Nursery Nurse Continence Service

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; North Shields; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 31,000; Full time

Job summary

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Nursery Nurse to join the Children's Continence Service covering the North Tyneside area. You will support children and families with bladder and bowel health, deliver evidence-based advice, and work closely with schools, families, and healthcare professionals to improve outcomes.

The role requires experience with toilet training and involvement with children/young people with additional needs, with a focus on compassionate care and strong

Qualifications

• Experience working with children.
• BTEC National Diploma in Early Years or equivalent qualification.

Responsibilities

• Support the Children's Continence Service in delivering high-quality care to children, young people and families.
• Provide continence care and toilet training advice to children, families and nurseries.
• Support Specialist Continence Nurses during clinics and follow-up care.
• Deliver health promotion to encourage healthy bladder and bowel habits.
• Maintain accurate clinical records and contribute to service audits.

Skills

experience working with children

Education

BTEC National Diploma in Early Years

Job description

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Nursery Nurse Continence Service

The closing date is 22 November 2026

Are you passionate about supporting children, young people and families to achieve their full potential?

We are looking for a caring, enthusiastic and motivated Nursery Nurse to join our friendly and innovative Children's Continence Service covering the North Tyneside area.

This is an exciting opportunity to work as part of a specialist nursing team supporting children and young people with bladder and bowel health needs. You will play an important role in delivering evidence-based advice, supporting clinics, and working closely with families, schools and healthcare professionals to help improve health outcomes and quality of life.

The successful candidate will have experience of supporting children with toilet training and will have had previous involvement in supporting children/ young people with additional and complex needs. You will be passionate about improving outcomes for children and families, have excellent communication skills, and be able to build positive relationships with children, parents, carers, schools and multidisciplinary professionals.

Job summary

Are you passionate about supporting children, young people and families to achieve their full potential?

We are looking for a caring, enthusiastic and motivated Nursery Nurse to join our friendly and innovative Children's Continence Service covering the North Tyneside area.

This is an exciting opportunity to work as part of a specialist nursing team supporting children and young people with bladder and bowel health needs. You will play an important role in delivering evidence-based advice, supporting clinics, and working closely with families, schools and healthcare professionals to help improve health outcomes and quality of life.

The successful candidate will have experience of supporting children with toilet training and will have had previous involvement in supporting children/ young people with additional and complex needs. You will be passionate about improving outcomes for children and families, have excellent communication skills, and be able to build positive relationships with children, parents, carers, schools and multidisciplinary professionals.

Main duties of the job

As a Nursery Nurse within the Children's Continence Service, you will play a key role in supporting children, young people and their families to achieve positive bladder and bowel health outcomes. Working alongside Specialist Continence Nurses, your duties will include:

• Supporting the delivery of continence care across North Tyneside.
• Undertaking continence product reviews and monitoring ongoing product provision in line with individual needs.
• Providing practical toilet training advice and support to children, families, schools and nursery settings.
• Assisting Specialist Nurses in continence clinics.
• Delivering health promotion and education to encourage healthy toileting habits and independence.
• Maintaining accurate clinical records and contributing to service data collection and audits.
• Assisting with the continence product home delivery service by updating patient records, activating orders and ensuring accurate information is maintained.
• Supporting nursing staff to resolve continence product-related issues, including complex product fitting and sizing concerns.
• Liaising with a range of professionals including schools, health visitors, community staff and other healthcare teams to ensure coordinated care.

About us

We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state of the art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will support the Children's Continence Service in delivering high-quality care to children, young people and their families.

Key responsibilities include:

• Undertaking continence product reviews and monitoring ongoing product provision to meet individual needs.
• Providing practical toilet training advice and support to children, families, schools and nursery settings.
• Assisting Specialist Continence Nurses during clinics and follow-up care.
• Delivering health promotion and education to encourage healthy bladder and bowel habits and independence.
• Supporting the continence product home delivery service by updating records and activating orders.
• Assisting nursing staff to resolve continence product issues, including complex fitting and sizing concerns.
• Maintaining accurate clinical records and contributing to service audits and data collection.
• Working in accordance with safeguarding, confidentiality and organisational policies.

The post holder will work closely with:

• Children, young people and their families/carers.
• Specialist Continence Nurses and wider Children's Community Services.
• School Nursing and Health Visiting teams.
• Schools, nurseries and educational settings.
• GPs, Allied Health Professionals and Social Care colleagues.
• Continence product suppliers and home delivery providers.

The role requires excellent communication skills and the ability to build positive relationships with children, families and partner organisations to support the delivery of effective, child-centred continence care.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• BTEC National Diploma in Early Years. Awarded by EDEXEL or NNEB / Diploma in Childcare & Education (DCE) awarded by CACHE or NVQ Level 3 in Early Years & ~Education awarded by C&G, CACHE,EDEXEL or OU

Desirable

• awareness or organisations which promote toilet training and knowledge of bladder and bowel problems in children and young people. experience with toilet training

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

• experience working with children

Desirable

• Experience working with children with complex /additional needs and/ or children with challenging behaviour

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab) .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab) .

Employer details

Employer name

Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Victoria Therapy Centre

Hawkeys Lane

North Shields

NE290SF

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.northumbria.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

£28,392 to £31,157 a yearPro rata, Per annum