An exciting opportunity has arisen to lead the North Derbyshire Children's Community Continence Service on a 12-month fixed term post, secondments may also be considered.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 Service Lead to drive the service forward whilst making a difference to children and young people's incontinence needs.

The successful candidate will be a children's registered nurse who has a passion for leadership and continence within the community for children and young people and their families. Applicants need to possess excellent interpersonal, communication and organisational skills whilst working independently and as part of a team.

For secondments, please gain approval from your line manager prior to applying.

Main duties of the job

Provide strong, professional leadership working in partnership to enhance professional standards of care across the service linking in with primary, secondary and tertiary care as appropriate.

Overall responsibility for the care of a caseload of patients requiring specialist advice as appropriate, accept referrals from other healthcare professionals and work unsupervised.

Through demonstration of high levels of clinical expertise and practice, work collaboratively with members of the multi-disciplinary team (MDT), divisional care unit and others to review and plan services which are responsive, cost effective and evidence based.

It would be desirable to have an expert level of clinical decision making through specialist assessment and interpretation of clinical information to support patients and carers who have complex and/or changing physical symptoms, emotional or practical needs.

About us

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.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the job description and person specification for the full qualifications, skills and experience required for this post. Full and Part Time positions available.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential

• Level degree or equivalent experience
• 1st level RN Child or RSN
• Teaching and Assessing
• 1st Advanced communication course/qualification
• Non-medical nurse prescribing

Desirable

• Master
• Physical exam course
• Leadership Qualification

Experience

Essential

• Significant post registration experience in clinical speciality
• Experience in line management
• Able to deal with complex and difficult emotional situations
• Leadership and management experience
• Change management

Desirable

• Previous experience as a CNS

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Negotiation Skills
• Communication skills
• Understanding of confidentiality and Information Governance
• Ability to deliver educational sessions to RNs and others
• Presentation skills
• Computer literacy
• Lead audit programme
• Evidence of continuing professional development
• Risk management awareness
• Level 2 safeguarding

Desirable

• Evidence of publication
• Lead research project
• Report writing
• Developed an educational programme
• Level 3 safeguarding

Personal attributes

Essential

• Positive attitude/self-motivated
• Ability to work under pressure
• Organise own workload and prioritise
• Adaptable to meet service needs
• Innovative and dynamic
• Full driving license

Demonstrate Trust Values

Essential

• Proud to care- Compassion, Achievement, Realtionships, Environment

Employer details

Employer name

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Calow

Chesterfield

S44 5BL

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