Company Nurse

We Make Life More Rewarding and Dignified 

Location: Maidstone 
Department: Clinical 

Job Summary:

A fantastic new opportunity has arisen to join one of the largest expert nursing teams in the UK to deliver first class specialist Urology Care. This opportunity is ideal for a highly skilled and knowledgeable Band 6/7 Urology / Continence Care Nurse Specialist who will be passionate in supporting a recognised care pathway of urology patients within the Acute Urology Service and Community Catheter Service.

Location: Maidstone, with travel to Essex, Folkestone and Hastings 

Contract: Permanent, working Monday to Friday

Responsibilities:

The Nurse Specialist will develop and deliver Urology TWOC & ISC Procedures to patients in Community Clinics and support Acute Care Pathways

• Provide safe, effective and specialist nursing care, information and advice to patients and their relatives on all aspects of catheter care (including self-catheterisation)
• Undertake TWOC and ISC clinics within a Community Catheter Service
• Manage community referrals from the Acute Trust to triage the patient for ISC & TWOC procedures in the community clinic
• Assess, treat and review adults with continence / urology needs and/or bladder and catheter complications and advise accordingly
• Teach and support other nursing and non-nursing staff and carers as required
• Foster good communication links and co-operation between GPs, Community Nurses, Ward Managers, and other disciplines / departments
• Ensure timely and accurate entry of data into appropriate patient record keeping systems that meet the requirements of data protection and ensure that company liability is within current regulation
• Support the introduction of new products and provide opportunities for end users to review
• Participate in discussion and the operation of research programmes affecting patients and the service
• Work with Company Nurse Manager to set annual clinical objectives and track regularly to ensure timely completion

Person Specification:

• Qualified Nurse RGN (essential)
• Recognized Urology / Continence Care Qualification (desirable)
• Car driver essential (home visits will be required)
• Proven experience with an interest within urology / continence care
• Knowledge / ability to demonstrate a research-based holistic approach to client care
• Understanding of financial control / managing a service within budget
• Evidence of recent post registration training and development (desirable)
• Community experience (desirable)

About Us:

Hollister is an independent, employee-owned company that develops, manufactures, and markets healthcare products and services worldwide. We have been serving healthcare professionals and patients for 100 years making a difference in the journey of life for people throughout the global community. Hollister offer advanced medical products for Ostomy Care, which includes two strong global brands Hollister Ostomy and Dansac Ostomy; Continence Care; Critical Care; and Wound Care. We also provide innovative healthcare programs and services, as well as educational materials for patients and healthcare professionals.

Hollister is RCN accredited and CQC registered; we pride ourselves on our dedicated and highly specialist nursing team who deliver outstanding care and education in the stoma and continence care fields.

Benefits:

• Highly competitive pension scheme
• Annual bonus scheme participation
• Private Healthcare Insurance
• Life Assurance Cover
• 28 days annual leave + option to buy / sell
• Company Car / Company Car Allowance
• Employee Assistance Programme

About Hollister Incorporated

Hollister Incorporated is an independent, employee-owned company that develops, manufactures and markets healthcare products worldwide. The company spearheads the advancement of innovative products for ostomy care, continence care and critical care, and also creates educational support materials for patients and healthcare professionals. Headquartered in Libertyville, Illinois, Hollister has manufacturing and distribution centers on three continents and sells in nearly 80 countries. Hollister is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Firm of John Dickinson Schneider, Inc., and is guided both by its Mission to make life more rewarding and dignified for people who use our products and services, as well as its Vision to grow and prosper as an independent, employee-owned company, and in the process, to become better human beings.

Hollister is an EO employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability
Job Req ID: 33122