# Functional Bowel / Pelvic Floor Specialist Practitioner

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** The James Cook University Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Clinical nurse specialist
- **Grade:** Band 7
- **Salary:** £49,387 - £56,515 per annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Five days a week 8-4)
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-07T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-08-24T08:30:58.021Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cleveland/Middlesbrough/South_Tees_Hospitals_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Digestive_Health_Urology_General_Surgery_Services/Digestive_Health_Urology_General_Surgery_Services-v8249075
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8249075?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.southtees.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

The Functional Bowel Service is expanding and developing its provision across the University Hospitals Tees sites. This is an exciting time to be involved in the development of a quality, patient-focused service to meet the needs of the local population through innovative nursing practice. The Nurse Specialist with work within a supportive forward thinking Multi-Disciplinary Team who are passionate about improving patient care and access to the service.

### Main duties of the job

Autonomously delivering clinics, taking patient history, examination, requesting appropriate investigations and initiating treatments.

Providing teaching and support to patients requiring trans-anal irrigation, sacral nerve stimulation, ACE management and visual biofeedback.

Preparing and attending the Pelvic Floor MDT’s.

Supporting Consultants in Specialist Pelvic Floor Clinic.

Triaging of referrals to ensure patients are seen appropriately and in a timely manner.

Contribute to service development.

Involvement in clinical research trials within the service as they arise.

Providing training and support to new staff, students and other healthcare professionals.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) attached for main responsibilities of the role.

### 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.

## Person Specification

### Experience

**Essential**

- Substantial post-registration experience
- Have the knowledge and experience to successfully complete the basic qualifications to enable practice in nurse led clinics
- Have an understanding of patients with pelvic floor and functional bowel conditions
- Evidence of on-going professional and practice development
- Experience of collaborative working within the MDT

### Knowledge and Skills

**Essential**

- Effective analytical and reflective skills
- Effective advanced communication and interpersonal skills
- Knowledge of relevant NICE guidance
- Effective people skills
- Ability to use own initiative
- Keep accurate patient records and ensure patient pathways are co-ordinated and targets are met
- Proven ability to plan and manage workload by setting objectives and priorities.
- Commitment to developing evidence based practice and research
- Personable and amenable
- Ability to work under pressure/meet tight deadlines whilst delivering high quality work
- Flexible, motivated and enthusiastic
- Committed to the Colorectal service
- Ability to support patients with psychological distress associated with their bowel disorder

**Desirable**

- Evidence and examples of research

### Qualification & Training

**Essential**

- NMC Level One Registration
- First Level degree in Nursing
- Nurse with substantial clinical knowledge and experience of care management.

## Documents

- [friarage hospital map (pdf, 531.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2096)
- [james cook campus map (pdf, 168.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2094)
- [guidance notes for applicants (pdf, 113.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2093)
- [clinical service units directorate (pdf, 116.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2423)
- [job description & person specification (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10561123)

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