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Job summary

Main area
Women & Children Services
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 24.5 hours per week (Hours worked over 3 days)
Job ref
328-WAC-7495942
Employer
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Langbaurgh House
Town
Guisborough
Salary
£38,682 - £46,580 per annum (pro rata)
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
13/10/2025 23:59

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South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust logo

Children's Continence Sister

Band 6

Job overview

·         To be a specialist practitioner providing assessment, treatment and evaluation for children and young people with continence needs.

·         To develop and implement education and training programmes which support the role of relevant community staff working with children e.g., school nurses, health visitors, community children’s nurses, General Practitioners

·         To act as a specialist resource for the promotion of continence and management of incontinence within the defined paediatric age group.

·         The post holder has a personal responsibility and duty of care to patients/service users; they are expected to comply fully with all Trust policies and protocols, including those related to patient safety and the prevention of healthcare associated infections. They must also promote dignity, privacy, and respect, to deliver compassionate, safe, high quality patient care

·         As a Trust employee, will honour work commitments, be reliable and trustworthy. Uphold the Trust values; the Trust code of conduct and will always display civility towards others.

Main duties of the job

Provide specialist continence advice and support for all staff involved in the care of children and young people with continence needs, focusing on the need to promote continence where it may be achieved.

Act as a role model for excellence in children’s continence care

Provide specialist assessment, support and treatment for children who have continence needs including children with constipation and soiling, day and night-time wetting, problems with toilet training, assessment of ability to toilet train and provision of containment products to children assessed as unable to be toilet trained

 Provide professional advice, support and leadership to junior members of the team.

Please note this post may close at sufficient applicants.

Working for our organisation

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff.  This training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills.  You will be expected to attend the following training sessions:

 

·         Your Leadership Impact

·         Leading your Team to Success

·         Leading Into the Future

·         Service Improvement for Beginners

·         Developing your Service Improvement Skills

·         Lean Practitioner

 

The leadership and improvement programme aims to:

 

·         Explore leadership within the NHS

·         Promote Trust values and behaviours

·         Develop your leadership effectiveness and skills

·         Equip staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.

 After you complete these six and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in-house and externally provided courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team. 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.

Person specification

Qualifications & Training

Essential criteria
  • RSCN or RN (Child) with current NMC registration

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Recent experience of working within an acute or community health setting
  • Evidence of safeguarding experience
  • Experience of utilising evidence based practice
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of working with children in the promotion of continence and management of incontinence desirable
  • Experience of working with children with behavioural or learning difficulties desirable

Knowledge & Skills

Essential criteria
  • Ability to work within the boundaries of the NMC professional Code of Conduct. An understanding of government and Trust documents/policies in relation to Children’s Nursing. A team player able to work well with others and demonstrate commitment to team objectives. Ability to use initiative to decide within sphere of work and/or knowledge recognising where assistance is required.
  • Understanding of child development.
  • Understanding of safeguarding procedures and can raise and action child protection concerns
  • IT skills

Personal Attributes

Essential criteria
  • Ability to assist with leading/supporting staff and the service to optimise resources and patient outcomes.
  • Analytical and judgmental skills
  • Problem solving and assessment skills
  • Excellent organisational and time management skills
  • Ability to work autonomously or as part of a team, as well as part of the wider multi-disciplinary team
  • Clear IT, report writing and presentational skills and evidence of comprehensive record keeping

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

Please note that this vacancy will close when we receive sufficient completed applications.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Maxine Stephens
Job title
Children's Continence Team Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01642 835870
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