Continence Nurse

NHS Jobs; Guildford; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension

5% Fringe Allowance

Discounts via My Reward Hub

Wellbeing resources and career support

Learning and development support

Job summary

HCRG Care Group Holdings Limited is seeking a Children’s Continence Nurse in Guildford to join a dedicated team. You will assess and manage continence needs in children aged 0-19, delivering tailored care plans and working across families, schools and primary care to improve wellbeing and independence.

The role emphasises safeguarding, evidence-based interventions, and collaboration with multidisciplinary teams to achieve positive outcomes for young people.

Qualifications

• RGN and/or RSCN with current NMC registration.
• Evidence of ongoing professional development and child health experience.
• Knowledge of safeguarding, infection prevention, consent and clinical records.

Responsibilities

• Conduct continence assessments for children and young people with bladder and bowel difficulties.
• Develop, implement and review personalised treatment plans.
• Deliver nurse-led clinics and home or school visits as appropriate.
• Advise on continence products and access to specialist equipment.
• Build relationships with children, families and schools; educate and support.

Skills

RGN/RSCN

NMC Registered

Child health experience

Ongoing professional development

Communication skills

IT literate

Record keeping

Tools

Electronic patient records

Job description

Package Description

As a Childrens Continence Nurse, youll benefit from being part of a valued team, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

• £32,073.00 - £39,043.00 FTE Band 5 AfC Salary with NHS Pension and full Agenda for Change terms and conditions + 5% Fringe Allowance.
• Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on everyday purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you.
• Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates.
• Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well as career coaching and counselling.
• Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise.
• An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year.
• The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with the majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission.

Job Description

Join our Children’s Continence Service and play a vital role in improving the health, wellbeing and independence of children and young people aged 0-19 years experiencing bladder and bowel difficulties. In this rewarding position, you will provide specialist assessment, care and support, developing and delivering evidence-based interventions tailored to individual needs. Working closely with families, schools, primary care services and multidisciplinary teams, you will help improve wellbeing, build confidence and enhance quality of life. As a key member of a compassionate and dedicated team, you will contribute to delivering a safe, effective and responsive service, helping to achieve the best possible outcomes for children and young people.

Main Responsibilities

• Conduct continence assessments for children and young people with bladder and bowel difficulties, including nocturnal enuresis, day wetting, constipation, soiling, and toilet training needs.
• Develop, implement and review personalised treatment plans, adapting interventions as required.
• Deliver nurse-led clinics and provide home or school visits where appropriate.
• Offer advice on continence products and support access to specialist equipment.
• Build positive relationships with children, young people and families, providing education and support using age-appropriate approaches.
• Work closely with multidisciplinary teams, including GPs, paediatricians, school nurses, therapists, education providers and social care professionals.
• Recognise and escalation complex clinical needs appropriately.
• Maintain accurate clinical records and ensure practice aligns with local and national guidelines.
• Promote safeguarding, wellbeing and positive outcomes for children and young people.

Ideal Candidate

• Essential RGN and/or RSCN with current NMC registration and relevant child health and/or learning disability experience.
• Evidence of ongoing professional development.
• Knowledge of children’s bladder and bowel health, safeguarding, infection prevention, consent and clinical record keeping.
• Strong communication, organisational and time-management skills.
• Ability to build positive relationships with children, young people and families.
• Able to work independently, manage priorities and contribute effectively within a team.
• IT literate with experience of electronic patient records.
• Understanding of community health services and child protection procedures.

Desirable

• Knowledge of NICE guidance relating to childhood constipation and enuresis.
• Experience of continence products and prescribing pathways.

Contact

If you require any further information please contact Charlie on 07393785609 or [e-mail].

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care. Established in 2006, we are one of the UK’s leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency, and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services. Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

While it doesn’t happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and we’ll need to close it earlier than the date we’ve shown here.

As you’d expect, safeguarding and protecting the children, young people and vulnerable adults that we work with is of the utmost importance, so we have policies and procedures in place to promote safeguarding and safer working practices and everyone who joins the team is subject to a safer recruitment process, including the disclosure of criminal records and vetting checks.

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