Job summary
Employer heading
Children's Community Continence Nurse
NHS AfC: Band 5
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the North Derbyshire Children’s Community Continence Service for three days a week (22.5hrs). We are a small friendly team which is the lead provider for the Countywide Continence Service who supports children and young people aged 4-19 years in the community to achieve their continence potential.
We are looking for a Children’s Community Continence Nurse to support and make a difference to children and young people’s incontinence needs. The successful candidate will be a registered nurse who has a passion for continence and working in the community with children and young people and the families. An important element of the role is to independently undertake continence clinics across North Derbyshire. Applicants need to possess excellent interpersonal, communication and organisational skills and work independently and as part of a team.
Full training and supervision from Specialist Nurses will be provided although a background in continence would be advantageous.
Please refer to the job description and person specification for the full qualifications, skills and experience required for this post.
Main duties of the job
The main emphasis of this role is to provide specialist clinical practice within a defined clinical area/caseload. This will involve working independently with support/guidance from a multi-disciplinary (MDT) as required.
Duties will include, for example, provision of specialist knowledge and key experience in the care and management of children and young people with continence care needs, and working collaboratively with all agencies to promote health, education and well-being of children with continence care needs.
Please see Job description for main duties of the job in attachments
Working for our organisation
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is a well performing Foundation Trust serving a population of around 441,000 across the Bolsover, Chesterfield, Derbyshire Dales, North Amber Valley, High Peak and North East Derbyshire districts. With a workforce of around 3,800 staff and good financial control, currently operating with a positive financial surplus and was recently rated “Good” by the CQC .
We are committed to working with our partners in health and social care to deliver long term financial sustainability and resilience in our performance to ensure we provide high quality services and excellent patient care.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the Job description and Person Specification in the attachments. This document contains a full detailed description of the role and what the main responsibilities and duties are along with the criteria that are required.
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- 1st level Registered Nurse
- Post registration/graduate diploma or equivalent experience in related work area
- Evidence of qualification to undertake the supervision, teaching and assessing of students
Desirable criteria
- Advanced communication course
- Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) relevant to the clinical area at specialist level of care
- Leadership training/qualification/experience
- Non-medical prescribing
- Communication skills training
Experience
Essential criteria
- Significant, relevant (post registration) experience with two years or more in speciality area
- Ability to conduct Nurse led clinics
- Facilitate and support learning
- Awareness of Quality Assurance/peer review process
- Management of leadership experience
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of leading a change project
- Experience of Quality Assurance/peer review process
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Audit experience and subsequent quality improvement
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Sound IT skills
- Good record keeping
- Awareness of local and national guidelines
- Evidence of developing clinical skills
Desirable criteria
- Advanced communication course
- Deputising for senior Sister/Charge Nurse/Clinical Nurse Specialist
- Research experience
- Leadership course
- Presentation skills
- Risk management awareness
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Able to use own initiative and work autonomously
- Positive attitude, self motivated
- Able to manage and organise own workload with conflicting priorities
- Able to work under pressure
- Recognise own limitations
- Work effectively with the MDT
- Proactive in the continued development of the service
- Adaptable to meet service needs
- Full driving licence or alternative
Demonstrates Trust Values
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates Proud to CARE (Compassion, Achievement, Relationships, Environment)
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Clare Faulkner
- Job title
- Acting Senior Matron, Community Services
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01246 513837
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