Continence Clinical Lead
Job Description
Job summary
Continence Clinical Lead - Band 7
Salisbury
37.5 Hours per week - Permanent
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Continence Clinical Lead post in Wiltshire Health and Care. The successful candidate will need to be highly motivated with a dedicated passion for excellence in continence care. Working as part of a team, you will need excellent communication and organisational skills, and be expected to give expert clinical continence advice on a range of bladder and bowel dysfunctions and implement continence care in an area that requires highly specialist knowledge and skills.
Main duties of the job
As a clinical lead, you will provide support, advice, and clinical supervision to junior members of the team and ensure operational efficiency of continence clinical care pathways. Also, to act as a resource to other professionals, patients, and carers.
In return the successful candidate can expect, regular clinical and management supervision, support in personal development and the opportunity to work in a well established dynamic team.
About us
Wiltshire Health and Care provides community based health services, enabling people to live healthy independent lives. Our Vision is to enable people to live independant and fulfilling lives for as long as possible. We are an NHS partnership organisation, focused entirely on delivering quality health and care to the people of Wiltshire - not on making a profit.
There has never been a better time to join us. Community services are expanding as part of the NHS Long Term Plan and the population of Wiltshire has never needed the energy, enthusiasm and commitment of our community-focused teams more than now. You will join a friendly and supportive team who live our values of Quality, Integrity, Partnership and Change, which were developed with our staff, patients and carers.
If you already live in or near Wiltshire, youll know that it is a great place to live and work: rolling countryside, bustling market towns and vibrant city life combined with excellent transport links and good schools. If you are looking to move to the area, we offer local employment and a chance to play a crucial role as part of your new community straight away. What are you waiting for?!
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description (under Supporting Documents) for more information regarding the role and to access the full person specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nursing Degree or Degree (BSc Hons Physiotherapy) or equivalent.
- HPC Registered or NMC registered
- Evidence of substantial CPD in Continence management and or other clinically related and relevant subjects.
- Teaching and assessing in clinical practice
- To possess a current, valid driving licence and to be a competent driver
- Evidence of continuing professional development
- Knowledge of legislation affecting professional practice
- Experience of applying research-based information to practice
- Leadership and Management training
Desirable
- Further qualifications relevant to continence practice
- Awareness of recent Government
- initiatives that may affect future clinical practice
- To be knowledgeable of the clinical governance agenda and have an awareness of commissioning
- Evidence of formulation protocols and standards.
Experience
Essential
- Advanced Continence knowledge and
- experience
- Continence management
- Evidence of innovation and flexibility
- Leadership experience approach to care
- Teaching experience and presentation
- experience
- Knowledge of recruitment, selection & the
- appraisal system
- Setting and monitoring standards of care
- Experience within a wide range of diverse
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Access to a vehicle that can be used for business purposes and hold a full and valid driving licence.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Wiltshire Health and Care LLP
Address
Central Health Clinic
Avon Approach
Salisbury
SP1 3SL
