Bladder & Bowel Specialist Nurse, Band 6

Employer Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Cheltenham General Hospital (Oakley) Town Cheltenham Salary £38,682 - £46,580 (pa pro rata if part-time) Salary period Yearly Closing 20/01/2026 23:59 Interview date 04/02/2026

At Gloucestershire Hospitals, our people are at the heart of everything we do. As the county’s largest employer, we are proud to provide high-quality acute, elective, and specialist services to more than 650,000 people across our county. Our care is delivered across Gloucestershire Royal, Cheltenham General and Stroud Maternity Hospital.

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We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment where everyone feels they belong. By joining our Trust, you will benefit from a comprehensive package that includes flexible working opportunities, generous annual leave, the NHS pension scheme, competitive bank rates, local discounts, access to on‑site nurseries, reduced public transport costs, reward and recognition schemes and a wide range of health and wellbeing initiatives.

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Bladder & Bowel Specialist Nurse, Band 6 (15 hours a week)

Provide specialist knowledge, as an expert to healthcare professionals, service users and carers in regard to the identification, assessment, management and treatment of bladder and bowel dysfunction within the Secondary and Primary Care setting, includes providing countywide outpatient clinics and Residential Homes assessments within Gloucestershire.

To plan and participate in the delivery of on‑going evidence‑based education programmes and information packages to both Primary and Secondary Healthcare professionals promoting the specialty of bladder & bowel health, promotion, and prevention of incontinence. It will also include the management of intractable incontinence.

Working autonomously within the County of Gloucestershire to include the multidisciplinary team across Gloucestershire Care Services and all other local Community Trusts, voluntary agencies and across services i.e., social services, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, etc.

The proposed interview date is: 4th February

• Provide a specialist assessment making autonomous clinical decisions on care and treatment of bladder & bowel dysfunction and the management of incontinence, advising on a range of management options e.g. continence aids, devices and product supplies. This often means dealing with barriers of understanding and obtaining information from a third party.
• You will be an expert clinician, giving advice, and select supplies and administer medical devices (indwelling & intermittent catheters, penile sheaths etc).

We are a small team of specialist nurses and administrative team providing a countywide service across Gloucestershire. We provide a specialist assessment service, making autonomous clinical decisions on care and treatment of bladder & bowel dysfunction and the management of incontinence, advising on a range of management options e.g. continence aids, devices and product supplies.

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