Specialist Nurse - Inflammatory Bowel Disease (Band 6) - Gastroenterology - Lancashire Teaching[...]

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Preston; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

An opportunity has arisen for an experienced Nurse to join the Inflammatory Bowel Disease team at a leading NHS Trust. This full-time position will involve working in a collaborative environment to support patient care and management, focusing on gastroenterology and IBD. Successful candidates will enhance their skills and influence patient outcomes positively.

Qualifications

• Experience in Gastroenterology or IBD preferred.
• Previous experience as a band 6 or specialist nurse.
• Teaching experience is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Provide support and education for patients managing IBD.
• Assist with medicines management and patient treatment plans.
• Coordinate bowel cancer surveillance for IBD patients.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Critical thinking

Education

Registered Nurse RGN with current NMC registration

Willingness to undertake non-medical prescribing course

Job description

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Specialist Nurse - Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Band 6

Main area Gastroenterology Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday) Job ref 438-PB2718-A

Site Royal Preston Hospital Town Preston Salary £37,338 - £44,962 Per annum/Pro rata for part time Salary period Yearly Closing 20/06/2025 08:00

Job overview

An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced Nurse to join the Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) team at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals. If you are a Nurse, ideally with some experience in Gastroenterology / IBD and are keen to pursue further development and training in these areas, we would welcome your application to join our established team.

You will be supported by the existing IBD Clinical Nurse Specialist as well as our Lead IBD Gastroenterologist and wider multi-disciplinary team. They will participate in all aspects of the IBD service to promote and co-ordinate the IBD patients’ pathway of care.

You must be happy to undertake specific disease related training to include the Salford IBD module and eventually, non-medical prescribing.

You must be confident and be familiar with talking to people in a variety of different situations and settings. Completion of communication courses would be ideal. You should be confident and not be afraid to speak up for yourself, your patients and the service in a professional manner. Previous experience in demonstrating leadership skills like this would be advantageous.

Main duties of the job

You will use clinical skills that are pertinent to the role such as for example, history taking skills. This role involves a great deal of talking, listening and critical thinking.

You will be challenged to make decisions and will learn to safety net and give advice about what to do if things don't go to plan for the patient. You must be willing to accept this transition and learning curve.

Working for our organisation

We have 10000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 390,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.

Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.

You’ll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you’d never have done. You’ll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.

You’ll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care and enhancing their experience which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Main areas of responsibility will include:

Development of knowledge and skills within the management of IBD and related conditions.

Willingness to get involved, learn and grow and undertake further training and study when needed. Willingness to undertake non-medical prescribing if not already achieved.

Be a primary point of contact for patients and clinicians in relation to the management of IBD. To provide support and education and function as a resource and an advocate in the speciality.

Assist with the daily IBD Flare Line and assist with managing patient emails.

Participate in follow up telephone clinics and face to face clinics.

Administer subcutaneous Biological medication in the clinic environment.

Assist with medicines management – counselling patients requiring new medications, monitoring, and optimising their treatment. This includes immunosuppression monitoring also.

Assist with the weekly Virtual Biologics Clinic which is an essential part of medicines management.

Work closely with the Lead IBD CNS, Lead IBD Consultant and Gastroenterology Pharmacist and the wider MDT in the development of the IBD service.

Co-ordinating bowel cancer surveillance for IBD patients.

Person specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse RGN with current NMC registration
• Willing to undertake non-medical prescribing course and / or any other training and development needed to undertake the role.

Knowledge & Experience

• Previous Gastroenterology and / or Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) experience
• Evidence of development in current role
• Evidence of multidisciplinary working
• Genuine desire to learn about IBD and make a difference to people living with IBD
• Previous experience as a band 6 or specialist nurse
• Teaching experience

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