Senior Clinical Nurse Specialist
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Job summary
Summary:
The post holder acts as a Senior Urology/Continence Nursing Services Specialist providing specialist support and advice on all aspects of bladder and bowel care within a National Spinal Injuries Centre.
Main duties of the job
This role will provide excellent clinical expertise, care and support as well as people leadership within a National Spinal Injury Centre
About us
Location: National Spinal Injuries Centre, Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Aylesbury
Contract: Permanent, working Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours
Job responsibilities
People Management
Together with the Nurse Manager the post holder will:
- Provide professional leadership, support and supervision to Clinical Nurse Specialists, Clinical Nurse Advisors, Nursing Associates and other nursing colleagues as required
- Participate in recruitment, induction, competency assessment and retention of nursing staff.
- Undertake or support appraisal processes, personal development planning and performance review activities
- Support workforce planning, succession planning and development of future clinical leaders
- Promote staff wellbeing, psychological safety and an inclusive working culture
- Ensure staff maintain NMC registration, mandatory training and role-specific competencies
Service Management
Together with the Nurse Manager, the post holder will:
- Contribute to the operational management of specialist bladder, bowel and continence services
- Monitor referral activity, caseload allocation, waiting times and service capacity
- Support service delivery planning to ensure safe and effective patient care
- Contribute to activity reporting, performance monitoring and achievement of agreed service objectives
- Identify risks to service delivery and implement appropriate escalation and mitigation plans
- Support the development of service improvement initiatives and clinical pathway optimisation
Clinical Governance, Quality and Risk Management
Together with the Nurse Manager the post holder will:
- Contribute to clinical governance frameworks and quality assurance activities
- Support incident reporting, complaint management, safeguarding processes and duty of candour requirements
- Participate in audit programmes, quality improvement projects and implementation of lessons learned
- Ensure clinical documentation, patient information and standard operating procedures remain compliant and evidence based
- Maintain awareness of regulatory requirements including NMC standards, CQC regulations, information governance and safeguarding guidance
- Support inspection readiness and quality assurance reviews where required
Education, Competency and Workforce Development
Together with the nurse manager the post holder will:
- Support development and delivery of competency frameworks relating to bladder, bowel and continence care
- Provide clinical supervision, mentorship and coaching to nursing colleagues
- Contribute to educational programmes for healthcare professionals, patients and carers
- Promote reflective practice, continuing professional development and evidence-based care
- Support competency assessment and sign-off processes within the clinical nursing team
Advanced Assessment and Diagnostic Support
Where appropriately trained and within scope of practice, the post holder will:
- Support bladder assessment pathways including intermittent self-catheterisation, catheter management and continence assessment
- Contribute to urodynamic and diagnostic service activities where commissioned
- Support development of patient pathways, safety-netting processes and follow-up arrangements
- Ensure diagnostic activity is accurately recorded and acted upon appropriately
Strategic Service Development
Together with the Nurse Manager the post holder will:
- Contribute to service development, pathway redesign and innovation programmes.
- Support the development of business cases, service proposals and improvement initiatives.
- Participate in quality improvement projects using audit findings, patient outcomes and patient feedback.
- Promote publication, presentation and dissemination of service outcomes and best practice.
Financial and Performance Responsibilities
Together with the nurse manager the post holder will:
- Support effective utilisation of clinical resources and service capacity
- Contribute to monitoring of key performance indicators and service outcomes
- Assist with collection and reporting of activity, productivity and quality metrics
- Support achievement of contractual requirements and service objectives
- Promote cost-effective, clinically appropriate use of products and resources
Person specification
Experience
Essential
- Minimum 7 years nursing experience
- Experience of presenting and/or publishing
- Can demonstrate enthusiasm and commitment to the development of a quality service
- Ability to manage staff and demonstrate professional and managerial credibility
- Computer literate
- Experience of/involvement in CQC Regulations
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualified Nurse RGN (essential)
- Recognised Continence Care / Urology Qualification (desirable)
- Evidence of recent post registration training and development (desirable)
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