Employer Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Stoke Mandeville Hospital / Amersham Hospital / High Wycombe Town Amersham Salary £47,810 - £54,710 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 13/08/2025 23:59

Specialist Nurse for Children's Healthy Bladder and Bowels Project

Band 7

Be part of our BHT family

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust (BHT) is an integrated provider of acute hospital and community services for people living in Buckinghamshire and the surrounding area.

We care for over half a million patients every year:

• Provide specialist spinal services at our world renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, the birthplace of the Paralympics
• Nationally recognised for urology and skin cancer services
• Regional specialist centre for burns, plastic surgery, dermatology, stroke and cardiac services
• Deliver community services in health centres, schools, patients’ own homes, community hospitals and community hubs.

More than 6,500 people from different nations, cultures and backgrounds work for us.

We would be happy to discuss possible flexible working options. We strive to be a family friendly, inclusive employer.

If you require any assistance in making this application, please contact bht.recruitment@nhs.net or phone 01494 734868.

We pride ourselves in being a great place to work and invite you to join our BHT family.

Job overview

Are you an experienced NMC Registered Nurse who is passionate about all things Children's Continence?

If so, please consider applying for the role and share your passion, experience and knowledge of supporting children and young people with toileting needs, as well as inspiring excellence in others. We'd love you to bring in some fresh perspectives to support with our Children's Healthy Bladder and Bowels Project. You will additionally benefit from working alongside many other CYP Community Healthcare Services and we pride ourselves on our positive and productive relationships.

“Every child deserves the best start in life and beyond to reach their full potential – Children and Young People’s Services working together with our community creating the foundations for children to thrive”

The post is for 37.5 hours a week, all year round, and will based in the of community sites in Stoke Mandeville, High Wycombe or Amersham. The post holder will deliver clinical care, supervision and training across the county so they will be required to have a flexible approach to travel. We additionally have bases in Buckingham, Thame, Chalfont's and Gerrards Cross Hospitals so would expect you to travel between sites.

Please do call if you would like any further details, we'd be pleased to hear from you.

The Specialist Nurse for Children’s Healthy Bladder and Bowels will work as a key member of the 0-19 Public Health Nursing (PHN) Team and wider Organisational Department. The post holder will be an experienced and strong advocate for children, young people and families and will take the lead for the Specialist Children Bladder and Bowel Project providing clinical care and leadership.

The post holder will develop a collaborative strategic approach with other BHT departments and multi-agency stakeholders to review the impact of the Children’s Healthy Bladder and Bowel Service, on clinical outcomes and improved cost efficiency.

What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.

Alongside NHS benefits of generous annual leave entitlement and pension scheme, you'll have access to NHS discount schemes.

We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

What do we stand for?

Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.

Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.

We are working hard to increase diversity at all levels within the trust. We believe a diverse workforce can have a positive effect on both staff wellbeing and patient outcomes.

We welcome applications from black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates, candidates with disabilities and care-experienced candidates.

We are proud to achieve the Gold award for the Armed Forces Covenant and support applications from the Armed Forces Community. Please contact Pam.Daley@nhs.net (our Armed Forces Covenant Lead) if you would like guidance or assistance with your application.

We make employment decisions by matching our service needs with the skills and experience of candidates, regardless of age, disability, gender, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, or sexual orientation.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

What does Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust offer you?

• As part of our BHT family, you’ll benefit from learning and development opportunities to support your career progression.
• We offer flexible and agile workingopportunities,alongside your NHS benefits ofgenerous annual leave entitlement, pension andaccess toNHS discount schemes.
• We provide a range of health and wellbeing services to promote a healthy, happy workforce.

Why work for us?

• We’recommitted to promoting inclusion and making sure all colleagues feel they belong. We encourage new colleagues from a diverse range of backgrounds to apply.
• As an employer, we aim to create a workplace where differences are valued and colleagues treat one another with dignity and respect.
• Greater diversity withinourBHT familyimprovespositive outcomes for the people and communities we serve.

What do we stand for?

• Our vision is to provide outstanding care, support healthy communities and be a great place to work.
• Our mission is to provide personal and compassionate care every time.
• Our CARE values are collaborate, aspire, respect and enable.

For a comprehensive list of responsibilities and duties, please kindly refer to the Job Description and Person Specification by downloading the JD and PS attachment in the advert.

Person specification

EDUCATION, QUALIFICATIONS & TRAINING

• NMC Registered Nurse or Midwife inc Adult, Children or Learning Disability Nursing
• Evidence of Leadership training
• Evidence of continuing professional development in Children's continence issues
• Nurse Prescribing Qualification
• Community Practice Educator qualification
• Mentorship experience e.g MSPP/PASS
• Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SN or HV)

EXPERIENCE

• Significant recent experience of working with CYP who have continence issues.
• Experience of implementing agreed programmes of change
• Experience of working across organisational and professional boundaries,
• Experience of successful team working, supervision and appraisal of staff.
• Evidence of undertaking children's continence training and implementing this in practice
• Evidence of producing policy or supporting in the development of relevant children's toileting policy
• Willingness to undertake Nurse Prescriber training
• Knowledge and skills in the transition process from child to adult services

SKILLS, ABILITIES & KNOWLEDGE

• Knowledge of NICE Guidelines and best practice recommendations for Children's Continence issues
• Ability to work with staff to achieve performance targets for clinical care
• Ability to prioritise and refocus with competing demands
• High organised with attention to detail
• Exceptional personal insight and ability to reflect on communication styles and implement a range of engagement strategies
• Can confidentially use a range of IT packages and demonstrate ability to learn
• Proven ability to implement quality improvement programmes for NHS Service delivery

SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES

• Ability to travel to various community sites on a daily basis.
• Ability to carry and manoeuvre light to moderate loads
• Eligible to live and work in the UK
• Hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010)
• Ability to work within BHT’s Agile working policy :-this being a framework in which to support the Trust’s strategy to create a sustained cultural and organisational change whereby home and agile working is business as usual for staff employed by Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust

PPE requirements:Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust requires all colleagues to wear appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) in accordance with our infection prevention and control procedures.

COVID-19 and Flu vaccinations remain the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the viruses when working in our healthcare settings. We encourage our staff to be vaccinated when recommended.

Application deadline: This post will close on the closing date stated at midnight, however if we receive a large number of applications or there is a change in circumstance, we may be required to close a job before the advertised date.

Contacting you: We will contact candidates through the email address supplied on their application form. Please make sure you check this regularly.

Application information: If you are offered a job, information will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records (ESR) system.

Shortlisting: The monitoring and safeguarding sections are not made visible to the shortlisting panel. The safeguarding section may be made visible to the interview panel, dependent on the role being recruited into.

Travel expenses: It is Trust policy that travel expenses for interviews will not be reimbursed.

Smoking: All Trust sites are NO SMOKING. Smoking in all areas of the buildings and premises is prohibited.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.