About this role
Job summary
We're on the lookout for a driven, passionate, and skilled band 6 Nurse to join our vibrant Children's Therapies and Continence Service. This is a fantastic chance to take on a pivotal role, delivering high-quality, evidence-based continence care to children and young people across North East Essex. If you're excited by the opportunity to make a meaningful impact and be part of a forward-thinking team, we'd love to hear from you.
You'll be a key member of our multidisciplinary team, championing independence for children and young people aged 3-19 with SEN who present with a wide range of continence needs. You'll deliver specialist assessments, personalised advice, and effective interventions, working closely with families, schools, and partner services to ensure every child receives the highest standard of care and support.
This role is all about empowering children and their families -- helping them build confidence and independence in managing continence needs such as constipation, day and night wetting, and toilet training. Your expertise will make a meaningful difference in their daily lives.
The role involves community working across North East Essex , Colchester and Tendring. Driving licence/access to transport may be required.
This is fixed term/secondment post until 2nd August 2027.
Main duties of the job
To be Responsible to the management of children's continence service caseload by planning, providing and reviewing care in response to the assessment of immediate and/long-term needs of patients and their families in clinic or the community setting. To support children and young people aged 3-19 years who experience bladder and bowel difficulties including toilet training, day and night-time wetting for children awaiting or confirmed Autistic Spectrum Disorder, Global Developmental Delay and Children with Profound and Multiple Learning Difficulties and complex health needs. To work with the 0-19 services, integrated health and social care services and for children within Colchester and Tendering. To ensure the application of clinically effective, evidence based and cost-effective practices are in place, for example, the prescription of continence products for children. To improve outcomes for children and young people experiencing bladder and bowel difficulties within the community.
About us
We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.
We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.
We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.
Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.
We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.
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Job description Job responsibilities
For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.
Person Specification
Experience Essential
Knowledge and experience of managing own caseload Working with school aged children and families with additional needs Teaching experience Working with children and their families to promote independence Evidence of safeguarding experience Lone working
Desirable
Community nursing experience Health promotion Continence care health promotion and management Facilitation of presentations Holding own clinics Home visits Experience of working with children in the promotion of continence and management of incontinence
Qualifications Essential
Registered NMC nurse - Child or Learning Disability Evidence of continuing personal and professional development Relevant post registration community experience or equivalent
Desirable
Registered Specialist Community Public Health Nurse (SCPHN) - NMC Registered. Continence Care Training
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust
Address Colchester
Turner Road
Colchester
CO4 5JL
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.esneft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)