Employer Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type NHS
Site Aintree
Town Liverpool
Salary £37,338 - £44,962 per annum
Salary period Yearly
Closing 01/01/2025 23:59
Clinical Nurse Specialist (IBD)
Band 6
Job overview
An opportunity has arisen within the Gastroenterology Care Group on the Aintree site for a band 6 IBD Specialist Nurse in Gastroenterology, working as part of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) team. The Aintree IBD service is a specialist and tertiary referral centre, providing care for patients with IBD in the North of Liverpool and beyond. The team consists of 4 Gastroenterology Consultants, 3 IBD CNS, senior Dietician, senior Pharmacist, and Clinical Psychologists. The team works closely with the Colorectal Team, Stoma nurses, Nutrition Team and Endoscopy. The post holder will be an integral member of the established IBD team on the Aintree Site working alongside the existing IBD Lead nurse and their team to enhance the service currently offered. This post would be suitable for a Registered nurse with substantial post registration experience and with demonstrable experience of working within gastroenterology. Main duties of the job
The Clinical Nurse Specialist will act as the clinical expert and professional resource to the multi-Professional team, patients and carers within their Speciality Service. The post holder will take overall responsibility to develop the specialist area of practice in partnership with other members of the speciality team (General Manager, Lead Clinician, Matron, Service Manager etc) and will work collaboratively to develop services and quality of care delivered. The post holder will be expected to provide first-line management and lead a team of specialist nurses (Sisters). This will be achieved through the core dimensions of the role: clinical practice leadership, acting as the patient advocate and through audit and education. The post holder will carry responsibility for either a defined case load or offering “highly specialist service advice.” This will include setting standards of care, the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care. The post holder will contribute to achieving the objectives of the clinical service group / specialty corporate objectives and work within the clinical governance framework. They will lead the development and delivery of a programme of practice and professional development for staff within the specialty. Duties will include patient clinics, telephone helpline, inpatient reviews, MDT attendance as well as service development and research opportunities. Person specification
Qualifications
Registered Nurse / Midwife Post-basic specialist Qualification relevant to speciality Evidence of continued professional development ECDL Experience
Extensive clinical experience Experience as Specialist Sister Evidence of leading and facilitating change Knowledge and skills
Teaching / assessment skills Organisation and negotiation skills Ability to motivate self and others Evidence of audit and change management ability Ability to work both on own initiative and within a team Other
Diplomatic Assertive and confident Recognition of own limitations Able to travel between sites Flexibility Please ensure you check the email account (including junk/spam boxes) from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application. Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.
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Band 6
Job overview
An opportunity has arisen within the Gastroenterology Care Group on the Aintree site for a band 6 IBD Specialist Nurse in Gastroenterology, working as part of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) team. The Aintree IBD service is a specialist and tertiary referral centre, providing care for patients with IBD in the North of Liverpool and beyond. The team consists of 4 Gastroenterology Consultants, 3 IBD CNS, senior Dietician, senior Pharmacist, and Clinical Psychologists. The team works closely with the Colorectal Team, Stoma nurses, Nutrition Team and Endoscopy. The post holder will be an integral member of the established IBD team on the Aintree Site working alongside the existing IBD Lead nurse and their team to enhance the service currently offered. This post would be suitable for a Registered nurse with substantial post registration experience and with demonstrable experience of working within gastroenterology. Main duties of the job
The Clinical Nurse Specialist will act as the clinical expert and professional resource to the multi-Professional team, patients and carers within their Speciality Service. The post holder will take overall responsibility to develop the specialist area of practice in partnership with other members of the speciality team (General Manager, Lead Clinician, Matron, Service Manager etc) and will work collaboratively to develop services and quality of care delivered. The post holder will be expected to provide first-line management and lead a team of specialist nurses (Sisters). This will be achieved through the core dimensions of the role: clinical practice leadership, acting as the patient advocate and through audit and education. The post holder will carry responsibility for either a defined case load or offering “highly specialist service advice.” This will include setting standards of care, the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care. The post holder will contribute to achieving the objectives of the clinical service group / specialty corporate objectives and work within the clinical governance framework. They will lead the development and delivery of a programme of practice and professional development for staff within the specialty. Duties will include patient clinics, telephone helpline, inpatient reviews, MDT attendance as well as service development and research opportunities. Person specification
Qualifications
Registered Nurse / Midwife Post-basic specialist Qualification relevant to speciality Evidence of continued professional development ECDL Experience
Extensive clinical experience Experience as Specialist Sister Evidence of leading and facilitating change Knowledge and skills
Teaching / assessment skills Organisation and negotiation skills Ability to motivate self and others Evidence of audit and change management ability Ability to work both on own initiative and within a team Other
Diplomatic Assertive and confident Recognition of own limitations Able to travel between sites Flexibility Please ensure you check the email account (including junk/spam boxes) from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application. Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.
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