Lead Clinical Nurse Specialist - Inflammatory Bowel Disease

NHS; London; On-site; GBP 53,000 - 61,000; Part time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a dedicated nurse to lead the Inflammatory Bowel Disease service across multiple healthcare sites. This role involves providing high-quality, autonomous care while managing a team of specialists. You will play a crucial part in enhancing patient access to treatment through education and collaboration with clinical colleagues. If you're passionate about improving healthcare services and have the leadership skills to drive initiatives, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Professional development opportunities

Supportive work environment

Employee assistance programs

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with post-registration qualification in specialty.
• Experience in managing staff and leading a team in healthcare.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and management in the IBD service.
• Act as a resource for teaching and improving skills of staff.
• Ensure evidence-based practice and adherence to guidelines.

Skills

Advanced nursing skills

Leadership qualities

Communication skills

Teaching and assessing

Change management

Education

Degree in Nursing

Registered Nurse (Part 1)

Master's degree in relevant discipline

Teaching and assessing qualification

Tools

IT skills (Word/Excel)

Job description

Job summary

Job Summary:

To provide a high-quality autonomous nurse-led Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) service across Lewisham and Greenwich Healthcare NHS Trust.

Through line management of the clinical nurse specialists within the specialism and working in close collaboration with consultants and other clinical colleagues, lead the development in the delivery and expansion of an expert nurse-led service across the organisation.

The post holder will contribute to advancing the body of knowledge through education, research and audit with the aim of improving access to treatment services. The post holder will have a key role in ensuring seamless, co-ordinated and timely approach to care for their patient group.

The post holder will also provide leadership, management and a high level of clinical expertise in their specialism and contribute to the support, education and training for their team and other healthcare professionals.

The post holder will have a clear understanding of the strategic political view and challenges faced by primary and secondary care through the STP in meeting recommendations for the development of the service and will work collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary team in the planning and development of a more integrated service for patients across primary and secondary care.

This post will include working and travelling to both acute hospital sites

Main duties of the job

To provide a high-quality autonomous nurse-led Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) service across Lewisham and Greenwich Healthcare NHS Trust.

Through line management of the clinical nurse specialists within the specialism and working in close collaboration with consultants and other clinical colleagues, lead the development in the delivery and expansion of an expert nurse-led service across the organisation.

The post holder will contribute to advancing the body of knowledge through education, research and audit with the aim of improving access to treatment services. The post holder will have a key role in ensuring seamless, co-ordinated and timely approach to care for their patient group.

The post holder will also provide leadership, management and a high level of clinical expertise in their specialism and contribute to the support, education and training for their team and other healthcare professionals.

The post holder will have a clear understanding of the strategic political view and challenges faced by primary and secondary care through the STP in meeting recommendations for the development of the service and will work collaboratively with the multi-disciplinary team in the planning and development of a more integrated service for patients across primary and secondary care.

About us

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:

Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development

Widening access (anchor institution) and employability

Improving the experience of staff with disability

Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development

Making equalities mainstream

Details Date posted

08 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£53,755 to £60,504 a year pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Job share

Reference number

197-LC6759

Job locations

University Hospital Lewisham

Waterloo Block

London

SE13 6LH

Job description Job responsibilities

Workforce

Act as a resource to others by providing specialist teaching and improving knowledge and skills.

Act as a role model, supervise, mentor and offer peer support to colleagues, junior staff and students in line with Trust Values and Behaviours.

To share and develop good practice and promote evidence based practice.

Develop strategies to communicate new developments to staff and other colleagues actively.

To line manage the IBD nursing and auxiliary team and develop the nursing service within the specialty ensuring that performance, appraisals and mandatory training is in accordance with Trust standards.

To participate in the development and delivery of pre-registration and post-registration education effectively in order to deliver the Trusts objectives.

Financial

To be the budget holder for the service

To work closely with the Head of Nursing to contribute to the identification, analysis and discussion of cost pressures and financial constraints in a timely manner.

To contribute to the effective financial management of the service by ensuring effective use of manpower and non-pay resources and equipment, ensuring that expenditure is kept within budget targets and in accordance with the Trusts Standing Financial Instructions (SFIs).

