Continence Nurse Specialist

Reporting to the Clinical Nurse Lead your duties include bladder & bowel continence assessment and urology or stoma appliance reviews. You will provide advice on appropriate care routines and products, working within a number of NHS trusts or Spinal units.  

Primarily Southern based role with the main function of developing business in Spinal Injury Units and Neurological key accounts.

Area to cover - London Greater Area

Key responsibilities:

• To be an integral part of the Select support home delivery service
• Initiates treatments or interventions as agreed by referring NHS Trust
• Follow-up and carry out continence referrals where appropriate  
• Maintains hands on clinical practice
• Establishes, develops and maintains relationships with local bladder & bowel nurse specialists  in designated region
• Works in partnership with local sales representatives to support Select service provision  in hospital & community
• Works alongside SCI key account Manager
• Work alongside Select customer service team and Customer Operations Manager to develop and enhance customer service provision      
• To follow the guidelines set out for a band 6 bladder/bowel nurse
• Provides specialist continence support in SCI, MS, Urology & Gynaecology
• To teach formally & informally within clinical area to Wellspect HealthCare staff or Trust staff as required    
• To drive the role forward in an imaginative and innovative fashion
• To work alongside the sales team in order to develop strong business relationships in these key accounts/units and maximise the awareness of Wellspect HealthCare and its products.
• To develop & be accountable for a helpline for patients discharged into community from these key accounts.
• To work in partnership with Associations & Charities to position Wellspect HealthCare as the leading company for products & support for all patients performing Intermittent Catheterisation and TAI.

Requirements

• NHS Specialist Nurse Band 6
• NMC registered
• Minimum 2 years Urology Nursing experience within the field of Urology or continence, or able to demonstrate evidence of equivalent knowledge and understanding
• Specialist knowledge of working within SCI and MS disease areas
• Knowledge of RCN/NICE guidelines & Essence of Care Benchmarks, MASCIP Bowel Management guidelines, NHS plan and experience of auditing
• Ability to teach patients, colleagues and NHS staff both formally and informally

• Adhere to NMC/RCN guidelines for professional practice and Wellspect HealthCare internal policies.
• Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
• Able to challenge and inspire others
• Effective decision maker and problem solving ability
• Ability to relate well to patients and relatives and other members of the teams
• Ability to plan own workload and manage time effectively
• Ability to use own initiative
• Good working knowledge of MS Office, particularly Word and Excel

As part of our team, you'll experience the spirit of an international and innovative market leader in the dental industry. Besides an attractive remuneration package, you will also be eligible for a variety of employee benefits, such as:

26 days' annual leave plus option to buy up to 5 more, an attractive company pension scheme and a flexible benefit scheme (including health insurance, dental cover, medical cash plan…).

We attach great importance to your development: a comprehensive induction, further training opportunities and access to LinkedIn Learning are available to you. Take advantage of personal and professional development opportunities through our worldwide mentoring and coaching program. In addition, we offer an extensive, global employee assistance program that provides a wide range of benefits as well as retirement benefits.