Job summary
- Main area
- Gastroenterology
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent: per annum
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (pro rata per annum)
- Job ref
- 343-8082266-RB-SK
- Employer
- Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St. Helier Hospital
- Town
- Carshalton
- Salary
- £45,953 - £54,254 per annum Inclusive of HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/07/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Nurse
Band 6
At Epsom and St Helier Hospitals, above all we value respect. We put respect at the heart of all we do, by living up to our shared behaviours of kindness, professionalism, positivity and teamwork. This enables us to provide great patient care and make ESTH a great place to work. When you sign up to work with us, you sign up to this and we welcome applicants who share our values.
Job overview
Epsom and St Helier Hospitals have an exciting opportunity that has arisen for a registered nurse with a keen interest and passion in the field of Irritable Bowel Disease (IBD) / Gastroenterology to join the St Helier Hospital team delivering care to patients with IBD.
You will have the support of the existing Clinical Nurse Specialists as well as that wider clinical team to help underpin your practice. Regular in-house teaching and appropriate external conferences also support essential knowledge in this fast moving field. This is an ideal opportunity for a nurse with keen interest to develop within this field as newly appointed clinical nurse specialist, and this is a interesting and varied role in which involves face to face and remote care primarily in the management of medications and patients symptoms in line with specialist immunological therapies.
The post holder will provide specialist nursing care to patients and their families, and act as a resource for other professionals. This is achieved by skills and experience and expert knowledge. Working with the multidisciplinary team, the post holder will play a key role within the team, by acting as a source of knowledge for both patients and health care professionals and being able to implement clinical guidelines and standards.
Main duties of the job
You will be expected to work towards achieving an advanced level of practice and support the senior IBD CNSs within the team:
- Assist the Clinical Nurse Specialist in IBD in the coordination of care for patients at the Trust.
- Support the review of patients by undertaking assessment of patients which may include physical examination, ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests or advanced health needs assessment on an inpatient and out-patient basis
- Become an educational resource for patients and their families sign posting to specialist advice and education on IBD management.
- To provide the administration and close monitoring for all patients receiving long term drug treatment, including anti-TNF.
- To participate in urgent helpline services for IBD patients and participate and promote IBD patient panel team.
- To participate and contribute to IBD biologic and benign MDT.
- Undertake national audit under the guidance of the Lead IBD CNS
Working for our organisation
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the role at Epsom and St Helier.
Person specification
Education and Qualification
Essential criteria
- • Registered first level Nurse with a nursing degree or willingness to undertake
- • Current UK NMC Registration
- • Evidence of post registration education
Desirable criteria
- Counselling course/ module
Experience
Essential criteria
- • Experience of working with gastroenterology patients
- • Experience in actively participating MDT
- • Venepuncture and cannulation skills
Desirable criteria
- Experience in managing biologic drug
- Experience in biologic drug infusion
Knowledge & Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to co- ordinate IBD pathways
- Good knowledge of IBD drugs & side effects.
- Evidence of ability to work Independently
Desirable criteria
- Counselling skills
- Willingness to prepare and present presentations to the IBD team including patient groups
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Annamma Raji George
- Job title
- Associate Director of Medicine
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07353166238
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