Job vacancy: Senior Continence Nurse, Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust, Birkenhead

Job summary

Main area: Community nursing
Grade: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part time - 33 hours per week
Job ref: 844-7367110

Employer: Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Fender Way Health Centre
Town: Birkenhead
Salary: £38,682 - £46,580 per annum, pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 21/08/2025 23:59

Senior Continence Nurse

Band 6

Wirral Community Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust's common purpose:

We will support you and your community to live well.

Our values:

Compassion
Supportive and caring, listening to others.

Open
Communicating openly, honestly and sharing ideas.

Trust
Trusted to deliver, feeling valued and safe.

Wirral Community Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust provides high quality community health and care services which are responsive to the needs of our local population. Services are delivered by our dedicated and innovative multi disciplinary professionals and supported by equally committed staff behind the scenes. We strive to continue developing and improving our services by working with and listening to our populations, partners, commissioners and staff.

WCHC offers you a great opportunity to be a part of a talented, passionate and committed team delivering excellent community based services across Cheshire and Merseyside.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Professional/Clinical

4.1.1. Maintain registration with the NMC and work within the Code of Conduct at all times

4.1.2. Maintain the specialist level of knowledge necessary to the role in relation to identification assessment, management, and treatment of continence problems. Provide clinical care for children in a variety of settings including children and family and where appropriate school.

4.1.3. To manage a caseload of children/service users who require a Specialist Continence Nursing Care Programme. Act as creditable role model, educator, and expert clinician.

4.1.4. To triage efficiently and delegate appropriate action.

4.1.5. Independently prescribed with a known clinical Specialist Area.

4.1.6. Act as an expert continence advisor, ensuring the clinical advice is available to purchasers, commissioners, and service users. Including carers, relatives seeking advice on the management of children with continence problems.

4.1.7. Participate in the development of policies, guidelines and pathways for continence care that are evidence based.

4.1.8. Support the Service Lead ensuring that the services is benchmarked locally and nationally, using the Essence of Care benchmarking standards.

4.1.9. Responsible for ensuring a robust system of dissemination or best practise via the Continence Link Nurse System or educational programmes where required.

Education

4.2.1 Facilitation of education packages appropriate to individual settings and across boundaries including higher Education.

4.2.2 Deliver and evaluate training sessions.

4.2.3 Identify own personal development needs and maintain continuing professional development by attending appropriate courses and conferences and other experimental opportunities and thorough professional organisations and meetings.

4.2.4 Liaise with appropriate agencies, ensure partnership working, joint educational initiatives and service development to meet the children's NSF’s target of integrated continence service.

4.2.5 Ensure own compliance in compliance of others about mandatory training related to Continence Care.

Managerial

4.3.1 Support the service led to line manage individuals working within the integrated Children's Continence Service.

4.3.2 Deputise for the service Lead.

4.3.3 Ensure effective use of physical and financial resources.

4.3.4 Undertake clinical supervision of nursing individuals or group basis.

4.3.5 Support clinicians regarding expert knowledge, identified development needs and perform appraisal reviews with the Children's Continence Team

4.3.4 Act as a mentor to students and other members of the Team

4.3.5 Contribute to the development continence policies, considering changes in clinical practice.

4.3.6 Submit reports on any untoward incident involving patient or staff and ensure the staff report incidents appropriately.

4.3.7 Ensure the service led to ensure that the developments within the Continence Service considers local, national, and professional priorities and inform the Wirral Places vision.

4.4 Research, Evaluation and Audit

4.4.1 Participate in research and audit with the speciality, local and nationally, interpreting and analysing the results of the data.

4.4.2 Critically appraise and disseminate current prevalent research.

4.4.3 Implement encourage evidence-based practice in all aspects of Continence Care.

4.4.4 Disseminate research on audit findings through professional groups.

4.4.5 Promote patient and public involvement.

Finance

4.5.1 Support the service lead and ensuring the service remains within budget.

4.5.2 Acts in accordance with Standard Financial instructions always.

4.5.3 Participate in the procurement and evaluation of projects ranges.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Registered Nurse Child or Registered Nurse (1st Level)
Teaching and Assessing Module Level 6
Nursing Degree (or working towards)

Desirable criteria

Urology and Continence Promotion Module Level 3
Bladder scanning
Nurse prescribing
Catheterisation

Experience

Essential criteria

Assessment and Care Planning for patients with continence problems

Desirable criteria

Recent experience of working with children
Community Experience

Skills

Essential criteria

Excellent interpersonal skills and organisational skills
A demonstrated ability to manage, evaluate and sustain change in practice
Ability to work autonomously
A demonstrated ability to teach, supervise and develop practice in other
Proven experience of own commitment to clinical practice development
A sound knowledge of current issues in nursing practice

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria

Demonstrate knowledge of the NMC Code of Professional conduct
People orientated / Approachable
Access to car for work purposes
Team player

Important Information

By applying for this post you are agreeing to Wirral Community Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are appointed to a post information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Record system.

For further information explaining how we use your information in line with GDPR please see our ‘Guidance for applicants’ document under the section 'Additional documentation'.

We are a Disability Confident and Mindful Employer. WCHC is committed to recruiting and supporting a diverse workforce and we welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of disability, age, sex, race, religion, sexual orientation, maternity/pregnancy, marriage/civil partnership or transgender status. We are committed to having a team that is made up of diverse skills, experiences and abilities. We actively encourage BAME, LGBTQ+ and disabled applicants and value the positive impact that difference has on our teams. We are committed to equality and diversity within our workforce and are keen to support reasonable adjustments to support our new and existing staff.

We are proud to support our Armed Forces Community as a Veteran Aware NHS Trust and are pleased to share that we recently achieved Bronze Award accreditation, in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme. We support the armed forces as an employer; recognising the experiences and skills ex-military personnel have gained through their service.

Further Information:

Closing Dates: Candidates are advised to apply early. The Trust reserves the right to close a vacancy prior to the closing date if a high number of applications are received.

Reference Information: Please ensure your application is submitted with referees who can verify your employment/ education history over the last three years and include valid business email addresses for them. The Trust will not accept personal references from friends or family.

Salary Expectations: The Trust pays staff in line with national NHS Terms and Conditions. Relevant experience may be considered when salary offers are made. For all part-time positions, salaries are pro-rata.

Restricted Applications: Staff on the Trust's Redeployment Register will be given priority access to vacancies at their substantive band.

Flexible Working: Flexible working is very important to the Trust in both the provision of this to staff and also in staff supporting the provision of our services.

A.I. Tools: Please note, the selection processes at Wirral Community Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right skills and values, please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored. We remain vigilant against candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn’t accurately reflect their skills.

English Language: In order to comply with Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016, we are required to ensure that all employees possess "the ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence through the medium of English.” If you have not studied at an English speaking institute, or do not possess an English language qualification, you should provide evidence in your application of how you meet this requirement.

Student Visas: Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have:
- applied for a Graduate visa
- or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment.

Wirral Community Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust is committed to discharging its statutory duty to safeguard and promote the welfare of children, young people and adults and will support staff to fulfil this duty.

Mindful employer. Being positive about mental health.

We offer Wagestream - A financial wellbeing benefit which lets you access your pay as you earn it.

Stonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.

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.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Janice Thompson
Job title: Service Lead
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 07899667679

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Senior Continence Nurse

Band 6

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

Experience

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria

Skills

Essential criteria

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria

Important Information

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Applicant requirements

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