Clinical Lead Bladder and Bowel - Hove, United Kingdom - Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust

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Hove, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Are you interested in a change or promotion? Do you have a passion and expertise in bladder and bowel care? Would you like to be a key decision maker in delivering our service and planning for the future?

As well as running specialist nurse led clinics and, we also provide specialist training for our team members in B&B and more widely across the trust.

Based predominantly in Brighton and supporting our teams across the city and the High Weald, Lewes and Havens area of East Sussex, our service operates Monday to Friday and this post has no requirement for working unsociable hours, weekends or bank holidays.

You will be able to use your clinical and leadership skills to make a substantial contribution to our teams and patients.

Use advanced skills and expert knowledge to assess the physical and psycho-social needs of a defined client group, instigating therapeutic care plans and treatments based on the best available evidence in order to improve health outcomes.

Communicate highly complex information about patient's conditions to multi-disciplinary team colleagues to ensure effective delivery of patient treatments.

Negotiate and agree with the patient, carers and other professionals individual roles and responsibilities with actions to be taken and outcomes to be achieved, referring onto other services or professionals as appropriate.

This will include participating in meetings/case conferences in response to the needs of the individual.

Use advanced skills and expert knowledge to clinically lead the team in delivering best practice across Brighton and Hove and HWLH areas of the Bladder and Bowel Service

Use of clinical tools to support clinical assessments and treatments such as Bladder ultrasound scanners.

Provide expert clinical care and health promotion interventions.

Use advanced skills and expert knowledge to identify subtle changes in condition, provide direction to the team and take all appropriate actions necessary to minimise the need for hospital admission.

Ensures effective liaison and communication with other professional groups and outside agencies, acts as an information source and works in partnership in the interest of individuals.

We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex.

Our 6,000 staff serve a population of 1.3 million providing essential medical, nursing, and therapeutic care to adults and children.

Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community, helping people plan, manage, adapt to changes in their health, supporting avoidable hospital admissions and reducing hospital stay times.

We have opportunities for everyone across our wide variety of services including medical, clinical, support and corporate services.

Why work for us?

Positive 2022 NHS Staff Survey results, scoring highly in compassionate culture & leadership, and staff wellbeing support

Variety of working environments across the community, in patients' homes, within our community hospitals and bases across the county

Supportive flexible working patterns such as: part time, flexi time, annualised hours, and flexi retirement options

Excellent training and development opportunities

Research opportunities

Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove and Brighton

Thriving BAME, Disability and Wellbeing, LGBT+ and Religion and Belief staff networks

Level 3 accredited Disability Confident Leader, committed to creating inclusive workplaces

Veteran Aware Trust, achieving accreditation from Veterans Covenant Healthcare Alliance (VCHA)

Located in stunning Sussex, with easy access to the South Downs and the coast

Access to a wide range of benefits and discounts for NHS staff

The post holder will be required to lead the provision of a clinically effective, cost efficient service and clinically lead a team of nurses.

They will be responsible for the development and delivery of a consistently high quality service, promoting the team as a positive place for staff experience and development.

The post holder will demonstrate at all times a comprehensive knowledge
base and promote excellence in nursing practice in a dynamic healthcare
environment. As an active part of the team, the post holder is expected to
provide direct patient care when necessary, acting as an expert practitioner
and a role model to the whole team. It is essential that they can use initiative and work without direct supervision. They will co-ordinate services to promote optimum health, self-management and effective liaison between agencies.

Please see JD and PS attached for more information.