Senior sister for Continence

Demonstrate in depth specialist knowledge, skills and innovative practice in continence management ensuring the delivery of appropriate care Provide clinical expertise and specialist advice across the whole spectrum of the service. Promote the philosophy of patient centred care and establish and maintain a supportive relationship with the patient and their family during the period of treatment and care while in hospital referring on to community services once discharged. In conjunction with the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) and as a core member of the MDT, monitor effectiveness of planned care and treatment, advising on changes in care management. Promote high quality clinical care, ensuring the use of evidence-based practice and clinical standards, and to ensure that local guidelines/policies are disseminated and adopted within the specialty. • Demonstrate appropriate expert practice and specialist advice in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care. This will necessitate high levels of autonomy and advocacy. • Use expertise and decision-making skills to inform clinical reasoning approaches when dealing with differentiated and undifferentiated individual presentations and complex situations, synthesising information from multiple sources to make appropriate, evidence-based judgements and/or diagnoses. Provide specialist education to all members of the clinical team, actively encouraging lifelong learning and personal development. Lead the development of a patient focused education and information giving and provide training for patients and their families to self-manage continence issues. Job description Job responsibilities Demonstrate in depth specialist knowledge, skills and innovative practice in continence management ensuring the delivery of appropriate care Provide clinical expertise and specialist advice across the whole spectrum of the service. Promote the philosophy of patient centred care and establish and maintain a supportive relationship with the patient and their family during the period of treatment and care while in hospital referring on to community services once discharged. In conjunction with the multi-disciplinary team (MDT) and as a core member of the MDT, monitor effectiveness of planned care and treatment, advising on changes in care management. Promote high quality clinical care, ensuring the use of evidence-based practice and clinical standards, and to ensure that local guidelines/policies are disseminated and adopted within the specialty. • Demonstrate appropriate expert practice and specialist advice in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care. This will necessitate high levels of autonomy and advocacy. • Use expertise and decision-making skills to inform clinical reasoning approaches when dealing with differentiated and undifferentiated individual presentations and complex situations, synthesising information from multiple sources to make appropriate, evidence-based judgements and/or diagnoses. Provide specialist education to all members of the clinical team, actively encouraging lifelong learning and personal development. Lead the development of a patient focused education and information giving and provide training for patients and their families to self-manage continence issues.