IBD Clinical Nurse Specialist | Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 18 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £38,682 - £46,580 Per Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time) |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 17 August 2025 |
| Location: | Basildon, SS16 5NL |
| Company: | Southend University Hospital NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7359129/390-MED-BA-1742-B |
Summary
An opportunity has arisen within the gastroenterology team for a Band 6 IBD specialist nurse.
IBD is a very complex disease that can affect many aspects of a patient's life, it is an area of increasing research and so care of these patients is evolving each year and the nursing service must be able to react and adapt to these changes.
A commitment to individualised evidence-based patient care and the ability to act sensitively with empathy as well as possessing excellent communication and interpersonal skills is essential.
You will be supported by a professional multidisciplinary team. If you feel you have the necessary skills and wish to be part of this friendly professional team, we would be glad to receive your application, informal visits are welcomed
Duties will include:
• To provide clinical nursing advice, education and leadership within the speciality
• To act as a source of expertise, advice and knowledge for patients, carers and healthcare professionals
• To work within the multi disciplinary team in the provision of optimal care throughout all aspects of the patients care pathway and in all clinical settings
• Delivery of high quality patient care, acting as nursing role model for nursing practice across the speciality.
With a workforce of approximately 15,000 staff, we can now do more and go further in delivering health services to our local communities.
Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.
Patients will experience improved care as well as fewer delays and cancellations. We are able to provide more once-in-a-lifetime specialist care region-wide. With our new trust size will come more opportunities for development, research, networking and innovation.
We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.
For a full list of duties and responsibilities of this vital and rewarding role, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
This advert closes on Friday 25 Jul 2025