Nurse Specialist (XR06)

NHS; Leeds; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the NHS as a specialist nurse within the Childrens IBD and PN Virtual ward service. The role involves managing care for children aged 0-18 with complex conditions, providing support to families, and working in multidisciplinary teams to ensure high-quality patient care.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with Level 1 or 2 qualification.
• Experience as a practitioner providing high quality care.
• Recognised teaching or assessing qualification ideal.

Responsibilities

• Manage and deliver care to children aged 0-18 with IBD.
• Conduct nurse-led clinics and support families with complex medication needs.
• Participate in MDT meetings and provide nursing advice.

Skills

Communication

Organisational skills

Interpersonal skills

Education

Registered Nurse (RN Child or Adult)

Recognised teaching/assessing qualification

Job description

Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity within our Childrens IBD and PN Virtual ward Specialist nursing service. Working closely with families, consultants, local and regional services, and community partners to provide high quality patient care. Come and join our specialist nurse team if you are self-motivated with a high level of inter-personal and multi-tasking skills.

The post holder will be responsible for managing and delivering care and support to a caseload of children aged 0-18 years who have IBD and also patients on our PN and IBD virtual ward. The role includes teaching and supporting families to care for their children who require complex medications. As well as participating in MDT clinics alongside the consultant gastroenterologist and specialist dietitian, the post holder will support the teams development and improvement of practice and guidelines.

Excellent organisational and communication skills are key elements for this position together with a genuine compassion and commitment to care for children and families who have a chronic illness.

A willingness to undertake on the job training and experience of teaching/audit and research is desirable. The nutrition, gastroenterology and surgical team will provide support and training.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will support children and families with Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Working alongside other IBD clinical nurse specialists and the wider MDT to provide telephone and face to face support and advice. This involves managing your own case load, providing nurse led telephone clinics, face to face clinics, supporting children and their families through a new diagnosis, on-going treatment, flare up of symptoms plus more.

In order to provide a high level of ongoing care the post holder will attend regular meetings across a variety of MDTs to ensure their patients receive the appropriate care at the right time. It will be the post holders responsibility to manage their case load and to feedback any outcomes from meetings to the child and family.

There will be opportunity for prescribing should the post holder hold an independent non-medical prescribing registration.

About us

The post holder will work closely with the IBD CNS team and will work alongside the gastroenterologists, specialist dietitians, MDT coordinator and surgeons.

The IBD CNS team sit within the Childrens Nutrition and IBD CNS service and will work alongside the nutrition nurses.

Support will be provided by the CNS Team Leader, which includes preceptorship period, regular 1:1 meetings, team meetings, and appraisal for the upcoming year

There are weekly MDT teaching sessions which aid the growth and development of the team which in turn aids the development of the services the team provide.

A background in the systems we use at LTHT would be advantageous however support and induction will be provided.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.

Details Date posted

13 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£38,682 to £46,580 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

C9298-CHI-0390

Job locations

Leeds General Infirmary

Great George Street

Leeds

LS1 3EX

Job description Job responsibilities

JOB PURPOSE/SUMMARY

The Jobholder is responsible for the management of a defined caseload. The jobholder carries continuing responsibility for the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care and the setting of standards of care.

The jobholder will provide specialist nursing care, treatment and advice to a specific patient group and will contribute to the development of the speciality service. The jobholder will ensure cost effective use of resources.

The job holder will support the development of interdisciplinary and whole service working. As a role model they will promote the sharing of good practice and delivery of high quality, effective and efficient care. The job holder will provide training and education to staff groups, patients and families/carers.

Please see full job description for further details

Job description Job responsibilities

JOB PURPOSE/SUMMARY

The Jobholder is responsible for the management of a defined caseload. The jobholder carries continuing responsibility for the assessment of care needs, the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care and the setting of standards of care.

The jobholder will provide specialist nursing care, treatment and advice to a specific patient group and will contribute to the development of the speciality service. The jobholder will ensure cost effective use of resources.

The job holder will support the development of interdisciplinary and whole service working. As a role model they will promote the sharing of good practice and delivery of high quality, effective and efficient care. The job holder will provide training and education to staff groups, patients and families/carers.

Please see full job description for further details

Person Specification Skills and Behaviours Essential

• Promote and maintain positive working relationships between all staff, internal and external to the Trust, involved in the care of patients.

Desirable

• Support patients and their families, communicating sensitive condition related information, ensuring they receive required information to enable them to participate in their care delivery.
• Deliver complex information to patients and staff.

Other Criteria Essential

• Act in accordance with the relevant professional code i.e. NMC
• Fulfil the requirements as directed by the Nursing and Midwifery Council to maintain and revalidate registration.
• Raise concerns with regards to risk, danger, malpractice or wrong doing by following the LTHT Whistleblowing policy and supporting processes

Experience Essential

• Provide high quality care as an expert practitioner
• Participates in the setting, monitoring and improvement of standards and quality of patient care
• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate care and treatments using specialist clinical knowledge and clinical skills.
• Organises own clinical workload

Desirable

• Make clinical assessments and treatment decisions within clearly defined policies and protocols
• Supervise clinical staff to promote the delivery of excellent clinical standards

Qualifications Essential

• Registered Nurse (RN Adult for adult clinical areas or RN Child for childrens areas (Level 1 or 2)
• Recognised teaching/assessing qualification or equivalent experience of teaching and assessment
• Evidence of continued professional development

Desirable

• Degree Level Education or evidence of working towards
• Nurse Prescribing qualification

Person Specification Skills and Behaviours Essential

• Promote and maintain positive working relationships between all staff, internal and external to the Trust, involved in the care of patients.

Desirable

• Support patients and their families, communicating sensitive condition related information, ensuring they receive required information to enable them to participate in their care delivery.
• Deliver complex information to patients and staff.

Other Criteria Essential

• Act in accordance with the relevant professional code i.e. NMC
• Fulfil the requirements as directed by the Nursing and Midwifery Council to maintain and revalidate registration.
• Raise concerns with regards to risk, danger, malpractice or wrong doing by following the LTHT Whistleblowing policy and supporting processes

Experience Essential

• Provide high quality care as an expert practitioner
• Participates in the setting, monitoring and improvement of standards and quality of patient care
• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate care and treatments using specialist clinical knowledge and clinical skills.
• Organises own clinical workload

Desirable

• Make clinical assessments and treatment decisions within clearly defined policies and protocols
• Supervise clinical staff to promote the delivery of excellent clinical standards

Qualifications Essential

• Registered Nurse (RN Adult for adult clinical areas or RN Child for childrens areas (Level 1 or 2)
• Recognised teaching/assessing qualification or equivalent experience of teaching and assessment
• Evidence of continued professional development

Desirable

• Degree Level Education or evidence of working towards
• Nurse Prescribing qualification

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

Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Address

Leeds General Infirmary

Great George Street

Leeds

LS1 3EX

Employer's website

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

Employer details Employer name

Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Address

Leeds General Infirmary

Great George Street

Leeds

LS1 3EX

Employer's website

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