Lead CNS for Inflammatory Bowel Disease - INTERNAL

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

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.

About us

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.

Date posted

17 July 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£50,952 to £57,349 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

193-6410488PCG

Job locations

Royal Berkshire Hospital

London Road

Reading

RG1 5AN

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details of the post.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details of the post.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Nurse
Prescriber
Attendance or completion of relevant study within speciality within 5 years

Desirable

Working towards any post grad qualifications

Experience

Essential

Signifiicant experience at Band 7
Experience of team management
Working knowledge of database prescribing/monitoring, e.g. Blueteq

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Registered Nurse
Prescriber
Attendance or completion of relevant study within speciality within 5 years

Desirable

Working towards any post grad qualifications

Experience

Essential

Signifiicant experience at Band 7
Experience of team management
Working knowledge of database prescribing/monitoring, e.g. Blueteq

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.