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An exciting position within the specialism of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) has become available within East Lancashire Hospital NHS Trust. Working across sites within East Lancashire Hospital NHS trust, you will be expected to deliver patients centered advice, support and care for in-patients with IBD, their families and carers. In line with National Service Framework (NSF) and the Nationals Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) guidelines you will be expected to provide advanced assessment of patients needs and advise on appropriate Inflammatory Bowel Disease management. Additionally, you will be expected to support patients through all stages of their inpatient period actively working to minimise length of stay.
Your role will involve empowering patients with the skills and knowledge necessary to attain independence in self-management. Working as an advanced practitioner in your own right you will be responsible for maintaining and updating your own knowledge and skills, together with providing evidence in support of this.
We encourage you to get in touch and welcome site visits before application submissions.
* Raise awareness and improve standards of IBD care by developing, planning and implementation of specialised programmes of education and training to clinical colleagues, patients and their families and carers. You will be expected to offer such education in a contextually appropriate format and language
* Through effective working practices you will continue the philosophy of jointly working with other health care professionals to develop a holistic support network for people with IBD within the Trust, Specialist Units and primary care.
* Assist and develop virtual methods of care including virtual biologic clinics and the potential for web-based care.
* To develop and assist with the development of new patient pathways to meet IBDQIP, IBD Audits and IBD Biologic audits.
* Provide an evidence-based proactive nursing service, which is responsive to the user's need or to a cohort of patients. Care will reflect current local protocols and national guidelines and will be delivered through face-to-face and virtual consultations on a day to-day basis.
* To act as an autonomous practitioner at an advanced level providing accountability that is within IBD guidance, ELHT trust policies and NMC code.
* Ensure that child protection and vulnerable adult legislation is adhered to within own practice and service.
* In the role as an autonomous practitioner to perform health assessments including obtaining a clinical history, family history, conducting physical examination and assessment of physiological well-being, provide expert and advanced specialist advice and support to patients, their families and other health care professionals.
* Work clinically for a minimum of 80% of the role.
* As a nurse prescriber demonstrate advanced knowledge of and experience in the drugs used to manage IBD
* As a nurse prescriber provide advice on the stabilisation of patients on all oral agents, and injected therapies according to locally formulated guidelines and protocols.
* Supports ward areas across the hospital sites and bedded areas with management of IBD in collaboration with Consultant Gastroenterologist
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Yvonne Spencer Job title: Matron Email address: yvonne.spencer@elht.nhs.uk Telephone number: 01254735300
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Mid-Senior level
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Full-time
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Health Care Provider
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Hospitals and Health Care
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