Children's Continence Nurse Specialist

2 days ago


Bedford, Bedford, United Kingdom Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust Full time
About the Role

We are seeking an experienced and skilled Children's Continence Nurse Advisor to join our team at Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust. As a key member of our Continence Service, you will play a vital role in providing high-quality care and support to children and young people with continence issues.

Key Responsibilities
  • Provide individualised evidence-based clinical assessment, review, and advice to optimise continence for children and young people with/without Special Educational Needs and Disability.
  • Undertake holistic assessment in relation to continence, including requesting information such as bladder and bowel diaries from families and carers.
  • Support toileting workshops, devise and supply individualised toileting advice and care plans.
  • Give clinical advice and support to parents, carers, and education staff to help them understand childhood continence conditions and support their child/young person with advised treatments.
  • Be responsible for ensuring timely continence assessment and completion of reports/information requests to support Child in Need/Child Protection meetings and Education, Health, and Care Plan (EHCP) procedures.
  • Facilitate/participate in the programme of education to support with the promotion of early identification, treatment, and management of childhood continence issues.
  • Give clinical advice and support to parents, carers, and education staff to help them understand childhood continence conditions.
  • Plan and organise own work, including triaging referrals, clinics, administration, and meetings, prioritising work accordingly.
  • Ensure that referrals to other health and social care partners are completed in a timely manner in conjunction with colleagues in the Continence Service and, where appropriate, the multiprofessional team.
  • Assess the need for containment products, following local and national guidance, and have an awareness of the budgetary costs associated with this.
  • Contribute to transition planning with the adult services.
About Us

Rated 'Outstanding' by the Care Quality Commission, we are proud to provide high-quality innovative services across most of the east of England that enable people to receive care closer to home and live healthier lives.

We are committed to delivering exceptional care and support to our patients, and we are looking for a dedicated and passionate individual to join our team.

Person Specification

Qualifications and Training

Essential

  • Registered Qualification - Nursing Degree
  • Current professional registration with NMC
  • Teaching/Practice Supervisor or Practice Assessor experience

Desirable

  • Specialist Community Qualification
  • Member of relevant professional continence forums
  • Completion of children's specialist continence training courses
  • Completion of SEND specific training
  • Clinical assessment and examination skills

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of managing a caseload with demonstrable evidence of supporting children and young people with SEND needs
  • Knowledge of children's continence issues
  • Demonstrable experience of working with children and young people with EHCP needs, participating and completing documentation/supporting professional meetings
  • Experience of working autonomously in clinical practice
  • Evidence of planning and delivering training to a wide range of professionals to help understanding and support of managing a health condition

Desirable

  • Experience of working across services and managing workload effectively
  • Experience of participating in audit
  • Experience of complaints management and reporting of incidents and issues within service delivery

Skills

Essential

  • Excellent communication skills
  • Ability to provide Specialist clinical advice and guidance both within and across agencies.
  • Literate in IT and Computer Skills and ability to communicate through IT using packages such as Word, Outlook, Excel, and PowerPoint
  • Report writing skills
  • Ability to work as a team and as an autonomous practitioner

Desirable

  • Understands budgetary constraints and working within guidelines and protocols

Safeguarding

Essential

  • Ability to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults
  • Demonstrates understanding of safeguarding issues, safeguarding agenda, and responsibilities in safeguarding practices
  • Demonstrates how they have promoted best practice in relation to safeguarding, has an up-to-date awareness of the safeguarding agenda


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