Partnerships

Liaise appropriately with all key members of the multi-disciplinary team and users of the service

To work with the multi-disciplinary team to facilitate and implement service changes to improve practice.

To liaise with colleagues across the Trust and externally.

To establish strong working links with other key colleagues within the directorate both within the multi-professional team and external bodies outside organisation.

To promote referrals to the service in accordance with the national agenda and best practice.

Communications and Relationships

To promote the service within the Trust and externally.

Ensure all communication which may be highly complex, contentious or highly sensitive is undertaken in a responsive and inclusive manner, focusing on improvement.

Deploy advanced communication skills ensuring effective communication with patients and relatives particularly when they are emotionally distressed.

Champion effective communication with all members of the MDT, wards, community teams and departments, to provide seamless and effective care management for patients.

To discuss/review patients with the multi-disciplinary team to address patients health needs through planning and delivering interventions which are in accordance with NICE guidance as appropriate.

To identify, develop and sustain mechanisms to support patient involvement and feedback on a regular basis to inform service changes.

Ensure all communication is presented appropriately to different recipients, according to level of understanding, type of communication being imparted and possible barriers such as language, culture, understanding or physical or mental health conditions.

General

To ensure evidence based practice by being up to date with literature in order to influence and update Trust guidelines to ensure high quality care.

To be conversant with current legislation / NICE guidance and national policy and implement as appropriate.

To participate in quality assurance and audit, ensuring guidelines are adhered to and monitored accordingly.

To be clinically visible to staff and patients.

To be able to concentrate when the work is unpredictable as will be contactable by bleep/mobile phone.

Participate in Corporate Nursing initiatives and support the implementation of the Nursing and Midwifery strategy.

Continue to develop own scope of professional practice and contribute to the advancement of the role by attending national and local clinical meetings and feeding back as appropriate.

Take responsibility for own professional development in accordance with PDR and service objectives and attend study days and courses in agreement with manager.

Contribute to ensuring that the team adheres to good practice guidelines and acts within the NMC code of conduct at all times.

Job description Job responsibilities

Workforce

Act as a resource to others by providing specialist teaching and improving knowledge and skills.

Act as a role model, supervise, mentor and offer peer support to colleagues, junior staff and students in line with Trust Values and Behaviours.

To share and develop good practice and promote evidence based practice.

Develop strategies to communicate new developments to staff and other colleagues actively.

To line manage the IBD nursing and auxiliary team and develop the nursing service within the specialty ensuring that performance, appraisals and mandatory training is in accordance with Trust standards.

To participate in the development and delivery of pre-registration and post-registration education effectively in order to deliver the Trusts objectives.

Financial

To be the budget holder for the service

To work closely with the Head of Nursing to contribute to the identification, analysis and discussion of cost pressures and financial constraints in a timely manner.

To contribute to the effective financial management of the service by ensuring effective use of manpower and non-pay resources and equipment, ensuring that expenditure is kept within budget targets and in accordance with the Trusts Standing Financial Instructions (SFIs).

Partnerships

Liaise appropriately with all key members of the multi-disciplinary team and users of the service

To work with the multi-disciplinary team to facilitate and implement service changes to improve practice.

To liaise with colleagues across the Trust and externally.

To establish strong working links with other key colleagues within the directorate both within the multi-professional team and external bodies outside organisation.

To promote referrals to the service in accordance with the national agenda and best practice.

Communications and Relationships

To promote the service within the Trust and externally.

Ensure all communication which may be highly complex, contentious or highly sensitive is undertaken in a responsive and inclusive manner, focusing on improvement.

Deploy advanced communication skills ensuring effective communication with patients and relatives particularly when they are emotionally distressed.

Champion effective communication with all members of the MDT, wards, community teams and departments, to provide seamless and effective care management for patients.

To discuss/review patients with the multi-disciplinary team to address patients health needs through planning and delivering interventions which are in accordance with NICE guidance as appropriate.

To identify, develop and sustain mechanisms to support patient involvement and feedback on a regular basis to inform service changes.

Ensure all communication is presented appropriately to different recipients, according to level of understanding, type of communication being imparted and possible barriers such as language, culture, understanding or physical or mental health conditions.

General

To ensure evidence based practice by being up to date with literature in order to influence and update Trust guidelines to ensure high quality care.

