Clinical Nurse Specialist - Continence advisory service.

Job overview

The continence advisory service works across Lambeth and Southwark to provide a high-quality comprehensive health service for patients with bowel and bladder continence problems. The specialist  nurse lead service offers clinical interventions, support and advice for patients with bladder and bowel problems via hospital based clinics , community based clinics and home (care homes) visits . Working closely with colleagues at the Guys and St Thomas hospital sites and community based teams. The service is in a period of transformation and looking to explore new models of service delivery and dynamic approaches to promoting continence. This post will suit an enterprising nurse with the knowledge, skills and compassion aligned with achieving  continence for our patients. The post holder will be instrumental in developing new and innovative ways of delivering our service.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will offer a high-quality nurse-led continence advice clinic, based in the community and or the hospital, delivering either face to face, video, or telephone consultations, providing expertise in a range of bladder and bowel problems. The post holder will primarily be based in the Continence Advisory Service across Lambeth & Southwark but will potentially also cover and work in the in-hospital services. The service also offers an in-reach service to Care Homes.

• Please see the JD and person specification for more detail and information.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To work autonomously, managing a caseload of patients within the specialty whilst working as part of the wider team, delivering individualised and personalised direct patient care
• Be responsible for assessing and recognising emergencies in the speciality. To interpret information and take appropriate action and to lead others to do the same.
• Act as an advocate for patients within the department, to ensure a patient orientated approach to the delivery of care and to meet standards within the NHS Plan and other relevant guidelines. Please see the JD and person specification for full details.