Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Specialist Pelvic Health Nurse Advisor

The closing date is 02 July 2025

Job summary

We are offering an opportunity for 2 x Band 5 NMC Registered Staff Nurses to join our Specialist Pelvic Health Team based at Longton Cottage Hospital on a permanent basis.

We are looking for Band 5 nurses who are committed to providing high standards of holistic care to our patients to join our busy, supportive & friendly team. This is an excellent opportunity for highly skilled nurses looking for a new challenge within a speciality, managing patients with continence needs

We are a clinical treatment service delivering advice and treatment, via telephone clinics, face to face clinics and in patients own homes, enabling them to improve their quality of life around their continence needs.

By joining our team you will be able to experience the difference this makes to our families within the community.

The service operates Monday - Friday (excluding Bank Holidays) 09:00 - 17:00

Due to the nature of community working, ability to travel across the patch to provide care to patients is essential.

Main duties of the job

As a highly skilled NMC Registered Band 5 nurse you will work in collaboration with the muti-disciplinary team and colleagues to:

Promote independence and support patient centred care planning.

Provide care directly to patients on the caseload with complex bladder and/or bowel conditions

Work autonomously, in line with your scope of practice, competence and policies.

Handover patient information to the wider team, document patient information effectively.

Escalation of patients needs as appropriate.

You will receive support into the role through induction, training and beyond. There will be opportunities for personal development and career progression if desired.

About us

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helpingyour communities and in return for this, we will support you by:

Supporting your career development and progression

Excellent NHS Pension scheme

Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave

Options for flexible working

Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave

Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources

If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients

Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate

Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates

Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k

Free car parking at all trust site

Free flu vaccinations every year

Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)

And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.

Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications

Details

Date posted

18 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year PA

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

301-VA-25-7283257

Job locations

Longton Cottage Hospital

Upper Belgrave Road

Stoke-on-Trent

ST3 4QX


Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information on the Job Description, main responsibilities and Person Specification to ensure you have the relevant skills for the post, please see the attached documents below.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For further information on the Job Description, main responsibilities and Person Specification to ensure you have the relevant skills for the post, please see the attached documents below.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Diploma/Degree in Adult Nursing or equivalent.
  • Registration with NMC.

Desirable

  • Relevant supporting experience of placements including surgical, medical, palliative care, urology, community nursing where managing continence has been part of the role.
  • Working towards Mentorship MPFT Bowel dysfunction training - competencies completed MPFT Catheter Care training - competencies completed MPFT Bladder Scanning Training - competencies completed MPFT - Pelvic Floor assess ment training- competencies completed

Experience

Essential

  • Relevant experience/placements to the role including assessment and management of continence and wound care.

Desirable

  • Working in a multidisciplinary team
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Diploma/Degree in Adult Nursing or equivalent.
  • Registration with NMC.

Desirable

  • Relevant supporting experience of placements including surgical, medical, palliative care, urology, community nursing where managing continence has been part of the role.
  • Working towards Mentorship MPFT Bowel dysfunction training - competencies completed MPFT Catheter Care training - competencies completed MPFT Bladder Scanning Training - competencies completed MPFT - Pelvic Floor assess ment training- competencies completed

Experience

Essential

  • Relevant experience/placements to the role including assessment and management of continence and wound care.

Desirable

  • Working in a multidisciplinary team

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.

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).

UK Registration

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

Additional information

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.

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).

UK Registration

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

Employer details

Employer name

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Longton Cottage Hospital

Upper Belgrave Road

Stoke-on-Trent

ST3 4QX


Employer's website

https://www.mpft.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Longton Cottage Hospital

Upper Belgrave Road

Stoke-on-Trent

ST3 4QX


Employer's website

https://www.mpft.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Operational Manager

Angela Starkey

angela.starkey@mpft.nhs.uk

07972661223

Details

Date posted

18 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 5

Salary

£29,970 to £36,483 a year PA

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

301-VA-25-7283257

Job locations

Longton Cottage Hospital

Upper Belgrave Road

Stoke-on-Trent

ST3 4QX


Supporting documents

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