Clinical Nurse Specialist (IBD)

NHS; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

The NHS is seeking a Clinical Nurse Specialist in Inflammatory Bowel Disease to join its team. The role involves managing nurse-led services, collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, and supporting patients through specialized care. Successful candidates will possess advanced clinical qualifications and a commitment to high standards of patient care.

Qualifications

• Clinical professional qualification at degree level with registration required.
• MSc Advanced Clinical Practice pathway started; training post until completion.
• Evidence of participation in audit and research.

Responsibilities

• Establish and manage nurse-led services for inflammatory bowel disease.
• Assess and prioritize referrals for lower GI endoscopy.
• Provide support and information for newly diagnosed patients.

Skills

Patient Care

Basic IT Skills

Motivation

Education

Clinical Professional Qualification

MSc Advanced Clinical Practice

Teaching and Assessing Qualification

Job description

Go back Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical Nurse Specialist (IBD)

The closing date is 30 June 2025

Exciting opportunity to join the IBD team of nurses at the Royal Liverpool Hospital to support a large cohort of patients and ensure best practice across the service. The post holder will be expected to develop and shape an inflammatory bowel service involving the multidisciplinary team of personnel involved with these patients - consultants, dietician, nutrition team and wards 4A and 4D thus providing advice and support to patients' relatives, carers and nursing staff. There will be an opportunity to develop a nurse-led integrated outpatient clinic alongside the seven consultants with particular interest in Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

Main duties of the job

• To establish and manage nurse-led services for inflammatory bowel disease
• Develop new ways of managing the service to meet patient needs.
• Research and Audit
• To contribute to the establishment and help maintain a database of patients according to specialist nurse affiliation. To promote evidence-based practice
• To promote effective collaboration between practice, education, research and audit from a departmental and Trust perspective

About us

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women's Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

For roles at Liverpool Women's, visit their careers page.

Job responsibilities

• To assess and prioritise referrals for lower GI endoscopy
• To regularly review histology reports ensuring early and appropriate referral for management

To develop a close working relationship with the Surgical Gastrointestinal group and in particular the colorectal team of specialist nurses.

To set standards of care and practice through the use of Trust approved protocols.

Chronic disease management within set protocols

Support patients with quality of life issues.

• Provide support, counselling and information for newly diagnosed Inflammatory Bowel Disease patients and their carers.

To provide drug monitoring of patients as appropriate

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Clinical Professional Qualification. Degree level with appropriate registration
• MSc Advanced Clinical Practice (ACP) or started the MSc ACP pathway/programme and committed to completing within an agreed time frame: Note: Post holder will be in a training post (Annex 21) until evidence of completion of MSc ACP is provided
• Teaching and assessing qualification
• Prescriber
• Evidence of participation in audit and research

Experience

• Demonstrable relevant experience within the speciality
• Evidence of effective management
• Evidence of effective leadership skills
• Evidence of staff development and can demonstrate knowledge regarding provision and development of education programmes
• Evidence of change management
• Evidence of application of current clinical service issues and developments

Knowledge

• Understanding and application of healthcare governance
• Has an up-to-date Advanced Clinical Practice portfolio

Skills

• Committed to delivering high standards of patient care
• 7 Basic IT skills, including e-mail and word processing

Other

• Supportive of colleagues
• Enthusiastic and motivated with the ability to motivate the team
• High level of personal and professional credibility
• Act as role model for staff

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.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust