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Bladder and Bowel Nurse Team Leader
The closing date is 08 October 2025
An opportunity has arisen for a 12 month secondment post for a Lead within Trafford Local Care Organisation Bladder and Bowel Services, to cover for maternity leave. Thepost holder will be a core member of the Adult Nursing management team, working collaboratively to deliver high quality care in Trafford and to develop a locally appropriate integrated approach to delivery of care. The post holder will contribute to the improvement strategy and represent community nursing at forums and groups across the Neighbourhood and Locality/Borough.
Within this role the post holder will be clinically responsible for the assessment of patients presenting with Bladder & Bowel needs, development of care plans, and the implementation of the care. He/she will provide advice and guidance to the multidisciplinary team and ensure all records and documentation are completed and relevant. The post will require enhanced communication skills to deal with the broad range of issues involved in the day-to-day leadership of the integrated nursing team within the neighbourhood. The post holder is responsible for the day-to-day operational management of the Bladder & Bowel team within the locality. The role ensures teams deliver a safe high-quality service.
Main duties of the job
Provide clinical, operational leadership for the Bladder and Bowel Service.
Perform comprehensive assessments of patients affected by bladder and/or bowel conditions in line with national and local guidelines, policies and procedures.
Perform advanced clinical skills in assessment, diagnosis and treatment, including performing and interpreting urinalysis, bladder and bowel charting, ultrasound bladder scans, pelvic floor and digital rectal examination.
Act as a resource and provide advanced specialist clinical advice, information and support to Trust staff on the management of continence needs.
Develop and evaluate policies/guidelines/protocols relevant to continence, bladder and/ or bowel.
Provide a highly visible clinical profile, having both an advisory and direct clinical input into patient care.
Lead, organise and deliver specific bladder and bowel education programmes for health care professionals to improve clinical competencies and support clinical teams to deliver a high quality patient centred service.
About us
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of over £3bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Person Specification
Qualifications
* NMC level one registration.
* Willingness to undertake Nurse prescribing qualification
* Evidence of bladder and bowel specific qualification(s).
* Evidence of consistent professional education and development.
* Health care related degree or equivalent
* Post graduate qualification in Bladder and Bowel specialty
* Nurse prescribing qualification V100 or V150
Experience
* RN - Relevant experience at Band 6 in the relevant setting to demonstrate in depth experience
* Evidence of nursing experience within area of bladder and/or bowel care and /or stoma care
* The ability to work independently
* Team leadership skills
* Evidence of service development
* Experience of Change management.
* Experience of working within a multidisciplinary setting.
* Ability to demonstrate innovative practice.
* Experience of working in the community setting
Skills and Knowledge
* Ability to work autonomously as specialist practitioner
* Leadership and management skills - team management experience
* Organisational and assessment skills
* Excellent presentation, communication and interpersonal skills
* Willingness to learn all aspects of nursing management within Bladder and Bowel Care
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.
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
£47,810 to £54,710 a yearPer Annum (pro-rata)
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