Clinical Nurse Specialist-IBD (Inflammatory Bowel Disease)
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.
Key Responsibilities
* 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.
Hospital Locations
* The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
* New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
* Hertford County, Hertford
* Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We run the following hospitals: (already listed above)
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.
This advert closes on Tuesday 27 Jan 2026
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