Job overview

An opportunity has arisen for a 12 month secondment post for a Lead within Trafford Local Care Organisation Bladder and Bowel Services, to cover for maternity leave. The post holder will be a core member of the Adult Nursing management team, working collaboratively to deliver high quality care in Trafford and to develop a locally appropriate integrated approach to delivery of care. The post holder will contribute to the improvement strategy and represent community nursing at forums and groups across the Neighbourhood and Locality/Borough.

Within this role the post holder will be clinically responsible for the assessment of patients presenting with Bladder & Bowel needs, development of care plans, and the implementation of the care. He/she will provide advice and guidance to the multidisciplinary team and ensure all records and documentation are completed and relevant. The post will require enhanced communication skills to deal with the broad range of issues involved in the day-to-day leadership of the integrated nursing team within the neighbourhood.  The post holder is responsible for the day-to-day operational management of the Bladder & Bowel team within the locality. The role ensures teams deliver a safe high-quality service.

Main duties of the job

Provide clinical, operational leadership for the Bladder and Bowel Service.

Perform comprehensive assessments of patients affected by bladder and/or bowel conditions in line with national and local guidelines, policies and procedures.

Perform advanced clinical skills in assessment, diagnosis and treatment, including performing and interpreting urinalysis, bladder and bowel charting, ultrasound bladder scans, pelvic floor and digital rectal examination.

Act as a resource and provide advanced specialist clinical advice, information and support to Trust staff on the management of continence needs.

Develop and evaluate policies/guidelines/protocols relevant to continence, bladder and/ or bowel.

Provide a highly visible clinical profile, having both an advisory and direct clinical input into patient care.

Lead, organise and deliver specific bladder and bowel education programmes for health care professionals to improve clinical competencies and support clinical teams to deliver a high quality patient centred service. 

Working for our organisation

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of over £3bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.