Bladder & Bowel Nurse

Overview

Bladder & Bowel Nurse - Community Clinics (West Yorkshire)

Band 7 / Band 8 Equivalent | Weekend Clinics (with potential mid-week work)

Your Medical Services (YMS) is currently recruiting experienced Bladder & Bowel Nurses to support the Community Urology and Colorectal Service (CUCS) for a large community Trust in West Yorkshire.

This is an excellent opportunity to deliver high-quality, specialist continence care within a community setting, supporting patients on complex bladder and bowel pathways and helping reduce waiting times across the service.

You will deliver nurse-led bladder and bowel clinics across community venues in Leeds, undertaking both new patient assessments and follow-up reviews in line with established CUCS pathways.

The role focuses on adult patients with complex bladder and/or bowel dysfunction and offers a high degree of clinical autonomy within a well-defined service model.

• Undertake comprehensive bladder and bowel assessments for adult patients
• Deliver follow-up reviews and ongoing treatment plans
• Perform physical examinations, including digital rectal examinations (and vaginal examinations where clinically appropriate)
• Carry out and interpret bladder scans
• Deliver pelvic floor therapy, bladder retraining and lifestyle advice
• Provide and support biofeedback therapy (with or without EMG machines)
• Contribute to positive clinical outcomes, timely discharges and appropriate onward referrals
• Complete high-quality clinical documentation, including discharge letters on System One

• Registered Nurse with Band 7 or Band 8-level experience in Bladder & Bowel / Continence Services
• Proven experience running nurse-led bladder and bowel clinics, including new assessments and follow-ups
• Competent in:
  • Bladder scanning
  • Digital rectal examinations
  • Delivering biofeedback therapy (machine-based or non-machine)
• Fully up to date with mandatory training and e-learning, with evidence available
• Able to work autonomously while adhering to Trust pathways, policies and governance

• New Patient Assessments
  • Minimum of 6 patients per day (75-minute appointments)
  • £540 per day
  • Potential to increase to 8 patients per day on a 60-minute template (£720 per day), once familiar with the service
• Follow-Up Appointments
  • Minimum of 10 patients per day in 45-minute slots
  • £540 per day

• Weekend clinics initially
• Potential to accommodate additional mid-week sessions
• We are currently gathering availability from 14th February onwards to support rota planning