Job summary
- Main area
- Bladder & Bowel Specialist Nurse
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- 6 months (Secondment/Fixed Term)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday 09:00-17:00)
- Job ref
- 846-7383129-CF
- Employer
- Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Home & Any KCHFT site, Ashford, Maidstone, Sevenoaks,
- Town
- Any KCHFT site, Ashford, Maidstone, Sevenoaks,
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 pro rata per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 11/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Bladder and Bowel Nurse Practitioner
NHS AfC: Band 6
Job overview
We are a team of Bladder and Bowel Specialist Nurses, Pelvic Health Physiotherapists and Assistant Practitioners with expertise in the care and treatment of bladder, bowel and pelvic health conditions, including pelvic floor dysfunction, continence and incontinence support.
We are supported by our administrative team. We offer a service to clients in Ashford, Canterbury and Coastal, South Kent Coast, Thanet and west Kent areas.
Main duties of the job
We have an opportunity for a Trainee Bladder and Bowel Specialist Nurse to join us on a 6 month secondment.
You will use your skills, knowledge and experience to deliver high quality continence services within the Kent Community Foundation NHS Trust. You will ensure they deliver excellent, effective and efficient clinical nursing services and be able to triage, assess, treat and manage clients with a bladder and/or bowel dysfunction and be able to refer on as appropriate.
You will provide a Bladder and Bowel Service within the Community setting and assist the Band 7 Specialist Nurse in the planning, co-ordinating, delivering and evaluating specialist care for patients with bladder and/or bowel dysfunction.
Additional Working Pattern: M-F 0900-1700
Working for our organisation
Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent
We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences
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As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won’t involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
As a community Trust many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. As such you will be asked to confirm you have a full UK driving licence where driving is a requirement of the role to be able to proceed with your application. We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities into employment, if you are unable to drive due to a disability, please contact the Recruitment Team via [email protected] quoting the vacancy reference number so we can support you further.
The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.
Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.
We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.
At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.
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Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Current NMC Registration
- Previous Bladder and Bowel care experience
Desirable criteria
- Willing to undertake further training in continence management to degree level
- Teaching qualification such as ENB 998
- Documented competencies in bladder and bowel/continence care
- Relevant specialist continence course such as ENB978 or equivalent
Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of Clinical audit participation
- Experience working as an autonomous practitioner and clinical decision making
- Significant nursing experience
Desirable criteria
- Community experience Research and evaluation Teaching experience
- Experience working with patients with bladder and bowel dysfunction
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Working knowledge of Depravation of Liberties
- Able to demonstrate underlying knowledge of management of bladder & bowel disorders.
- Working knowledge of legislation and national guidelines
- Working knowledge of Safeguarding of adults and children
- Working knowledge of Mental capacity act
Desirable criteria
- Experience of gynaecology or urology conditions/working within this speciality Degree Nursing
- Experience in adult, community nursing, learning disability nursing
- Understanding of mental health issues
Skills & Abilities
Essential criteria
- High level of numeracy and accuracy
- Excellent interpersonal skills which include verbal and written communication skills.
- Be able to make safe clinical decisions
- Able to demonstrate a problem solving approach to care IT skills including Powerpoint, Excel and Word Capacity to work autonomously
- Time management skills
- Health Education and promotion
- Ability to work as part of a team
- High standards of written and verbal communication skills
- Good organisational skills including record keeping and documentation
- Ability to form excellent working relationships.
- Ability to make decisions and deal with conflict
- Ability to adapt to change within working situation
- FULL UK Driving Licence
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of Nurse Led Clinics
- Knowledge of bladder and bowel management products
- Bladder and bowel nursing, urology or gynaecology background
- Experience of Rio
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Able to recognise own limitations in practice and seek advice and guidance
- Commitment to personal and service development
- Enthusiasm Motivation Empathy
- Team player
- Self-motivated and pro-active team member with excellent inter personal skills
- Non-judgemental, patient and discreet
- Resilient, flexible and adaptable
- Good attention to detail
- Friendly and empathetic whilst maintaining professional boundaries
- Innovative and imaginative
- Able to work to deadlines under pressure
- Able to work within a multidisciplinary team
Ability to Manage
Essential criteria
- Prioritise workload
- Personal organisation
- Delegation of tasks
- Travel times and distances
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Vicki May
- Job title
- Operational Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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