NELFT North East London Foundation Trust
Continence Senior Nurse
The closing date is 20 November 2026

Job summary
A Bladder and Bowel Specialist Nurse is an experienced practitioner who specialises in caring for patients with bladder or bowel dysfunction, including management of related issues.

A Bladder and Bowel Specialist Nurse Band 6 will be involved in clinical practice, health promotion, teaching, supporting and supervision of Band 5 and Band 3 team members. They will be a senior clinician within the Service and will undertake work in a variety of settings including working from base, care homes, patients homes and specialist clinics.

Main duties of the job

• Assessing, treating and reviewing adults with continence needs and/or bladder and bowel dysfunction.
• Ensuring under guidance that patient care plans are robust, individualised and are agreed with the patient and/or carers/ family members as appropriate.
• Manage a caseload of adult patients across BB&T who require continence nursing care.
• Working within nurse-led clinics and patients' homes, accepting referrals from other healthcare professionals and associated agencies.
• Under guidance plan and implement a programme/plan of care for the specialist management of adults with continence problems and to monitor its effectiveness.
• Provide counselling under guidance, psychological support as appropriate to adults and their carers/family members in response to their identified continence needs.
• Implement evidence-based changes in clinical practice that improves the standard of care and health outcomes for adults with continence problems.
• Refer adults on to other healthcare professionals as appropriate for further investigations and treatment.
• Support other healthcare professionals in planning care.
• Establish positive working relationships with other healthcare professionals to promote a seamless service.
• Assist with the development of the Continence Advisory Service in accordance with National Policies and NICE Guidance.
• Work with the team to ensure performance targets are met and responding in good time to local commissioning group requirements.

About us
NELFT NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health and community services for over 4.9 million people living in the London Boroughs of Waltham Forest, Redbridge, Barking and Dagenham, Havering, and across Essex.

We work to ensure our patients, their friends and family, feel confident that their health needs are well met. With an excellent reputation for research and development, our skilled health professionals are at the cutting edge of evidence-based innovation, opening up the possibilities for better ways of working and delivery of care.

Details
Date posted: 06 November 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £39,959 to £48,117 a year
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: NDD-002456
Job locations: Brentwood Community Hospital, Brentwood, Essex, CM15 8DR, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

• Ensure that high standards of care are promoted and practiced at all times.
• Ensure record keeping is robust and accurate in line with Trust policy.
• Organise and manage daily activities and establish priorities for self and junior members of the team.
• Attend and participate in staff and multi-disciplinary meetings within the Trust and acute setting as appropriate.
• Adhere to the NMC Code of Professional Conduct at all times. Continually assess working practice and risks encountered on a daily basis and contribute to the clinical governance agenda.
• Be aware of external and internal policies and reports, responding to lessons learned as appropriate to ensure continuity and improvement of patient care.
• Inform the team leader and senior nurses about any situations which may present a risk to patients and/or staff, including safeguarding concerns as appropriate. Consistently produce a high standard of work and to promote quality at all times.

Working for Us
Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London and Essex. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.

The Trust has award-winning equality and diversity initiatives, along with staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest significantly in your development because when you feel valued and supported, we can deliver the highest quality care to our patients. We are a Level 3 Disability Confident Leader, have been recognised in the Working Families Top 10 Employers benchmark for five consecutive years, and hold a Carers UK Level 1 Accreditation. Through our staff networks and training opportunities, we strive to foster a just and compassionate culture at NELFT.

Our Values 2025 - 2030
Working with our colleagues, patients and carers we have co-produced three new values that we aim to embed within our culture here at NELFT. They are:

• We are kind.
• We are respectful.
• We work together with our communities.

These three values help us to strive to provide the best care by the best people.

Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment. As part of the process new starters will have the opportunity to also meet the executive team, senior managers, and attend a number of drop-in sessions focusing on engagement, health and wellbeing and key processes. The induction will be held at our head office in Goodmayes Hospital.

Probationary Period
This post will be subject to a probationary period.

High Cost Area Supplement – Fringe (Basildon, Thurrock, Brentwood, Harlow and Dartford only)
This post also attracts payment for High Cost Area Supplement of 5% of the basic salary (with a minimum of £1,346 to a maximum of £2,270 p.a. pro rata for part time)

Certificates of Sponsorship
Although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer sponsorship for all job roles. Please check your eligibility under the UKVI points-based system. When calculating the basic salary for sponsorship, HCAS (High-Cost Area Supplement) is not included to ensure fairness and consistency within our Trust.

Use of AI
We value applications that genuinely reflect each candidate’s own skills, experience and motivations. We therefore strongly discourage the use of AI-generated content in applications.
Applications should be written in your own words and accurately represent your knowledge, skills and experience.
We reserve the right to reject an application where we reasonably believe AI has been used to generate or materially contribute to its content.

Please see the attached job description and person specification for more information about this role and working at North East London NHS Foundation Trust. We encourage you to refer to this when completing your application.

We welcome your application even if you do not meet all the criteria listed in the person specification. Please apply as soon as possible as some posts close early to limit the number of applications.

For an informal chat or to arrange a visit, please contact:
Name: Sharon McDowell
Job title: Interim Operational lead
Contact Number: 07490083485
Email: sharon.mcdowell7@nhs.net

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential: Please refer to JD
Desirable: Please refer to JD

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.

Employer details
Employer name: NELFT North East London Foundation Trust
Address: Brentwood Community Hospital, Brentwood, Essex, CM15 8DR, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.nelft.nhs.uk/

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Manager: Sharon McDowell
nem-tr.recruitment@nhs.net

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