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Job overview

We are seeking motivated and dynamic Band 7 Paediatric Continence Nurse to join the Specialist Children’s Community Nursing Team in providing excellent quality nursing care for children with Bowel and Bladder issues in the borough of Waltham Forest.

The Specialist Children's Community Nursing team comprises of four nursing teams – Child Development Nursing, Special School Nursing, Paediatric Continence Nursing and Childrens Community Nursing team. The teams offer care to children across Waltham Forest in their homes, in clinic and in Special School settings. The aim is to provide an excellent standard of Nursing care to enable children to achieve their best possible outcomes.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will work alongside the existing Paediatric Continence Nurse to begin to take over the service when they leave in March 2025. The post holder will work as an autonomous practitioner and will lead in the delivery of clinics for children with bladder and bowel issues. They will utilize a range of specialist skills and experience gained in clinical practice to provide holistic assessments for children with bladder and bowel issues. Clinical judgement will aid the postholder to formulate a detailed care plan based on these assessments. They will lead in the development of the Paediatric Continence Service working closely with stakeholders to promote and develop the Service. Excellent communication skills are essential as well as good knowledge of current Nursing best practice and the ability to work as an effective team member across the Specialist Childrens Nursing Teams as well as the wider Multidisciplinary Team and external agencies.

As part of the Specialist Community Nursing Children’s Service, we can offer you:

Regular clinical and managerial supervision A programme of in-service training and rotation opportunities Training and development opportunities Access to NELFT Health and Wellbeing team

Working for our organisation

Probationary Period

This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).

Starting with NELFT

NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers and attend a number of drop in sessions focussing in engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Rainham, Essex.

High Cost Area Supplement - Outer London

This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 15% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £4,313 to a maximum of £5,436 pro rata for part time).

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:
• To use specialist skills and knowledge of bladder and bowel issues; to support to children, young people and their families in the community setting.
• To work as a senior specialist nurse within the Paediatric Bladder and Bowel Care Team supporting the clinical and professional lead in delivering a high-quality paediatric bladder and bowel care service.
• To work as a senior specialist nurse within the Specialist Children’s Community Nursing Team supporting the delivery of a high-quality paediatric bladder and bowel care service.
• To line manage staff within the Paediatric Continence Service.
• To attend Senior Management Meetings/QPR/PPSA meetings as required
• To provide nurse-led clinics for the treatment and management of childhood continence issues.
• To provide a service, demonstrating a sound understanding of issues relating to the identification, assessment, treatment and management of bladder and bowel care needs in children and adolescents.
• To maintain a close working relationship with, and support colleagues in Primary Health Care Teams.
• Assist in developing the service in relation to relevant benchmarking documents NICE guidance, ensuring the use of best practice, evidence-based care, clinical audit and evaluation of services.
• Be a strong patient advocate, ensuring that the care of the children and young people reflect best clinical standards and treat children and adolescents with dignity and respect.
• To assist in providing on-going training to meet the educational needs of public health nursing staff supporting children with continence difficulties
• To contribute to multi-agency meetings.
• To manage and triage referrals coming into the service and have an over-view of all case load and waiting list activity and to be aware of when to re-refer to GP or Tier 3 service if referral is above the clinical skill level of Band 7 Specialist Continence Nurse in Line with NICE Guidelines.
• Awareness of Red Flag Continence Issues – require Level 3 management.
• To deputies in the absence of the clinical and professional lead at Senior Management Meetings/QPR/PPSA meetings as required
• To assist in providing on-going training to meet the educational needs of public health nursing staff supporting children with continence difficulties.
• To contribute to multi-agency meetings.

Use of AI

Applications for this role should be written by the applicant. If artificial intelligence (AI) programmes are used then the application may be rejected due to this document being an important part of the assessment process. This does not prevent applicants seeking appropriate support with applications should they need to for the purposes of any declared disability.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Degree in Childrens Nursing Current registration with NMC 3 years post qualifying experience

Desirable criteria

Experience working in the community

Knowledge

Essential criteria

Good understanding of the needs of children with long term health conditions Good understanding and experience of Clinical Supervision Knowledge of current developments in children’s nursing

Desirable criteria

Knowledge of audit and research

Skills

Essential criteria

Achieved 3 years post qualifying experience

Benefits

We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients. We are committed to supporting our employees holistically. Here is a snapshot of what is on offer at NELFT:

A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff. A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our effortsto support our working parents and carers. This has resulted in us being recognised as a ‘Top 10 Family Friendly Employer’ from the Working Families Charity. Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors. Detailed information about our wellbeing and benefits offer can be found in this link.

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.