Children's & Young People's Bladder and Bowel NurseNHS

Job summary

The Children and Young People's Bladder and Bowel Nurse Specialist (CYBBNS) is a specialist community nursing role responsible for providing specialist assessment, treatment, education, and support to children and young people with continence, bladder, and bowel conditions across South East and South West Essex. The post holder delivers nurse-led clinics, develops individualised care plans, with the team manages the CYBBS caseload and works closely with families, schools, healthcare professionals, and partner agencies to improve outcomes and promote continence care closer to home.

Main duties of the job

• Supporting a caseload of children and young people with bladder, bowel and continence conditions.
• Undertaking assessments and developing, implementing and evaluating individualised care plans.
• Delivering nurse-led clinics and providing specialist advice, support and education to families, schools and professionals.
• Supporting service development, clinical audit, governance and quality improvement initiatives.
• Coordinating aspects of the day-to-day operational running of the service alongside clinical and operational leads.
• Maintaining accurate clinical records and activity data and contributing to performance monitoring.
• Providing leadership, mentorship and training to students and healthcare professionals.
• Working in partnership with primary care, acute services, education and other agencies to deliver integrated care and reduce avoidable hospital attendances.
• Ensuring safeguarding, risk management and professional standards are maintained at all times.

Job description

The Children and Young Peoples Bladder and Bowel Nurse Specialist is responsible for delivering specialist community-based bladder and bowel care to children and young people with bladder, bowel, and continence conditions across Essex. The post holder will manage a specialist caseload, undertake comprehensive assessments, develop and evaluate treatment plans, deliver nurse-led clinics, and provide education and support to children, families, carers, schools, and healthcare professionals.

The role also involves contributing to service development, quality improvement, clinical governance, workforce development, and the operational management of the service, working closely with the BCYP Operational Lead and Assistant Director to ensure a high-quality, evidence-based continence service.

Main responsibilities include:

• Providing specialist assessment, treatment, and ongoing management of children and young people with continence, bladder, and bowel dysfunction.
• Managing a community caseload and developing, implementing, and evaluating individualised care plans.
• Delivering nurse-led clinics and providing specialist advice, education, and support to families, carers, schools, and multidisciplinary teams.
• Promoting continence, self-management, and independence whilst reducing unnecessary hospital admissions and attendances.
• Working collaboratively with primary care, acute services, education providers, social care, and other agencies to ensure integrated care pathways.
• Contributing to the development, implementation, and review of clinical pathways, policies, and evidence-based practice.
• Participating in clinical audit, governance activities, service evaluation, and quality improvement initiatives.
• Supporting the day-to-day operational delivery of the service, including performance monitoring, incident management, and complaint resolution.
• Maintaining accurate electronic patient records and activity data using clinical information systems.
• Providing leadership, mentorship, clinical supervision, and education to students and colleagues, including undertaking Practice Assessor and Practice Supervisor responsibilities.
• Supporting workforce development through training, appraisal, and continuous professional development activities.
• Ensuring compliance with safeguarding, health and safety, risk management, information governance, and NMC professional standards.

About us

Valuing you. Recognising your dedication. At EPUT, we look after you.

• Receive supervision and support to help you fulfil your potential.
• Join an inclusive EPUT community and connect with others through engagement events and equality or champion networks.
• If you need help, we provide mental health and wellbeing services, occupational health advice and counselling.

Benefits

• 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days after 10 years' service.
• Excellent pension of up to 14.5% of your pensionable pay.
• Staff discounts include Blue Light Card, NHS discount offers, and staff benefits.
• £8K relocation package if you move to Essex to join us
• Season ticket loans are interest-free to cover the cost of travelling to and from work via tram, rail, or bus.

Work that wraps around your needs

• Job share: Applications for job shares are welcomed.