Senior Clinical Nurse SpecialistNHS

Job summary

Summary:

The post holder acts as a Senior Urology/Continence Nursing Services Specialist providing specialist support and advice on all aspects of bladder and bowel care within a National Spinal Injuries Centre.

Main duties of the job

This role will provide excellent clinical expertise, care and support as well as people leadership within a National Spinal Injury Centre

Job description

People Management

Together with the Nurse Manager the post holder will:

• Provide professional leadership, support and supervision to Clinical Nurse Specialists, Clinical Nurse Advisors, Nursing Associates and other nursing colleagues as required
• Participate in recruitment, induction, competency assessment and retention of nursing staff.
• Undertake or support appraisal processes, personal development planning and performance review activities
• Support workforce planning, succession planning and development of future clinical leaders
• Promote staff wellbeing, psychological safety and an inclusive working culture
• Ensure staff maintain NMC registration, mandatory training and role-specific competencies

Service Management

Together with the Nurse Manager, the post holder will:

• Contribute to the operational management of specialist bladder, bowel and continence services
• Monitor referral activity, caseload allocation, waiting times and service capacity
• Support service delivery planning to ensure safe and effective patient care
• Contribute to activity reporting, performance monitoring and achievement of agreed service objectives
• Identify risks to service delivery and implement appropriate escalation and mitigation plans
• Support the development of service improvement initiatives and clinical pathway optimisation

Clinical Governance, Quality and Risk Management

Together with the Nurse Manager the post holder will:

• Contribute to clinical governance frameworks and quality assurance activities
• Support incident reporting, complaint management, safeguarding processes and duty of candour requirements
• Participate in audit programmes, quality improvement projects and implementation of lessons learned
• Ensure clinical documentation, patient information and standard operating procedures remain compliant and evidence based
• Maintain awareness of regulatory requirements including NMC standards, CQC regulations, information governance and safeguarding guidance
• Support inspection readiness and quality assurance reviews where required

Education, Competency and Workforce Development

Together with the nurse manager the post holder will:

• Support development and delivery of competency frameworks relating to bladder, bowel and continence care
• Provide clinical supervision, mentorship and coaching to nursing colleagues
• Contribute to educational programmes for healthcare professionals, patients and carers
• Promote reflective practice, continuing professional development and evidence-based care
• Support competency assessment and sign-off processes within the clinical nursing team

Advanced Assessment and Diagnostic Support

Where appropriately trained and within scope of practice, the post holder will:

• Support bladder assessment pathways including intermittent self-catheterisation, catheter management and continence assessment
• Contribute to urodynamic and diagnostic service activities where commissioned
• Support development of patient pathways, safety-netting processes and follow-up arrangements
• Ensure diagnostic activity is accurately recorded and acted upon appropriately

Strategic Service Development

Together with the Nurse Manager the post holder will:

• Contribute to service development, pathway redesign and innovation programmes.
• Support the development of business cases, service proposals and improvement initiatives.
• Participate in quality improvement projects using audit findings, patient outcomes and patient feedback.
• Promote publication, presentation and dissemination of service outcomes and best practice.

Financial and Performance Responsibilities

Together with the nurse manager the post holder will:

• Support effective utilisation of clinical resources and service capacity
• Contribute to monitoring of key performance indicators and service outcomes
• Assist with collection and reporting of activity, productivity and quality metrics
• Support achievement of contractual requirements and service objectives
• Promote cost-effective, clinically appropriate use of products and resources

About us

Location: National Spinal Injuries Centre, Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Aylesbury

Contract: Permanent, working Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours