Location
River Place Health Centre, River Place, Essex Road, London

Hours
Full Time (hours not specified)

Salary
£31,554 per annum

About the Role
As an Assistant Continence Practitioner, you will undertake continence assessments for new patients referred to the Bladder & Bowel Care Service with bladder and/or bowel problems. You will perform clinical procedures including bladder scanning and fitting external urinary sheaths. Your role involves following up patients on agreed care pathways, monitoring progress, and updating care plans as necessary. You will identify changes in patients' conditions and escalate concerns to the responsible nurse or physiotherapist. Providing continence advice and support to patients, carers, relatives, and healthcare professionals is a key part of your responsibilities. You will plan and deliver care within your level of competence and carry out assessments, reassessments, health promotion, and ongoing management in care homes, clinics, and community settings.

In addition, you will promote professional conduct and work collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team and partner agencies. Maintaining patient confidentiality and effective communication with patients, relatives, carers, and colleagues is essential. You will support clinical audit and service improvement activities.

You will also assist the continence nursing team in delivering education and training programmes within residential and nursing home settings, contributing to raising awareness and improving best practices in bladder and bowel care.

Administrative duties include maintaining accurate electronic patient records, organising and prioritising your workload independently, liaising with the wider multidisciplinary team, participating in clinical supervision, appraisal processes, mandatory training, and engaging in additional training and development opportunities. You will take part in clinical audits and quality improvement initiatives to enhance patient-centred care.

Experience
Experience in continence care or related clinical support roles is desirable but not explicitly stated. Ability to perform clinical procedures such as bladder scanning and fitting urinary sheaths is required.

About you
You should be a confident and trustworthy professional with high standards of conduct, appearance, and behaviour. You must be able to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team and with partner agencies. Effective communication skills with patients, carers, relatives, and colleagues are essential. You should be organised, able to prioritise workload, and motivated to participate in service improvement and training activities.

Qualifications
Relevant clinical or healthcare qualifications or training related to continence care would be advantageous. You will be expected to participate in ongoing training and development as identified through appraisal and personal development plans.