Job summary
- Main area
- Paediatric Continence Band 6 Sister (Community )
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 382-FICC07-25
- Employer
- Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Whitegate Drive Health Centre
- Town
- Blackpool
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Children's Continence Sister
NHS AfC: Band 6
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is situated on the west coast of Lancashire, with services covering the local authority areas of Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre. The Trust is part of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care System (ICS) supporting a population of around 1.6 million people.
We have three main hospitals providing acute services to around 330,000 local residents. The organisation also provides specialist tertiary care for cardiac and haematology services, delivers community health services to over 445,000 residents including those in North Lancashire and hosts the National Artificial Eye Service across England. Plus, we provide urgent and emergency care services to an estimated 18 million people who visit the seaside resort each year. We employ over 7000 people from 68 different countries.
We welcome and encourage application from anyone with protected characteristics, as well as supporting reservists and Veterans who are looking for a rewarding and challenging career within the NHS.
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals encourages flexible working in all our roles to support staff in maintaining healthy home-life balance. Working patterns such as: part time working, self-rostering, compressed hours, annualised hours, term time, reverse term time and flexitime working can be explored.
Job overview
A specialist role as a paediatric continence nurse within a nurse led service involving the clinical assessment and management of childhood continence problems. Educating and supporting families so they can effectively manage and support their child's continence, enabling them to live and thrive in the community, achieving their full potential.
Main duties of the job
- The post holder will hold responsibility for assessing, developing and implementing specialist continence care programmes in community and clinic settings for children and young people, 5-19 years .
- They will be involved in developing and implementing education and training programmes for children parents/carers, and the multidisciplinary team
- Contribute towards EHC Plans for children in Blackpool Fylde and Wyre
- Provide evidence-based practice in line with NICE Guidance
- Have competence in reaching a diagnosis of patient symptoms and develop treatment plans accordingly
- Complete bladder scans and abdominal palpation in accordance with clinical guidelines
- Have competence in reaching a diagnosis of patient symptoms and treat according to treatment pathways.
- Refer children and young people to other specialists and agencies as appropriate.
- Work autonomously
- Refer to the Clinical Lead for more specialist advice and intervention, .
- Support junior staff and students.
- Support children and young people in transitioning to adult services , attending transition meetings and following the ready steady go transition framework.
- Develop, deliver, and implement specialist teaching programmes for clients, carers, Health Visitors and School Nurses
- Provide specialist continence advice and support for all staff involved in the care of children and young people with continence needs aged 5-19 years, focusing on the need to promote continence where it may be achieved.
Working for our organisation
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is situated on the west coast of Lancashire and operates within a regional health economy catchment area that spans Lancashire and South Cumbria. The Trust are a large, integrated provider of acute and community services to the 445,000 population of the Fylde coast health economy and provide urgent and emergency care services to around 18 million people who visit Blackpool every year.
We provide specialist tertiary care for Cardiac and Haematology services across this region and host the National Artificial Eye Service, which provides services across England.
With patients and families at the heart of all we do, we are committed to creating a culture that empowers our staff and inspires us all to deliver first class clinical care.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
· Responsible for assessing, developing and implementing specialist continence care programmes in community and clinic settings for children and young people, 5-19 years within Blackpool Teaching Hospitals foundation trust
· Develop and implement education and training programmes for defined age group, parents/carers, School nurses, Health visitors, Childrens community nurses and Allied Health Professionals
· Contribute towards Education Health Care Plans for children in Blackpool Fylde and Wyre
· Provide evidence-based practice in line with NICE Guidance
· Advise on service development needs and activity baselines
· Inputs IPM for data collection for Commissioning Purposes on a daily basis
· Ensure all patient records are completed and maintained in line with Trust Policy, observing patient confidentiality at all times
· Undertake home visits as required
· Be competent in interpreting the combined results of urinalysis, bowel charts and fluid intake & output charts
· Be competent in reaching a diagnosis of patient symptoms and treat according to treatment pathways,
· Complete bladder scans and abdominal palpations in accordance with clinical guidelines in fully assessing a childs continence problem and providing the best treatment plan.
- Refer children and young people to other specialists and agencies as appropriate.
- Work autonomously without direct supervision, accountable for own professional actions.
- Refer to the Clinical Lead if any issues require more specialist advice and intervention, thereby maintaining high service standards.
- Deal with patient complaints in a positive and sensitive way in accordance with Trust policy.
- Uphold a professional approach and maintain professional integrity at all times.
- Practice competencies developed, upholding the NMC Code of Professional Conduct.
· Be aware of the Trust Safeguarding/Child Protection policy and requirements
· Gather information to provide specialist advice to assist child protection investigations.
· Attend multi agency and multi-disciplinary meetings, liaise with both health, education and social care.
· Support CYP in transitioning to adult services as per local policy, attending transition meetings and following the ready steady go transition framework.
Person specification
education and qualification
Essential criteria
- Registered Childrens Nurse – Bsc hons child nursing
- Evidence of ongoing up to date training
Desirable criteria
- Community Specialist Practitioner
- Specific qualification/training in Paediatric Continence
experince and knoweldge
Essential criteria
- Experience of working with children and young people with continence problems
- Experience of multi-disciplinary, multi agency working
- Experience in having managed children and their families with child protection issues
- Experience of caseload management in a community setting
- Experience of developing and running community based clinics
- Leadership experience, having supported and trained junior staff
Desirable criteria
- Management experience
skills and ability
Essential criteria
- Proven interest in Paediatric Continence
- Up to date knowledge of Childrens continence issues
- Up to date knowledge of safeguarding agenda/child protection issues
- Understanding of child development
- Good organizational and time management skills
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Experience of recording care using IT systems
Desirable criteria
- experince of working with children with additional needs
- experience of transiton
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Rebecca Adair
- Job title
- Clinical Lead Childrens Continence
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01253953042
- Additional information
Deborah Peddie
Team Leader
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