Lead Bladder and Bowel Nurse Specialist

Job summary

*This job is 0.2 WTE 7.5 hours as part of a job share*

We invite current members of the Childrens Bladder and Bowel Team to apply to support the current lead in their role of leading service delivery, quality improvement and safety. While this will be a dimension of the role due to the current business needs, the core role is to work in in conjunction with the current postholder to effectively manage the service and deliver it in a manner compliant with NICE guidelines.

This role is conducted as a clinical and non-clinical hybrid role. Core elements of the role include:

To assess patients, to develop, plan, implement and monitor care. To provide highly specialist advice. Maintains appropriate records.

Lead specialist nurses in paediatric bladder and bowel service with managerial responsibility for the service and the employees within the service.

Provides specialist education and training to other staff, students and/or patients/clients Undertakes research and leads clinical audits in own specialist area.

Main duties of the job

Core dimensions and expectations of the individual, to execute themselves in their own practice whilst ensuring other do so include:

Take a lead role in assessment, diagnosis and treatment of caseload of patients/clients.

Undertake a detailed physical and nursing examination, formulates a diagnosis, initiates investigations and/or treatments and makes onward referrals as appropriate to role.

Act as an individually accountable practitioner.

Maintains records as autonomous practitioner.

Maintain and support high levels of skills around assessing and managing risk.

Accepts the responsibility for decisions made and actions taken; exemplifying learning from mistakes.

Line manage registered nurses and play specialists within the service

About us

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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Details

• Date posted: 01 September 2026
• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: Band 7
• Salary: £49,387 to £56,515 a year per annum, pro rata
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Job share
• Reference number: C9439-2627-RP-N250
• Job locations: Darlington Memorial Hospital NHS Trust, Hollyhurst Road, Darlington, County Durham, DL3 6HX, United Kingdom, Bishop Auckland General Hospital, Cockton Hill Road, BISHOP AUCKLAND, County Durham, DL14 6AD, United Kingdom, University Hospital Of North Durham, North Road, DURHAM, DH1 5TW, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

Management and Leadership

Identifying need for change, leading and managing change, including

service development

Developing case for change

Negotiation and influencing skills

Networking

Team development

Acts as a role model providing mentorship and/or clinical supervision to other staff/learners supporting them in applying theory to practice

Clinical Responsibilities

Decision making/clinical judgment and problem solving

Explores complex issues and makes complex decisions encouraging the effective participation of everyone involved

Clinical governance

Equality and diversity

Ethical decision-making

Assessment, diagnosis, referral, discharge

Assessing and managing risk

Non-medical prescribing in line with legislation, following training

Developing confidence

Developing therapeutic interventions to improve service user outcomes

Higher level communication skills

Service user/public involvement

Promoting and influencing others to incorporate values-based care into practice

Public health, epidemiology, health education and promotion

Development of advanced psycho-motor skills

Educational Responsibilities

Principles of teaching and learning

Supporting others to develop knowledge and skills

Promotion of learning/creation of learning environment

Service user/carer teaching and information giving

Developing service user/carer education materials

Acts as a resource for improving health

Teaching, mentorship and coaching

Research

Ability to access research/use information systems

Critical appraisal/evaluation skills

Involvement in research

Involvement in audit and service evaluation

Ability to implement research findings into practice including use of and development of policies/protocols and guidelines

Study Day/Conference presentations

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).