Clinical Nurse Specialist- IBD

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The closing date is 27 January 2026

We are recruiting for a Clinical Nurse Specialist-IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease) who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.

This role requires an enthusiastic nurse with a sound knowledge of gastroenterology nursing and a commitment to provide best patient care. Knowledge and understanding of the types Inflammatory Bowel Disease and its symptoms is essential.

The post holder will be expected to provide support and advice to our large cohort of IBD patients both face to face and over the telephone. You will work autonomously leading and managing a case load of patients providing diagnosis, care planning, treatment, follow-up and continuity of care. The role encompasses the four pillars of advanced practice, clinical practice and leadership, facilitation of education/learning and evidence research and development.

At the heart of everything we do are our core values:

Include,Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.

The post holder will be accountable for the line management of nursing staff, enabling the department to provide the highest standards of care.

Promote high standards of professional practice and the delivery of quality care within the corporate policies, protocols and guidelines.

Provide effective leadership and work seamlessly across the MDT, communicating complex patient needs.

Managing the infusion service and understanding the role of advanced therapies both as homecare and in-patient.

Demonstrate leadership attributes by undertaking nurse-led clinics, service development, attending management meetings, liaising with the wider teams and providing support for other members of the team.

To work autonomously and be a role model to others, to work within competence and show eagerness to develop the service by taking part in audit's, writing policies and attending/presenting at IBD meetings.

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

The Lister Hospital, Stevenage New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City Hertford County, Hertford Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

• Registered nurse on part 1 of the NMC register
• Relevant clinical post registration education
• Relevant degree or working towards Degree
• IBD module/evidence of advanced practice

• Registered Nurse with proven recent experience at Band 6
• Evidence of an understanding of IBD management and care
• Involvement in audit/research and willingness to present findings at meetings and conferences

• Rationalising the modalities of investigations, informing the clinical assessment
• Completing and interpreting disease activity scores (for example, HBI, Mayo score, CDAI)
• Interprets blood tests, including inflammatory markers and faecal calprotectin
• Uses highly developed communication skills and actively listens to and understands the patient's concerns, experiences and opinions. This includes the use of verbal and nonverbal communication skills, along with active listening and reflection.

• Proactively develops relationships within the IBD team and with patients/carers, to encourage productive working
• Offer expert advice, both to the IBD team and to others through direct and indirect patient care.
• Contributes to quality improvement and service development
• Participates in, and contributes to, regular clinical supervision of team members.

• Experience and evidence of engagement around equality, diversity and inclusion issues in relation to policy, service development and service delivery in respect of both…