Senior Children’s Continence Nurse

Job summary

Are you a passionate children's nurse looking for a role where you can make a difference?

We're looking for a Senior Continence nurse to join our nurse-led service! In this diverse, specialist role you will work with patients and their families from a range of different backgrounds. We provide a judgement free service and are looking for someone who wants to come in to talk about and support bladder and bowel problems.

You will support children within the four continence areas: constipation, soiling and day / night wetting, removing the stigma and working with the child and their parents/ guardians to provide engagement and support on moving forward.

We offer excellent training opportunities including ERIC training in Birmingham as well as shadowing colleagues and onsite training including bladder scanning and learning in clinics.

'I thoroughly enjoy my role and find it extremely rewarding, especially when patients achieve progress. I often notice a surge of confidence when a patient becomes continent. They appear happier and pleased with their success. It enables them to be like their peers, attend sleepovers and school trips without worries and embarrassment.'Senior Continence Nurse

If you want to change children's lives in this diverse role then apply today!

Main duties of the job

*Seeing patients and their families in different clinics across the city, supporting with their continence needs.

*Assessing patients looking at different aspects of their problems.

*Planning and making sure children are moving on with treatment plan, including reassessments and checking in.

*Managing a caseload of patients providing follow up by phone to ensure plans working continuing and engagement.

*Working with a multidisciplinary team including; a paediatrician, school nurses, social care, and schools.

*Supporting and developing line management skills to support team members

*Working closely and supporting colleagues within the Integrated Children's Community Nursing Team.

About us

Make a difference with us

If you are looking for somewhere you can make a real difference and are passionate about keeping people safe, well and out of hospital, a career with us may be just what you're looking for. At Solent NHS Trust, we strive to make a difference to the health and wellbeing of our communities.

We are proud to be an organisation which is focused on our people and we welcome people who share our values to come and work with us.

To deliver great care that is safe, simple and easy to access

To be a caring, flexible and supportive place to work

To deliver the best value for money

Our shared values support the development of a strong working culture. They breathe life into our organisation -- guiding and inspiring all of our actions and decisions. They enable us to be better at what we do and create a great place for our staff to work, whilst ensuring we provide the highest quality of care to our patients.

In creating our values, we spent time listening to our employees and members. Based on what people told us, we created our HEART values to reflect the deep belief that we are caring organisation at the centre of our community: Honesty, Everyone counts, Accountable, Respectful, Teamwork.

We are an accredited Real Living Wage employer.

We encourage and support our staff to be vaccinated as this remains the best line of defence against Covid-19.