Bladder and Bowel Practitioner **Internal Applicants Only**
Job summary **Internal Applicants Only** Are you an experienced nurse looking to develop your specialist skills and to be at the forefront of improving bladder and bowel care across the Trust. We are seeking a motivated and skilled bladder and bowel nurse advisor to join our bladder and bowel service.
This is an exciting opportunity to work within a dedicated supportive specialist team delivering high quality evidence based continence care across care sea hospital and community settings. You will manage a complex caseload of patients with bladder and bowel dysfunction, providing highly specialised assessments, diagnosis and treatment, including pelvic floor exercises, bladder scanning, neuromuscular electrical stimulation.
Working autonomously and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, you will play a key role in developing care pathways, promoting best practice and supporting training and education across the Trust. We are a friendly service committed to delivering outstanding patient centred care and improving the patient experience and and continuously developing the service in line with local and national guidance.
If you are patient about empowering patient, influencing practice and driving quality improvement, we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
Assess, diagnose, and manage patients with bladder and bowel dysfunction, including urinary and faecal incontinence, constipation, and voiding difficulties. Develop, implement, and evaluate individualised continence care plans using evidence-based practice. Provide specialist advice and support to patients, carers, families, and healthcare professionals regarding bladder and bowel management.
Perform comprehensive assessments, including history taking, bladder and bowel diaries, and relevant diagnostic procedures. Prescribe and review continence products and equipment in line with local and national guidelines. Deliver education and training to healthcare staff, patients, and carers on bladder and bowel management. Promote patient independence, dignity, and quality of life through effective continence care interventions.
Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, including GPs, community nurses, physiotherapists, therapists, consultants, and care providers. Participate in nurse-led clinics, home visits and community assessments as required .Monitor, evaluate, and audit continence services to ensure high-quality patient care and service improvement.
Maintain accurate, contemporaneous clinical records in accordance with professional, legal, and organisational standards. Identify safeguarding concerns and take appropriate action in line with local policies.
About us
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust (HDFT) cares for the population in Harrogate and the local area, as well as across North Yorkshire, Leeds and parts of the North East. At HDFT we provide outstanding care to both our patients and our staff and we value Kindness, Integrity, Teamwork and Equality.
If you're looking for an interesting and rewarding career in the NHS, where you can make a real difference to patients' lives, HDFT could be the place for you! We offer colleagues: A supportive culture so colleagues can bring their whole selves to work. Staff Recognition - as well as regular appraisals, we recognise achievements with our Making a Difference & Team of the Month Awards, along with annual Colleague Recognition Awards.
Employee Support and wellbeing - we offer a wide range of staff benefits including an Employee Assistance Programme, counselling service and a fast-track Physiotherapy service. Please note: Due to high levels of interest, posts may close early if we reach a sufficient number of applications Visa sponsorship is only available for certain roles.
Please ensure the role you are interested in meets the criteria for a visa before submitting your application. Please also be aware that the Trust does not offer relocation packages for Agenda for Change roles. All job offers are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks.
Job responsibilities
See attached job description and person specification. If you have any questions, please contact Wendy Mcculloch on wendy.mcculloch2@nhs.net
Person Specification
Essential and
Essential
Registered Nurse with Current Registration with NMC Degree or equivalent experience Evidence of continued professional development Post qualification experience Experiencing of teaching, facilitating or supervising learners
Desirable
Post registration qualification or training relevant to speciality Teaching and Assessing qualification V100 Community Nurse Prescribing or Independent Prescribing qualification (or willingness to undertake) Previous community experience Experience of planning and delivering study days/sessions
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) . From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
