Bladder and Bowel Nursing Associate

Job overview

Are you a compassionate and motivated Nursing Associate with experience supporting patients with bladder, bowel, or pelvic floor dysfunction? Do you want to improve patients' quality of life through specialist continence care while promoting dignity, independence, and wellbeing?

We have an exciting opportunity for a Band 4 Nursing Associate to join our friendly Specialist Bladder and Bowel Service across Medway.

Working alongside specialist nurses and multidisciplinary colleagues, you will support adults experiencing bladder and bowel dysfunction in community clinics, care homes, and patients' own homes. You will contribute to the assessment, treatment, education, and ongoing management of patients, delivering person-centred, evidence-based care within your scope of practice.

The role includes supporting continence promotion, reinforcing individualised treatment plans, assisting with catheter care and management, contributing to catheter clinics, and undertaking catheter changes where trained and competent. You will also help promote best practice in catheter care across community services.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, caring, and proactive NMC-registered Nursing Associate who has excellent communication skills, enjoys working as part of a multidisciplinary team, and is committed to developing their knowledge in continence care while helping shape and enhance bladder and bowel services across Medway.

Main duties of the job

To support the delivery of specialist community assessment, treatment, advice, and care for adults with bladder, bowel, and pelvic floor dysfunction.

To manage a delegated caseload under the supervision of Bladder and Bowel Specialist Nurses, delivering care in line with agreed treatment plans and evaluating outcomes within own scope of practice.

To undertake face-to-face and telephone reviews, gather clinical information, monitor progress, and escalate concerns or complex cases appropriately.

To support specialist urinary catheter services, including catheter care, catheter changes (following competency assessment), catheter clinics, and providing advice within own competence.

To contribute to continence assessments and the provision and review of appropriate continence products in line with local and national guidance.

To promote bladder and bowel health through education, lifestyle advice, and self-management support, helping patients maximise independence and quality of life.

To participate in audit, quality improvement, safeguarding, risk management, and infection prevention and control activities.

To prioritise and manage delegated workload, recognise the limits of own competence, and seek guidance when required.

To work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams, providing coordinated, person-centred care, while supporting patients, carers, care home staff, and healthcare professionals through education and maintaining accurate electronic patient records.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please note: at this stage, the role is open only to colleagues currently employed within Kent and Medway NHS Trusts, the Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB) and Medway Community Healthcare. Nursing vacancies are also open to Student Nurses and Newly Qualified Nurses.

Job responsibilities

As a community Trust, many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. Where driving is a requirement of the role, you will be asked to confirm that you hold a full UK driving licence or a full driving licence issued by an EU country (not exchanged from a non-EU country) to proceed with your application. We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities into employment. If you are unable to drive due to a disability, please contact the Recruitment Team via kentchft.recruitment@nhs.net, quoting the vacancy reference number, so we can support you further.

The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.

Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.

We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.

At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.