IBD Clinical Nurse Specialist | Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 04 Chwefror 2026 |
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| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £47,810 - £54,710 per annum plus HCAS |
| Oriau: | Rhan Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 06 Mawrth 2026 |
| Lleoliad: | Chelsea, SW10 9NH |
| Cwmni: | Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Cytundeb |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7766958/289-EI-104 |
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The post holder will be required to work as part of the Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) service, alongside the multidisciplinary team with input from physicians, surgeons, radiologists, pathologists, dietitians and pharmacists. After a period of induction you will be required to provide specialist advice and assessment, implementation and evaluation of care for patients with an IBD diagnosis and support the entire team in the delivery of Inpatient, day case, outpatient and virtual clinical care.
· To provide a specialist nurse led service working autonomously in providing care for IBD patients and their families according to agreed protocols or as specified by the Consultant Gastroenterologists.
· To clinically assess patients attending for routine follow-up of IBD, to monitor and evaluate disease activity, ordering and interpreting specific haematological, endoscopic investigations or imaging as indicated.
· To recommend treatment, alter drug dosages according to management guidelines.
· To encourage adherence with recommended management plans.
· To promote a better understanding of IBD for patients and their carers through education, providing support and counselling where necessary in order to empower patients to take a greater part in self managing their disease.
· To follow-up and monitor patients taking Azathioprine and other immunosuppressive agents.
· To request and act on blood results to avoid complications and improve safety.
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Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is proud to be one of the top performing and safest trusts in England.
We have two main acute hospital sites—Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, plus our award-winning clinics across North West London and beyond.
· We employ over 7,000 staff and 500 volunteers
· We treat someone in A&E every 90 seconds
· We deliver a baby every 50 minutes
· We operate on a patient every 16 minutes
· We do 50 imaging procedures each hour
· We serve a diverse population of 1.5 million from the beginning to the end of life
Continued-
To co-ordinate requests for biological therapy with Consultants, pharmacy and Community partners.
· To counsel IBD patients pre biological therapy and perform immunity screening and improve safety with biological therapy.
· To check and prepare patients for biological therapy according to NICE and local guidelines and take consent for patients undergoing this therapy.
· To offer rapid access to specialist advice and disease management through telephone support and flare up appointments in the nurse clinic.
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· To plan, implement and evaluate teaching sessions for ward staff involved in caring for IBD patients.
· To act as a resource for pre and post registration nurses.
· To provide opportunities to shadow the IBD CNS, e.g. student nurses, newly qualified nurses, nurses on induction, dieticians, medical students.
· To demonstrate expert knowledge of the literature regarding IBD by regularly reviewing the literature and applying to practice.
· To undertake responsibility for own professional development, undertake appropriate activities, attend relevant conferences to update clinical knowledge and skills and apply to practice.
· To recognise own limitations whilst working within the Scope of Professional Practice.
This advert closes on Tuesday 17 Feb 2026
· To provide a specialist nurse led service working autonomously in providing care for IBD patients and their families according to agreed protocols or as specified by the Consultant Gastroenterologists.
· To clinically assess patients attending for routine follow-up of IBD, to monitor and evaluate disease activity, ordering and interpreting specific haematological, endoscopic investigations or imaging as indicated.
· To recommend treatment, alter drug dosages according to management guidelines.
· To encourage adherence with recommended management plans.
· To promote a better understanding of IBD for patients and their carers through education, providing support and counselling where necessary in order to empower patients to take a greater part in self managing their disease.
· To follow-up and monitor patients taking Azathioprine and other immunosuppressive agents.
· To request and act on blood results to avoid complications and improve safety.
·
Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is proud to be one of the top performing and safest trusts in England.
We have two main acute hospital sites—Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, plus our award-winning clinics across North West London and beyond.
· We employ over 7,000 staff and 500 volunteers
· We treat someone in A&E every 90 seconds
· We deliver a baby every 50 minutes
· We operate on a patient every 16 minutes
· We do 50 imaging procedures each hour
· We serve a diverse population of 1.5 million from the beginning to the end of life
Continued-
To co-ordinate requests for biological therapy with Consultants, pharmacy and Community partners.
· To counsel IBD patients pre biological therapy and perform immunity screening and improve safety with biological therapy.
· To check and prepare patients for biological therapy according to NICE and local guidelines and take consent for patients undergoing this therapy.
· To offer rapid access to specialist advice and disease management through telephone support and flare up appointments in the nurse clinic.
·
· To plan, implement and evaluate teaching sessions for ward staff involved in caring for IBD patients.
· To act as a resource for pre and post registration nurses.
· To provide opportunities to shadow the IBD CNS, e.g. student nurses, newly qualified nurses, nurses on induction, dieticians, medical students.
· To demonstrate expert knowledge of the literature regarding IBD by regularly reviewing the literature and applying to practice.
· To undertake responsibility for own professional development, undertake appropriate activities, attend relevant conferences to update clinical knowledge and skills and apply to practice.
· To recognise own limitations whilst working within the Scope of Professional Practice.
This advert closes on Tuesday 17 Feb 2026