Job summary
Employer heading
Lead CNS for Inflammatory Bowel Disease - INTERNAL
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Royal Berkshire Hospital are pleased to announce that following our CQC inspection we have been rated ‘Good’ with inspectors reporting that we have made significant improvements. The Trust’s overall rating has also improved to ‘good’. This is a great opportunity to join our clinical or non-clinical teams to create a positive and motivating environment within our trust. Come and join our team in this exciting time of change as we pride ourselves, our staff and our services on excellence.
At the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust we put our patients at the heart of every element of health and care that we provide. The Trust works together as a community to deliver its vision which is “Working together to provide outstanding care for our community.”
We are Compassionate in our thoughts, words and actions
We are Aspirational and have a true desire to be dynamic and to innovate
We are Resourceful and responsible in the way we work and live
We are Excellent in our development, fairness and sharing best practice
Amazing things happen at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust; delivered by amazing people so why don’t you come and join us. We offer a range of learning and development for all employees may you be clinical or non-clinical.
Job overview
PLEASE NOTE: INTERNAL APPLICANTS ONLY
Band 8A Lead Clinical Nurse Specialist for Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Opportunity to extend role within the specialty of Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
A clinical specialist with at least significant experience working as a Band 7 within the specialty who can also prescribe within this specialty for patients with IBD.
To lead a team of CNS and PA to both support patient care and service development with teaching and auditing requirements.
Main duties of the job
Lead the Trust IBD Team in the delivery of safe and effective specialised advice and support to patients with complex needs.
The multidisciplinary team currently includes IBD nurses, Physicians associate (PA); pharmacists and Consultant gastroenterologists.
This team reviews IBD patients to identify, prevent and treat complications early, and to ensure safe and appropriate prescriptions are prescribed, as well as organising safe and efficient advice for those patients requiring it.
Monitoring patients’ blood results from the community in line with DAWN remote monitoring.
Working for our organisation
Reading sits on the River Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford, and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work, and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.
The CQC recently rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.
Our values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Resourceful, Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details of the post.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse
- Prescriber
- Attendance or completion of relevant study within speciality within 5 years
Desirable criteria
- Working towards any post grad qualifications
Experience
Essential criteria
- Signifiicant experience at Band 7
- Experience of team management
- Working knowledge of database prescribing/monitoring, e.g. Blueteq
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Julie Boxley
- Job title
- Matron for Abdominal Surgery
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01183228792
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