Specialist Nurse - Bladder & Bowel

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, experienced nurse to join a friendly and dynamic team, promoting best practice bladder and bowel care for Trafford community.

The post holder will have responsibility to manage a designated caseload of patients providing Specialist Nurse-Led Bladder & Bowel Clinics and home visits across Trafford. This includes offering specialist male and female pelvic floor assessments, investigations and skills which includes digital rectal examination, portable bladder scanning, male and female urethral and suprapubic catheterisation and will work autonomously demonstrating and maintaining competence at a specialist level.

The post holder will have a Level One NMC Registration, ideally a V150 nurse prescribing qualification and substantial continence promotion, urology, gynaecology and/ or colorectal nursing experience. This experience will provide you with the knowledge and skills to undertake expert assessment of patient’s bladder and/ or bowel symptoms either in a clinic or home setting to deliver and evaluate specialised, individual programmes of care, advising where appropriate on changes to treatment and management.

The post holder must be an excellent communicator, enthusiastic and well organised and work well under pressure. You must be able to car travel around various community locations delivering care. The service operates Monday to Friday 08.00-16.00 with no bank holiday or weekend work.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide specialist clinical advice, support, assessment, and interpretation of complex information to deliver best practice bladder and bowel care, treatment and management in line with Trust Policies and Procedures, National Guidelines, NICE and NMC Code of Conduct.

To provide high quality best practice specialist bladder and bowel care, support and advice to patients with persistent and/or complex continence problems and develop specialist care packages, working with patients, families and carers.

To promote effective management and treatment of bladder and bowel dysfunction by providing an educational and advisory service for adult patients and others caring for patients with continence problems including; the elderly, reasonable adjustments e.g., learning difficulties, mental health problems and long-term degenerative conditions.

To work within and across professional and organisational boundaries, liaising with GPs, other healthcare professionals, statutory and voluntary agencies to support the delivery of integrated, individualised and expert bladder and bowel care to a very high standard.

To prevent admission to hospital and to facilitate safe early discharge from hospital, supporting a culture of continuous quality improvement.

You will support the Bladder and Bowel Team in delivering an educational curriculum, in bladder and bowel care to all relevant healthcare professionals.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

IMPORTANT CANDIDATE INFORMATION

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need for this role, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Documents to download’ heading.

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Diversity Matters MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, please contact the manager named below.

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Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check

As part of our commitment to safeguarding patients and staff, many roles at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) require a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. This is a standard process across the NHS and helps us ensure a safe environment for everyone.

What is a DBS Check?

A DBS check is a background check that reveals any criminal convictions, cautions, reprimands, or warnings. The level of check required depends on the role:

Standard DBS: Checks for spent and unspent convictions, cautions, reprimands, and final warnings.

Enhanced DBS: Includes the above, plus any additional information held by local police that’s considered relevant to the role.

Enhanced with Barred Lists: Includes all of the above, plus checks against the children’s and/or adults’ barred lists.

Who Needs a DBS Check

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.