To be conversant with current legislation / NICE guidance and national policy and implement as appropriate.

To participate in quality assurance and audit, ensuring guidelines are adhered to and monitored accordingly.

To be clinically visible to staff and patients.

To be able to concentrate when the work is unpredictable as will be contactable by bleep/mobile phone.

Participate in Corporate Nursing initiatives and support the implementation of the Nursing and Midwifery strategy.

Continue to develop own scope of professional practice and contribute to the advancement of the role by attending national and local clinical meetings and feeding back as appropriate.

Take responsibility for own professional development in accordance with PDR and service objectives and attend study days and courses in agreement with manager.

Contribute to ensuring that the team adheres to good practice guidelines and acts within the NMC code of conduct at all times.

Person Specification Qualifications and Training Essential

• Degree
• Registered Nurse (Part 1)
• Post registration qualification or equivalent experience in specialty
• Master's degree in relevant discipline or in process of studying to Masters level.
• Teaching and assessing qualification

Desirable

• Independent non-medical prescribing qualification.
• NHS Professional Nurse Advocate

Experience Essential

• Proven experience of working in the specialty.
• Senior clinical experience within speciality.
• Partnership/multi-professional working.
• Managing staff
• Developing and implementing service development initiatives
• Demonstrate experience of change management.
• Experience of running nurse-led clinics
• Developing and implementing educational programmes for patients and staff.
• Research and audit.
• Proven track record of staff development and team working.

Desirable

• Effective budget management.
• Service/professional presentations to a wide group.

Knowledge and Skills Essential

• Advanced nursing skills relevant to specialty.
• Advanced verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.
• Experience of managing and leading a team.
• Working with and within a diverse community.
• Demonstrates innovative thinking.
• Facilitation skills.
• Understanding of the health and social care agenda and commissioning processes in the current political environment.

Desirable

• Presentation and publishing experience.
• Finance and resource management.
• Knowledge base of research methodology.
• Project management skills.
• IT skills word/excel
• Keyboard skills

Personal Qualities Essential

• Leadership qualities.
• Facilitative working style.
• Sensitivity to emotional situations.
• Able to use own initiative.
• Ability to deal with stressful situations and to manage conflicting priorities
• Able to cope with interruptions and adapting workload to service need.
• Ability to work autonomously and as a member of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Good attendance record.
• Flexible and able to work on any hospital site,

Person Specification Qualifications and Training Essential

• Degree
• Registered Nurse (Part 1)
• Post registration qualification or equivalent experience in specialty
• Master's degree in relevant discipline or in process of studying to Masters level.
• Teaching and assessing qualification

Desirable

• Independent non-medical prescribing qualification.
• NHS Professional Nurse Advocate

Experience Essential

• Proven experience of working in the specialty.
• Senior clinical experience within speciality.
• Partnership/multi-professional working.
• Managing staff
• Developing and implementing service development initiatives
• Demonstrate experience of change management.
• Experience of running nurse-led clinics
• Developing and implementing educational programmes for patients and staff.
• Research and audit.
• Proven track record of staff development and team working.

Desirable

• Effective budget management.
• Service/professional presentations to a wide group.

Knowledge and Skills Essential

• Advanced nursing skills relevant to specialty.
• Advanced verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills.
• Experience of managing and leading a team.
• Working with and within a diverse community.
• Demonstrates innovative thinking.
• Facilitation skills.
• Understanding of the health and social care agenda and commissioning processes in the current political environment.

Desirable

• Presentation and publishing experience.
• Finance and resource management.
• Knowledge base of research methodology.
• Project management skills.
• IT skills word/excel
• Keyboard skills

Personal Qualities Essential

• Leadership qualities.
• Facilitative working style.
• Sensitivity to emotional situations.
• Able to use own initiative.
• Ability to deal with stressful situations and to manage conflicting priorities
• Able to cope with interruptions and adapting workload to service need.
• Ability to work autonomously and as a member of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Good attendance record.
• Flexible and able to work on any hospital site,

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

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

Address

University Hospital Lewisham

Waterloo Block

London

SE13 6LH

Employer's website

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

Employer details Employer name

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust

Address

University Hospital Lewisham

Waterloo Block

London

SE13 6LH

Employer's website

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