To understand the importance of team working and recognize the contribution that a cohesive team can make to promote high standards of care.

Line Management Responsibility

Mentorship for new members of the Continence team or pre and post registration student nurses / professionals

Participate in the IPR process to identify personal and team development goals.

Participate in the Management of Change, making constructive suggestions as to how services can be improved.

Provision of Professional Advice

The post holder must

Provide professional advice in relation to the care of individuals or groups of patients who present with bladder and bowel dysfunction, to qualified unqualified staff, patients, carers relatives and other agencies.

Provide continence care to patients either within their own home/ residential home or within a designated clinic.

Assess and diagnose the care needs of patients in relation to continence care. Plan a care programme to be implemented by the post holder.

Manage own clinical caseload on an ongoing basis including making modifications to treatment plans within set parameters.

Provide supervision to recently trained nurses / AHPs or carers who have attended continence training.

Provide advice that contributes to the care or education of the patient

Accept & comply with the NMC / Registered bodies Code of Conduct.

Attend training in order to support specialist role.

Communication/Key Relationships Internal/External

The post holder must

Understand the importance of effective communication with other members of the Team, clinical staff, social health professionals, patients, carers and the voluntary sector on an identified basis.

Be able to adapt communication skills to ensure appropriate communication with a variety of patients including the elderly and those more vulnerable in society.

Be able to accurately provide written documentation, i.e. care plans, emails and make referrals to other health care professionals and other agencies.

Be able to provide formal/informal education presentations on a one to one or within a group setting.

Control of Resources

The post holder must

Take responsibility for the individual allocation of products to meet patient needs.

Make constructive suggestions on the appropriate use of resources e.g. stock items, continence appliances/ products, and patient equipment.

Judgement and Decision Making/Freedom to Act

Come and join a Trust rated Outstanding by the CQC. South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust have been rated as outstanding following our latest inspection by the CQC and we are recruiting new staff to come and help us improve even further. In addition our staff survey results have placed us 4th in the country for recommended place to work.

We provide services across Warwickshire and beyond ranging from Hospitals in Warwick, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Royal Leamington Spa and Shipston-on Stour to Community Services across the county. We are a progressive, expanding organisation with great ambition around improving quality, integrating pathways and delivering high levels of productivity.Our values can be summed up in one sentence. We are 'Trusted to provide safe, inclusive, effective and compassionate care'. Throughout the recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you demonstrate these values and how they impact on your work. It doesn't matter what role you do, whether it is patient facing or not, we are all working in the same way with our values at the core.

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