# Clinical Specialist Nurse - Inflammatory Bowel Disease > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-specialist-nurse-inflammatory-bowel-disease/e344a1cb-91bb-4907-90ae-a5cdc1f71deb - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/clinical-specialist-nurse-inflammatory-bowel-disease/e344a1cb-91bb-4907-90ae-a5cdc1f71deb.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Wexham Park Hospital - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Clinical nurse specialist - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £41957.00 to £50387.00 - **Contract type:** Permanent: full time - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-25T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-16T11:20:25.255Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8373473 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8373473?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.fhft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Clinical Specialist Nurse - Gastroenterology Wexham Park Hospital Are you an experienced nurse looking to develop your specialist career in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)? We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Clinical Specialist Nurse to join our Gastroenterology team at Wexham Park Hospital. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in the delivery and development of high-quality, patient-centred care for people living with IBD. You will work as an autonomous specialist practitioner, providing expert assessment, advice, education and support throughout the patient journey, while working closely with our multidisciplinary teams. You will be a visible and accessible specialist resource for patients, families and healthcare professionals, supporting shared decision-making, self-management and effective coordination of care. You will work collaboratively across Gastroenterology and the wider Trust to ensure patients receive timely, safe and effective treatment and access to appropriate services. The role also provides opportunities to contribute to service development, quality improvement, clinical audit, education and the implementation of evidence-based practice and national IBD standards. If you are passionate about improving outcomes and experiences for people living with IBD and would like to make a real difference within a supportive and forward-thinking service, we would welcome your application. ### Main duties of the job Provide specialist assessment, treatment, education, and support for patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). Manage nurse-led telephone and email advice services, ensuring timely access to specialist care and support. Coordinate outpatient care, patient follow-up, and ongoing monitoring of clinical symptoms, investigations, and treatment response. Monitor patients receiving biologic and advanced therapies, ensuring safe, effective, and evidence-based treatment. Identify and manage disease flare-ups promptly to reduce complications, emergency department attendances, and hospital admissions. Promote patient self-management, education, and improved long-term health outcomes. Support discharge planning, care coordination, and continuity of care across primary and secondary care services. Work collaboratively with consultants, pharmacists, dietitians, primary care teams, and the wider multidisciplinary team. Ensure compliance with NICE guidance, national IBD standards, and evidence-based practice. Lead medicines optimisation initiatives and contribute to service development, quality improvement, audit, research, and staff education. Develop and implement clinical guidelines, pathways, and best practice. Support increasing service demand through proactive disease management, admission avoidance, and improved patient flow. Contribute to improved patient experience, population health outcomes, cost-effective care, and reduced healthcare utilisation. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities For a full list of responsibilities and tasks associated with this role, please refer to the job description/person specification attached to this vacancy. ### 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. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of leading a multidisciplinary team and of providing high-quality patient focused service - Experience within Gastro or Endoscopy ### Qualifications **Essential** - NMC registration - Teaching and mentorship - Evidence of post registration development relevant to post **Desirable** - ENB IBD course or equivalent Prescribing qualification ### Skills and Knowledge **Essential** - Ability to manage own and supervise other workloads - Excellent written and oral skills - Supervising junior staff - Evidence of making clinical judgements involving complex facts or situations which require analysis, interpretation and comparison of a range of options ## Documents - [trust values (pdf, 577.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=736) - [job description/person specification (pdf, 197.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10701438) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.