Bladder and Bowel Practitioner **Internal Applicants Only**

**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.

• 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.

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.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Wendy Mcculloch Job title: Bladder and Bowel Team Leader Email address: wendy.mcculloch2@nhs.net Telephone number: 07880658665