Community Continence Advisor

22.5 hours per week

The post holder provide will work within the Trust Wide Bladder and Bowel ( Continence) Service to act as a specialist resource, facilitating, collaborating and working in partnership with patients, carers and all relevant professionals to provide a service that best addresses patients continence needs.

The Senior Continence Advisor ( HCA) will jointly supervise and support unqualified members of the Bladder and Bowel ( continence) service as appropriate alongside qualified team members.

• Work within of The Adult Bladder and Bowel (Continence) Team and contribute to a high standard of clinical care within trust policies to enable patients to receive the correct products and/or support to meet there needs.
• To work on own initiative and within scope of competence, referring appropriately to the Clinical Nurse Specialist.
• Along side the Adult Clinical Nurse Specialists provide specialist continence care to individuals contributing to triage, holistic assessment and management of care
• Contribute to the development, implementation and evaluation individualised interventions using evidenced based advice and information to provide the right care in the right place at the right time.
• Provide training and education to other professionals and carers as deemed appropriate regarding continence care.
• Maintaining excellent communication within the team providing relevant supervision to administration staff where necessary to deliver a high standard of care. Lead and facilitate clinical supervision groups to junior staff within the service.
• Work in partnership with other healthcare professionals and multi-agency workers, attending relevant multi-agency and other meetings as required.
• Provide information to patients, their families, and carers both formally and informally, so that they can make informed choices about current and future care needs.

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.

Our Values At Berkshire Healthcare Are

• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Eloise Rimmer Job title: Operational Manager Email address: ***email_hidden*** Telephone number: 07929826796