Job overview

An exciting opportunity for a B7 Bladder and Bowel Care Clinical Nurse Specialist has become available to work within the Bladder and Bowel Care / Continence Team within the University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust. (UHCW)

We are looking for an enthusiastic and hardworking specialist nurse who would wish to become part of this successful team.

The post holder will be a key member of the senior clinical workforce, with responsibility for the clinical oversight for Bladder and Bowel Care provision across the UHCW Community Group offering.

The post holder will work with the Bladder and Bowel Team (Continence Team) and across the UHCW Community Group providing specialist bladder and bowel assessment, care planning and advice, supervision, and support for clinicians across the city to ensure the delivery of quality, safe and effective ways of working within bladder and bowel care pathways. To provide clinical and managerial leadership and expert advice for the bladder and bowel care provision ensuring the service is clinically safe, timely, efficient, effective, and equitable and patient focused.

Please note a full UK driving license and access to a vehicle that can be used for business purposes is essential for this role.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will demonstrate a systematic approach to the monitoring, review and evaluation of bladder and bowel care provision and ensuring high quality care is provided to patients/clients.

The post holder will be responsible for ensuring Bladder and Bowel Care team staff are competent and confident in delivering responsive nursing care provision and clinical pathways in line with Trust policies, pathways, guidelines, and SOP’s.

The post holder will support ANP’s and relevant clinical leaders across UHCW Community Group and service to lead competent and confident community nursing staff in delivering responsive bladder and bowel care provision and clinical pathways in line with Trust policies, pathways, guidelines, and SOP’s. The post holder will work with other Clinical Nurse Practitioners, Clinicians, and team managers to deliver a city-wide approach to improving the standard of bladder and bowel care, including delivering specialist training.

Working for our organisation

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.

We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do.

Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.

We are proud to be recognised as a Pathway to Excellence^® designated organisation – please click the link for further details about this prestigious award. Pathway To Excellence ® - University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (uhcw.nhs.uk)

By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. There has never been a better time to join our team.

The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care. We will create an environment where the equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation's core values.