Specialist Nurse - Inflammatory Bowel Disease

We have vacancies in the following sectors. Specialist Nurse - Inflammatory Bowel Disease NHS AfC: Band 6 Main area: Inflammatory Bowel Disease Grade: NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract: 12 months (Fixed Term) Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday) Job ref: 349-MRI-6893806* Site: ORC Town: Manchester Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum, pro rata Salary period: Yearly Closing: 27/03/2025 23:59

Job overview: To work closely with all members of the gastroenterology team to ensure that patients receive seamless care within the Trust and community. To provide specialist advice to support assessment, planning and implementation of care for patients with Inflammatory Bowel disease and where appropriate to deliver programmes of care. To carry out specialist nursing procedures. To contribute to specialist education and training programmes for other staff and learners.

Main duties of the job:

• Assist to establish and maintain effective communication with various individuals and groups on complex potentially stressful topics in a range of situations relating to inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).
• Develop knowledge and practice within IBD.
• Monitor and maintain health, safety and security of self and others in own work area.
• Contribute to the development of IBD services.
• Contribute to quality improvement projects within IBD.
• Promote people’s equality, diversity and rights.
• Assess and address people’s health and wellbeing needs when those needs are complex and change across the caseload relating to IBD.
• Develop practice in addressing individuals' health and wellbeing needs.
• Assist with research and development within IBD.

Working for our organisation: MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn and is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health and social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year. Bringing together 10 hospitals and community services from across Manchester, Trafford and beyond, we champion collaborative working and transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary. We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient and staff experience, operational effectiveness and driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022. We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre and Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable. At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities: To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description and Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.

Diversity Matters: MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at.

Person specification: Experience within gastroenterology or endoscopy. Educated to degree level. Experience in inflammatory bowel disease. 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.