Clinical Nurse - Inflammatory Bowel Disease Service

Colchester Hospital University NHS Foundation Trust; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider is seeking an Inflammatory Bowel Disease Nurse Specialist to join their team at Ipswich Hospital. The role involves providing expert clinical support to patients and their families, collaborating within a multidisciplinary team, and developing nursing competencies. Ideal candidates will have gastroenterology experience and strong communication skills. Competitive benefits offered, along with a focus on professional development.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme

27 days annual leave

Access to NHS discounts

Flexible working options

Health and Wellbeing programme

Qualifications

• Recent gastroenterology nursing experience required.
• Strong motivation to develop and complete competencies in 12 months.
• Experience in providing clinical expertise to patients and teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical support to patients, families, and carers.
• Coordinate patient pathways for safe and continuous care.
• Liaise with health care teams in a multidisciplinary environment.

Skills

Gastroenterology nursing experience

Excellent communication skills

Ability to work independently

Job description

A Vacancy at East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Nurse Specialist to join our established Nurse Specialist Team at Ipswich Hospital, in a developmental position.

Our dedicated Nurse Specialists provide an excellent, patient focused service to support and manage patients with a diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease. This service is forward thinking and continually reviews and develop innovative models of care to ensure patients are provided with appropriate and timely treatment.

The ideal person would have recent gastroenterology nursing experience with a strong motivation and dedication to develop themselves, aiming to complete all necessary competencies within in a 12 month period progressing from Band 6 to 7.

In this role, you will provide clinical expertise and support to patients, their family and carers. You will ensure safe delivery and continuing of patient care by co-ordinating them through their patient pathway.

You will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, liaising with health care teams both internal and external to the organisation.

You will provide an advice line service so that patients can access expert advice in a timely manner.

You will have had experience of working on your own initiative and prioritising workload, as well as having excellent communication skills.

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients’ own homes.

We are one of the largest NHS organisations in England, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what’s widely regarded as the world’s best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

This advert closes on Wednesday 3 Dec 2025.