We are excited to share an exciting Band 5 opportunity in our Bladder and Bowel Service as a Specialist Nurse. If you're passionate about patient care and rehabilitation and would like to make a difference to someone's life each day, we would love to hear from you! This role will enable you to be supported to complete a wide range of trainings and competencies to develop your skills and knowledge within a Specialist Service.

This is an exciting opportunity to join our team and use your specialist skills within our Bladder and Bowel Service in clinic settings and visiting patients in their homes. You will be involved in the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of care programmes for individuals teaching and supporting both staff and carers.

We would welcome applications from individuals due to complete their Registered Nurse Training as well as nurse colleagues looking to enhance their skills in the Specialist Sector

This position will be supporting the service across the East Locality, consisting of Brighton & Hove, High Weald, Lewes and Havens .

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible for conducting clinics, managing a caseload of patients with bladder and bowel dysfunction, and carrying out domiciliary visits. This will include assessing and supporting patients to optimise their quality of life living with a bladder and/or bowel condition, carrying out holistic continence assessments, and advising on self-management programmes and management options.

We also provide ongoing education programmes and support to other healthcare professionals/workers and promote excellence in continence nursing care.

You will need to able to drive with a full UK licence due to the geographic area covered by the team.

About us

We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex. Our 6,000 staff serve a population of 1.3 million providing essential medical, nursing, and therapeutic care to adults and children.

Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community, helping people plan, manage, adapt to changes in their health, supporting avoidable hospital admissions and reducing hospital stay times.

We have opportunities for everyone across our wide variety of services including medical, clinical, support and corporate services.

Why work for us?

• Positive 2022 NHS Staff Survey results, scoring highly in compassionate culture & leadership, and staff wellbeing support
• Variety of working environments across the community, in patients' homes, within our community hospitals and bases across the county
• Supportive flexible working patterns such as: part time, flexi time, annualised hours, and flexi retirement options
• Excellent training and development opportunities
• Research opportunities
• Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove and Brighton
• Thriving BAME, Disability and Wellbeing, LGBT+ and Religion and Belief staff networks
• Level 3 accredited Disability Confident Leader, committed to creating inclusive workplaces
• Veteran Aware Trust, achieving accreditation from Veterans Covenant Healthcare Alliance (VCHA)
• Located in stunning Sussex, with easy access to the South Downs and the coast
• Access to a wide range of benefits and discounts for NHS staff

Job description

Job responsibilities

As a registered nurse the post holder is required to adhere to NMC standards and guidelines of practice, education and conduct. The post holder is a member of the Bladder & Bowel Service and responsibilities will include assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care programmes for individuals without direct supervision. The post holder will regularly deputise for the Bladder & Bowel Specialist Nurse Team Leader. The post holder will be expected to teach and support programmes of care to qualified/unqualified staff and formal/ informal carers.

Please do also refer to the attached documents for full description of the role or contact the service for an informal chat with our team.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• registered nurse with post reg qualification in continence
• relevant degree/ post grad
• teaching qualification at level 3

Desirable

• Evidence of CPD

Experience

Essential

• 2 years post reg
• relevant clinical experience

Desirable

• community Experience

Knowledge

Essential

• evidence of ability to monitor and maintain standards of care
• compotnnet computer skills
• ability to plan education programmes
• ability to assess compotecy
• ability to understand and promote the role of the nurse specilist
• ability to relate theory into practice

skills

Essential

• ability to organise workload
• data clinical knowledge
• committment to CPD
• Knowledge of clincial Governance

other

Essential

• Car Driver

Employer details

Employer name

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Brighton/ Newhaven

Brighton/ Newhaven

BN9 9HH

Any attachments will be accessible after you click to apply.

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