Bank Children and Young People's Continence NurseNHS

Job summary

We are seeking a highly motivated nurse to join our Children and Young People's Continence Nursing team. The post holder will take a key role in the delivery of a wide range of bladder and bowel dysfunction services for children and young people across Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin.

The successful candidate will need to already possess the skills and knowledge in continence treatment and have an awareness of the medication management in line with NICE guidelines and other strategies used for children with incontinence.

Operational hours are Monday- Friday 09.00-17.00, through telephone clinics and face to face clinics being delivered at Coral House, Shrewsbury, Donnington Medical Practice and Stirchley Health Centre in Telford as well as seeing children in their own homes or other community settings.

The post holder will need to be able to meet the travel requirements of the role.

Main duties of the job

• To promote continence by providing education / advisory service for patients, professionals and others caring for patients with continence problems.
• To provide a continence service in community nurse-led clinics, home visits and other community settings and have extensive knowledge of the defined speciality using evidence of post basic study.
• To perform comprehensive assessments, plan, implement and evaluate care for children and young people with continence needs within Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin.
• To respond to patients, family and professionals telephone enquiries as required.
• To liaise with the Administrator to support the organisation of clinic sessions and ensure year round cover for the Children and Young People's Continence service.
• To support teaching and awareness raising sessions for health, education and social colleagues.
• To be involved in service development and audit.

Job description

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for further information on the role.

Please note this vacancy may close early if a high volume of applications is received, we advise you submit your application early to avoid disappointment.

About us

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust provides community-based health services for adults and children in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and some services in surrounding areas too. These range from district nursing, health visiting and running four community hospitals through to providing very specialist community care through talented and dedicated staff.

Patients, carers and the public play a vital role in helping us to develop and improve our services and we are constantly looking for ways to work with local communities, patients and the public to innovate and improve. Have a look at the Have Your Say section of our website to find out how you can feed back your experiences and help us to continually improve.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust is an exciting place to work. It offers a wide range of employment opportunities for many people.

Shropshire Community Health NHS Trust positively encourages applications from all areas of the community, regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or religious beliefs. We are committed to ensuring people who work for the community trust have a good working life - and a good work life/home life balance.