IBD Clinical Nurse specialist

Job overview

The IBD Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) will provide a highly specialist nursing contribution to the clinical management and education of patients referred to the service in collaboration with the multidisciplinary IBD team across hospital and community settings.

• Acts as a clinical expert within the field of IBD medicine, and as a role model to others demonstrating high standards of quality care, facilitation and clinical leadership provision to others.
• Acts as a clinical expert in the development of clinical nursing services with the field of IBD medicine, implementing National strategies at a local level and contributing towards strategic decision making, and implementing policies appropriate to the speciality.
• Provides expert clinical advice and education to patients promoting a culture that supports self-management and health and wellbeing.
• Delivers specialist education and training to other professionals involved in patient care.

Main duties of the job

Leads the development, management and promotion of the service ensuring the delivery of high quality, cost-effective care.

Applies advanced knowledge and insight from key stakeholders and experiences of patients to lead services re-design, stimulate innovative practice, implement improvements and ensure services are responsive to patient’s needs.

• Promotes the philosophy of person-centred care, co-creating care with people affected by IBD.
• To provide an autonomous specialist nursing service to IBD patients by attending referrals and delivering holistic care to patients.
• Work in partnership with the patient and their family/carers to promote self-care and independence wherever possible through education and the use of self-management plans.
• Makes clinical judgements based upon experience and knowledge and takes appropriate action.
• Request diagnostic tests within agreed sphere of competence and make clinical judgements based upon clinical expertise.
• Uses advanced communication to alleviate the psychological distress in inflammatory bowel disease patients and their families, including identification of need for onward referral to other agencies as appropriate.
• Ability to motivate self and others with an Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team.  Delegated responsibility for staff appraisal, managing attendance and performance capability

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Leads the development, management and promotion of the service ensuring the delivery of high quality, cost-effective care.

Applies advanced knowledge and insight from key stakeholders and experiences of patients to lead services re-design, stimulate innovative practice, implement improvements and ensure services are responsive to patient’s needs.

Promotes the philosophy of person-centred care, co-creating care with people affected by IBD.

• To provide an autonomous specialist nursing service to IBD patients by attending referrals and delivering holistic care to patients.
• Work in partnership with the patient and their family/carers to promote self-care and independence wherever possible through education and the use of self-management plans.
• Makes clinical judgements based upon experience and knowledge and takes appropriate action.
• Request diagnostic tests within agreed sphere of competence and make clinical judgements based upon clinical expertise.
• Develop knowledge and expertise to a higher academic standard.
• Works across professional boundaries using creative reasoning and problem-solving
• Uses advanced communication to alleviate the psychological distress in inflammatory bowel disease patients and their families, including identification of need for onward referral to other agencies as appropriate.
• Ability to motivate self and others
• Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team
• Delegated responsibility for staff appraisal, managing attendance and performance capability

Please see Job overview & attached Job description for further information about the IBD Clinical Nurse specialist position available with WUTH.