P.T – IBD CNS – Band 6/7 (Dependent On Experience)
28.5 hours across four days – DPOW Site
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our established IBD Specialist Nursing Team within the Gastroenterology Department at DPOW. We are seeking a motivated, confident and enthusiastic nurse to support delivery of high‑quality care for patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Independent prescribing is desirable but not essential.
Key Responsibilities
* Participate in nurse‑led clinics, virtual reviews, telephone assessments and biologic monitoring.
* Provide specialist assessment, advice and education to support patient self‑management and effective medication use.
* Initiate investigations, adjust treatments and facilitate rapid access to secondary care as a primary contact for patients, relatives and clinicians.
* Review patients in outpatient and inpatient settings.
* Educate patients and families about diagnosis, treatment and long‑term management.
* Triage patient queries via the advice line and coordinate biologic and immunosuppressant therapies.
About You
You will have experience in Gastroenterology, IBD or a related specialty, with strong clinical assessment skills including history taking. Excellent communication, IT skills and the ability to work autonomously while collaborating within the MDT are essential.
You will be supported by the IBD CNS team, Lead IBD Gastroenterologist and wider MDT, contributing to all aspects of the IBD service to ensure coordinated, patient‑centred care.
Accept referrals to agreed criteria and act as key worker for a defined IBD caseload.
Provide clinical and professional leadership and support a high‑quality IBD service across the hospital. Assess, educate and advise patients with IBD, offering information to ward nurses and acting as a specialist resource for staff, patients and carers. Maintain the IBD helpline as a first point of contact for community patients. Communicate effectively within the MDT to ensure a coordinated, patient‑centred service. Support education and development of other staff and contribute to service improvement across the Trust.
Additional Responsibilities
* Lead a specialist area of practice, offering expert advice within agreed protocols.
* Undertake comprehensive specialist assessments, plan and evaluate care, and communicate complex information to medical and nursing colleagues.
* Manage and prioritise your own caseload independently and perform specialist clinical skills required for holistic IBD care.
* Take responsibility for the day‑to‑day effectiveness of the specialist service, maintaining accurate records and reporting relevant data.
* Promote patient and public involvement, work collaboratively with external teams and agencies, and use service information to support achievement of NHS targets and standards.
Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust is part of one of the largest acute and community Group arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts – Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) – our Group has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world‑class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas – biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Group and our community.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Stella Macheo, Job title: matron for Digestive Disease South, Email address: stella.macheo1@nhs.net, Telephone number: 07919917593
For informal enquiries-please contact current CNS within the team Emma. Cummins, e.cummins@nhs.net.
Or Matron for Digestive Diseases - Stella Macheo, stella.macheo1.nhs.net
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