Community Adult Nurse Bladder and Bowel

County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust Community Adult Nurse Bladder and Bowel

The closing date is 09 October 2026

This is an exciting opportunity to join a developing service with the Community Directorate.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated registered nurse to join the adult bladder and bowel service.

The base for this post will be Innovation House, Bishop Auckland. This is a Countywide Community post so locality work will be required according to service need. This role involves a mixture of working within clinics, home visits, care homes andoffice environment, providing face to face as well as telephone assessments /reviews.

The post will allow you to work in a specialist service and develop specialist skills / knowledge and expertise in bladder and bowel dysfunction. This is an exciting opportunity to become part of an innovative and forward-thinking community based team. You will make a valuable contribution to the way local bladder andbowel services are organised and delivered in order to provide high-quality,cost-effective services to people living in County Durham and Darlington.

The role is supportive of family friendly hours working predominantly Monday to Friday (dayhours, eg: 08:30-16:30.

The successful applicant will have a passion for delivering high quality care to people with bladder and bowel dysfunction. You will bedynamic and caring with excellent communication skills as patient education and support is an important component of the job.

Prior experience inbladder and bowel dysfunction and the promotion of continence is desirable,however, this is an opportunity to develop specialist knowledge and skills.

Your professional development will be supported by a mentor and regular clinical supervision.

If you are being interviewed you must accept an interview slot in the system to continue, even if you have arranged with the manager.

You must be able to produce ALL certificates stated essential in the person specification or you will not be able to complete pre-employment checks.

We provide hospital services from two acute sites - Darlington Memorial Hospital and University Hospital of North Durham. We have a centre for planned care in Bishop Auckland and provide care from community hospitals in Chester-le-Street, Shotley Bridge, Barnard Castle, Sedgefield and Weardale as well as over 80 other community based settings and providing care in patients' homes.

We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented.

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Assessment and management of patients with bladder and/or bowel dysfunction.

Performing clinics and home visits within County Durham and Darlington, these will be a combination of telephone and face to face assessments and reviews.

• Clinical community experience
• Bladder and bowel assessment / treatment experience
• Experience of audit / research

• Registered Nurse (adult) on part 1 of the NMC register
• Valid UK NMC PIN
• Community prescribing or willing to work towards

• Bladder & Bowel dysfunction experience or willing to work towards
• Teaching / mentorship qualification or willing to work towards

• Knowledge of issues in bladder and bowel care
• Knowledge of budgetary control

• Ability to travel independently across the County to fulfil requirements of the post
• Ability to work flexibly in differing environments to meet the needs of the service
• Driving posts must have valid Full UK driving licence

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.

County Durham & Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

£32,073 to £39,043 a yearper annum, pro rata