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Wirral Community Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust provides high quality community health and care services which are responsive to the needs of our local population. Services are delivered by our dedicated and innovative multi disciplinary professionals and supported by equally committed staff behind the scenes. We strive to continue developing and improving our services by working with and listening to our populations, partners, commissioners and staff.
WCHC offers you a great opportunity to be a part of a talented, passionate and committed team delivering excellent community based services across Cheshire and Merseyside.
Job overview
Provide expert Knowledge to professionals, service users and carers regarding the identification, assessment, management, and treatment of continence problems for children. At home or in Hospital and in local clinics.
Support specialist education and training to primary healthcare team and Local Authority.
Providing evidence-based continence service and develop clinical services for children, including research and audit.
Work collaboratively and cooperatively to develop the children's continence services and improve the quality of care delivered to children.
Accept delegated responsibility from Service Lead and delegate appropriately to other members of the team.
Main duties of the job
Maintain the specialist level of knowledge necessary to the role in relation to identification assessment, management, and treatment of continence problems. Provide clinical care for children in a variety of settings including children and family and where appropriate school.
To manage a caseload of children/service users who require a Specialist Continence Nursing Care Programme. Act as creditable role model, educator, and expert clinician.
To triage efficiently and delegate appropriate action.
Independently prescribed with a known clinical Specialist Area.
Act as an expert continence advisor, ensuring the clinical advice is available to purchasers, commissioners, and service users. Including carers, relatives seeking advice on the management of children with continence problems.
Participate in the development of policies, guidelines and pathways for continence care that are evidence based.
Support the Service Lead ensuring that the services are benchmarked locally and nationally, using the Essence of Care benchmarking standards.
Responsible for ensuring a robust system of dissemination or best practise via the Continence Link Nurse System or educational programmes where required.
Working for our organisation
Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by CQC (Dec 3) with some outstanding areas.
As an aspiring outstanding Trust we have numerous policies and procedures in place which provide standard organisational ways of working, in line with organisational objectives, relevant legislation and requirements. Policies allow for continuity and consistency within the Trust. Employees must abide by and adhere to all Wirral Community NHS Trust’s policies, at all times.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Professional/Clinical
Education
Managerial
Person specification
Qualifications
* Registered Nurse Child or Registered Nurse (1st Level)
* Teaching and Assessing Module Level 6
* Nursing Degree (or working towards)
* Urology and Continence Promotion Module Level 3
* Bladder scanning
* Nurse prescribing
Experience
* Assessment and Care Planning for patients with continence problems
* Recent experience of working with children
* Community Experience
Skills
* Excellent interpersonal skills and organisational skills
* A demonstrated ability to manage, evaluate and sustain change in practice
* Ability to work autonomously
* A demonstrated ability to teach, supervise and develop practice in other
* Proven experience of own commitment to clinical practice development
* A sound knowledge of current issues in nursing practice
Personal Qualities
* Demonstrate knowledge of the NMC Code of Professional conduct
* People orientated / Approachable
* Access to car for work purposes
* Team player
By applying for this post you are agreeing to Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are appointed to a post information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Record system.
For further information explaining how we use your information in line with GDPR please see our ‘Guidance for applicants’ document under the section 'Additional documentation'.
We are a Disability Confident and Mindful Employer.WCHC is committed to recruiting and supporting a diverse workforce and we welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of disability, age, sex, race, religion, sexual orientation, maternity/pregnancy, marriage/civil partnership or transgender status. We are committed to having a team that is made up of diverse skills, experiences and abilities. We actively encourage BAME, LGBTQ+ and disabled applicants and value the positive impact that difference has on our teams. We are committed to equality and diversity within our workforce and are keen to support reasonable adjustments to support our new and existing staff.
We are proud to support our Armed Forces Community as aVeteran Aware NHS Trust and are pleased to share that we recently achieved Bronze Award accreditation, in the. We support the armed forces as an employer; recognising the experiences and skills ex-military personnel have gained through their service.
Further Information:
Closing Dates: Candidates are advised to apply early. The Trust reserves the right to close a vacancy prior to the closing date if a high number of applications are received.
Reference Information: Please ensure your application is submitted with referees who can verify your employment/ education history over the last three years and include valid business email addresses for them. The Trust will not accept personal references from friends or family.
Salary Expectations: The Trust pays staff in line with national NHS Terms and Conditions. Relevant experience may be considered when salary offers are made. For all part-time positions, salaries are pro-rata.
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