Functional Bowel / Pelvic Floor Specialist Practitioner

Job overview

The Functional Bowel Service is expanding and developing its provision across the University Hospitals Tees sites. This is an exciting time to be involved in the development of a quality, patient-focused service to meet the needs of the local population through innovative nursing practice. The Nurse Specialist with work within a supportive forward thinking Multi-Disciplinary Team who are passionate about improving patient care and access to the service.

Main duties of the job

Autonomously delivering clinics, taking patient history, examination, requesting appropriate investigations and initiating treatments.

Providing teaching and support to patients requiring trans-anal irrigation, sacral nerve stimulation, ACE management and visual biofeedback.

Preparing and attending the Pelvic Floor MDT’s.

Supporting Consultants in Specialist Pelvic Floor Clinic.

Triaging of referrals to ensure patients are seen appropriately and in a timely manner.

Contribute to service development.

Involvement in clinical research trials within the service as they arise.

Providing training and support to new staff, students and other healthcare professionals.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.