Assistant Practitioner

3 weeks ago


Carlisle, United Kingdom North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust Full time

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic Band 4 assistant practitioner to cover a 12 month fixed term/secondment post within the Community Specialist Bladder and Bowel Service in North Cumbria. We are a small yet perfectly formed nurse led service comprised of highly skilled and knowledgeable professionals (both nurses and assistant practitioners) supporting patients with the holistic and person centred assessment, treatment and management of their bladder and/or bowel dysfunction.

You will provide Holistic and Person centred assessment and support for the patient using various methods of gathering evidence and undertaking work activities including bladder scanning, ISC and reviewing of bladder/bowel charts based on the post holder's scope of practice. Whilst having an awareness of your own role and responsibilities you will also have an understanding of the role of other professionals working within the wider professional community and have the ability to signpost patients as required. you will have a sound knowledge of the products and equipment available to support your patient in managing their bladder/bowel dysfunction and be responsible for prescribing continence products when they are deemed the most appropriate to aid management.

You will be expected to identify and raise awareness of the risks involved in work activities and undertake then in a way that manages the risk(s) in relation to own work and risks to patient safety.

Your role would be to support the level 1 work of the team which includes assessment and treatment of bladder and bowel dysfunction for people aged 18 years and above, understanding the range of advice, treatments and products/equipment available to assist our patients in managing their own continence needs and also training others, sharing knowledge and skills to improve how continence is managed within the community by other professionals. Duties will include unsupervised holistic and person centred care for the patient in the clinic setting, over the telephone, within their care provision or in their own home.

At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding hospital and health services to half a million people. Established on 1st October 2019, the Trust is creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout north Cumbria and beyond. We’re responsible for delivering over 70 services across 15 main locations and we employ more than 6,500 members of staff.

Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of ‘safe, high quality care every time’.
- Being a clinically led organisation
- Quality and safety at the heart
- A positive patient experience every time
- A great place to work
- Managing our money well

As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.

Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. There is an expectation for all staff to support this by familiarising yourself with the Trust’s sustainability initiatives such as waste and recycling, going paperless, videoconferencing, sustainable transport and others.

We encourage you to think about what you can do as an individual and within your team to contribute in to embedding carbon reduction into the everyday running of our organisation.

Please see attached Job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.

Relocation assistance may be available for successful applicants moving to the region for certain posts. Please see ourPolicyfor eligible vacancies?
- Please ensure that you document evidence of meeting all the essential criteria in the supporting information.

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