Job summary
- Main area
- Community Nurse
- Grade
- 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 179-8147097-I
- Employer
- West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Allington Clinic
- Town
- Ipswich
- Salary
- £32,073 - £39,043 Per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 20/08/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Community Nurse Enuresis/Continence Product service
5
Job overview
- Do you have recent experience working with children and young people who have Enuresis and complex continence needs?
- Are you passionate about making a positive difference in the lives of children and young people and their families in Suffolk?
If so, our community nurse post in the Enuresis Service within Integrated Community Paediatric Services at West Suffolk Hospital Foundation Trust could be the role for you. We are looking for an ambitious, experienced nurse to join our established small team dedicated to promoting the health and wellbeing of children and young children with Nocturnal Enuresis issues and the co-ordination of Paediatric Product Provision across the county of Suffolk (excludes Lowestoft and Waveney).
Main duties of the job
You will work as a community nurse, providing evidence -based clinic support for children and young people who have nocturnal enuresis in line with national guidelines and provide supervision to junior members of staff.
This will include:
- Support for clients and families attending clinic, screen referrals via single point of access and undertake home /school visits as needed and refer on as appropriate
- Work autonomously, managing your caseload within the Enuresis service, providing highly specialised evidence-based care, including supporting the triaging of referrals from a single point of access
- Support the Product Provision service for disposable continence products
- Work with Children and Young Peoples services to contribute to planning, coordinating and developing educational initiatives around continence care
- Support the writing and updating of polices and guidelines relevant to paediatric continence
- Support the planning, coordinating, delivering and evaluating the Enuresis Service in line with best practice and client feedback
- Support the line management of staff through effective implementation of all organisational policies and procedures and provide monthly supervision
- Work with other health professionals as required supporting a multidisciplinary approach
- Maintain national links with other paediatric enuresis/continence services establishing best practice.
Working for our organisation
#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community
We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.
The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.
Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.
We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see job description attached to view main duties and responsibilities of role.
With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.
We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.
Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?
Person specification
Education and qualifications
Essential criteria
- Current Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) Registration – Registered Nurse.
- Willingness to undertake further professional training and attend training courses as well as reading literature as required to update knowledge and skills.
Experience and knowledge
Essential criteria
- Recent experience and knowledge of working with Enuresis and Continence promotion
- Relevant experience of working directly with children, young people and their families, as relevant to the specific client groups and knowledge base to support needs.
- Experience of working with children and families where there have been safeguarding concerns.
- Experience of working alongside parents who may have mental health, learning or physical disability or sensory impairment.
- Experience of assessment and observation of the developmental needs of children.
- Knowledge of using evidence- based models of intervention.
- Knowledge and experience of multi-agency working and building relationships and networks with other professionals and services.
- Experience of supervising and coaching staff.
- Evidence of continuing professional development
Skills and abilities
Essential criteria
- Proven commitment to finding solutions, planning and developing interventions with families and evidence of effectively using solution focused approaches in practice.
- Comprehensive understanding of legislation, guidance, national policy and best practice that applies to this role.
- Proven ability to negotiate, influence and mediate with families, colleagues and partners to achieve positive outcomes for children, young people and their families.
- Effectively manage challenging or sensitive situations and provide appropriate advice and facilitation to de-escalate.
- Evidence of collaborative work with families.
- Good standard of IT literacy and the ability to learn new IT applications appropriate for role.
- Ability to keep accurate and timely records and compile reports in a variety of formats.
- Demonstrates understanding and sensitivity of the diverse ranges of need of clients and backgrounds.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of using Suffolk Signs of Safety and Wellbeing principles, disciplines and tools.
- Experience of providing training and facilitation.
Personal qualities
Essential criteria
- Demonstrates personal values and behaviours aligned to our Trust’s strategy - compassionate care, healthier communities
- Passionate about making a positive difference for Suffolk.
- A passion for improving the lives of children, young people and families who access our services.
- A commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults.
- Committed to listen, support and motivate children, young people and their families.
- Ability to remain calm in stressful situations.
- Committed to working as part of a team.
- Demonstrates the use of reflection to inform practice.
- Positive with a sense of purpose.
- Resilient in the face of challenge.
- Flexible in approach to meet the demands of the post and the priority of improving outcomes for children and families.
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
- Susie Mawson
- Job title
- Team Lead Childrens Community LD Nursing Team
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07483575772
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