Community Staff Nurse

County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

Community Staff Nurse

The closing date is 05 November

This advert is only open to applicants who are currently employed by County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a developing service with the Community Directorate.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated registered nurse to join the adult bladder and bowel service through secondment to cover maternity leave for 11 months.

The base for this post will be Innovation House, Bishop Auckland; this is a County-wide Community post so locality work will be required according to service need.

This role involves a mixture of working within clinics, home visits, care homes and office environment.

The post will allow you to work in a specialist service and develop specialist skills / knowledge and expertise in bladder and bowel dysfunction.

This is an exciting opportunity to become part of an innovative and forward thinking community-based team.

You will make a valuable contribution to the way local bladder and bowel services are organised and delivered in order to provide high quality, cost effective services to people living in County Durham and Darlington.

The role is supportive of family friendly hours, working predominantly Monday to Friday (day hours, eg : 08 :

• : 30).

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will have a passion for delivering high quality care to people with bladder and bowel dysfunction.

You will be dynamic and caring with excellent communication skills as patient education and support is an important component of the job.

Prior experience in bladder and bowel dysfunction and the promotion of continence is desirable, however, this is an opportunity to develop specialist knowledge and skills.

Your professional development will be supported by a mentor and regular clinical supervision.

About us

We provide hospital services from two acute sites – Darlington Memorial Hospital and University Hospital of North Durham.

We have a centre for planned care in Bishop Auckland and provide care from community hospitals in Chester-le-Street, Shotley Bridge, Barnard Castle, Sedgefield and Weardale as well as over 80 other community based settings and providing care in patients' homes.

We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented.

Full Job Descriptions can be found in the adverts supporting documents.

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Job responsibilities

Assessment and management of patients with bladder and / or bowel dysfunction.

This is a Trust wide : County Durham & Darlington area performing clinics and home visits, these will be a combination of telephone and face to face assessments and reviews.

Working autonomously.

This is an exciting secondment opportunity to join the Adult Bladder & Bowel service for a temporary period of 11 months.

Person Specification

Statutory Registration

Registered Nurse level 1 with NMC

Community prescribing or willing to work towards

Special Requirements

Ability to travel independently across the County to fulfil requirements of the post

Ability to work flexibly in differing environments to meet the needs of the service

Qualifications

Bladder & Bowel dysfunction experience or willing to work towards

Teaching / mentorship qualification or willing to work towards

Experience

Evidence of recent on-going nursing development

Clinical community experience

Bladder and bowel assessment / treatment experience

Experience of audit / research

Special Skills & Knowledge

Knowledge of issues in bladder and bowel care

Good communication and interpersonal skills

Organisational skills

Ability to work independently and within a team

Passion for promoting bladder and bowel health

Demonstrate innovation and creativity

Clinical community experience

Bladder and bowel assessment / treatment experience

Experience of audit / research

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order)

County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

£31,049 to £37,796 a year pro rata per annum

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