Community Specialist Paediatric Nurse Bladder & Bowel Service

To provide the specialist nurse function in the delivery of care for patients who have been referred to the Community Bladder & Bowel Service. To provide high quality patient care and assessments, working with the wider multi-disciplinary team.
To deliver training both formally and informally within the specialist field of paediatric bladder & bowel conditions.
To act as role model ensuring practice is up to date and delivered in a professional manner.
To deputise as required in the absence of the clinical Team Lead to ensure efficient and effective service delivery., Work autonomously to manage own caseload of patients whilst working as part of the multi disciplinary team.
Undertake full patient holistic assessment, examination and clinical history.
Plan specialised programmes of care and provide specialist advice to the multidisciplinary team, patients, relatives and carers.
Ensure patients are placed in the correct treatment pathway and ensure necessary investigations and treatments are organised.
Enable patient choice and involvement, co ordinate patient pathways and liaise across organisational boundaries.
Provide clinical advice in accordance with current evidence based practice, national and local protocols and pathways.
Participate in Nurse led clinics, consultant led clinics (as appropriate) and multidisciplinary team meetings.
Participate in case conferences & meetings in relation to child safeguarding plans, formulating up to date reports to support implementation of plans of care for these children and their carers/families
Ensure patients, families and carers are given appropriate oral and written information regarding planned care, Provide clinical/nursing advice & support to patient, families/carers regarding catheterisation and bowel irrigation.
Maintain own professional development, skills & competencies, fulfilling all mandatory training.
Caseload management and co ordinating patient journey across divisions and organisational boundaries
Work in collaboration with other health professionals
Recruitment selection and interviewing
Mentoring pre and post registration nurses
Contribute to the development of local policies, protocols and procedures in accordance with local and national standards
Participate in undertaking research, utilising evidence based and best practice, promoting clinical excellence
Compliance with trust policy and procedure whilst maintaining own clinical competencies
Key Messages
· Please let us know if you require an adjustment to our recruitment process.
+ We are a flexible working employer, so please talk to us about any flexible working requirements.
· All correspondence will be sent to the email address you have registered as your TRAC account.
· Selection is based on the Trust's values, and the criteria outlined in the Job Description for the role.
· Secondments will be considered for fixed term positions when both parties agree. Candidates should seek approval from their current line manager before application.
· Appointments are subject to a 6-month probationary period. LED Doctors are subject to a 3-month probationary period.
· Please provide a contact email address for referees. We will not request references until after you have been made a formal job offer.
· You will be required to pay for your DBS disclosure (where the post requires one). This will be done via 3 monthly instalments from your pay. We encourage applicants to join and remain registered with the DBS update service.
· We do not reimburse travel to interview expenses.
· Some posts may have implications on existing NHS Pension Scheme arrangements. For further information please visit the NHS Pensions Agency website: https://www.nhsbsa.nhs.uk/nhs-pensions
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Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides a full range of local hospital and community services for people across East Cheshire (population 399K) and West Cheshire and Chester boroughs (population 357K).
The Trust provides high quality planned and unplanned/emergency care, cardiac and critical care as well as child health, maternity services, and intermediate care across our sites at Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford.
The Trust provides 500 beds and employs over 5,100 members of staff.
An extensive range of community services is provided across 26 medical centres and schools by our community arm, Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership, in collaboration with Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS FT and the South Cheshire and Vale Royal GP Alliance.
We have played, and continue to play, a proactive role in the development of Integrated Care plans across Cheshire & Merseyside and our local Cheshire East and Cheshire West Place-based systems. We believe, and it is the cornerstone of our five-year Trust Strategy, there is the opportunity to progress innovative, responsive and effective care in the best setting for the patient, be it in the hospital or out in the community.