# IBD Clinical Nurse specialist > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/ibd-clinical-nurse-specialist/c2ae972e-ec61-429a-ad0c-a8c625bbb517 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/ibd-clinical-nurse-specialist/c2ae972e-ec61-429a-ad0c-a8c625bbb517.md ## Summary - **Status:** Archived / closed - **Employer:** Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Wirral - **Region:** North West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Clinical nurse specialist - **Grade:** Band 7 - **Salary:** £47,810 - £54,710 per annum pro rata - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-01-07T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2025-12-29T09:32:40.201Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Merseyside/Upton/Wirral_University_Teaching_Hospital_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Gastroenterology_IBD/Gastroenterology_IBD-v7581076 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7581076?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.wuth.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### 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. ## Job Details 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. ## Job Description 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. ## 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. Please see Job overview & attached Job description for further information about the IBD Clinical Nurse specialist position available with WUTH. ## Person Specification ### Personal Attributes **Essential** - Committed to multidisciplinary working and service development. ### Knowledge and Skills **Essential** - Degree level education relevant to field or study - Post graduate qualification of study in speciality. - National and local audit skills. **Desirable** - Teaching and assessing qualification - Qualification in clinical examination and diagnostics - Master’s level education ### Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training **Essential** - Registered Nurse **Desirable** - Independent non-medical prescriber - Hospital and community experience - Experience in severe asthma. ## Documents - [oh risk id form (pdf, 145.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=9897671) - [vision values behaviours (pdf, 515.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2088) - [guidance notes for applicants (pdf, 734.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1841) - [job description & person specification (pdf, 189.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=9847419) - [wuth gdpr privacy notice for applicants dbs - may 2022 (pdf, 290.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2506) ## 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.