Ileoanal Pouch and IBD Surgery Clinical Nurse Specialist

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and motivated individual to join the IBD and j-pouch surgical team at Chelsea and Westminster hospital. We are looking for a nurse with experience in bowel surgery to provide specialist nursing support and advice to patients undergoing surgery for IBD and j-pouch formation. You would work closely with all members of the MDT to provide comprehensive follow-up, in nurse-led clinics and joint clinics with focus on multidisciplinary management of Crohn's disease and Ulcerative Colitis.

The established IBD and ileoanal pouch Surgery Centre offers a dedicated "one-stop" ileoanal pouch clinic, with more than 25 major abdominal pouch procedures performed every year. We also perform complex surgery for primary and recurrent Crohn's disease, including strictureplasties and Kono-s anastomosis. You would be involved with the continued development of the service, contributing to teaching programmes, research, audit and patient reported outcome measures data collection.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will develop and provide an advisory and supportive service to all patients undergoing IBD surgery and ileoanal pouch surgery. They will provide education and information to patients considering surgery and to those who have undergone emergency surgery. As part of the team, they will work to develop the IBD surgery service.

They will provide long term follow-up, following a structured pathway and by monitoring email and telephone contacts, liaising effectively with all members of the multidisciplinary team, providing continuity of care into the community and throughout the patient's rehabilitation.

They will act as an expert resource to professionals involved in the care of these patients both within the acute and primary care setting.

The post holder will maintain oversight of the services activity, governance and clinical outcomes, working with the team on change initiatives as required.

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provide services from two main hospitals,Chelsea and Westminster Hospital and West Middlesex University Hospital, and a number of clinics across London and the South-East.

We have nearly 7,000 members of staff that are PROUD to Care for nearly one million people.Both hospitals provide full clinical services, including full maternity, emergency and children's,in addition to a range of community-based services across London, such as award-winning sexual health and HIV clinics.

We're one of the best performing Trusts in the country. We're also one of the top trusts to work for -our staff says they're engaged, motivated, and would recommend us as a place to work and receive treatment.

Our Trust has been rated by the Care Quality Commission as 'Good' in all five of the main domains of safe,effective, caring, responsive and well-led, giving an us overall rating of 'Good'. We've also been awarded an'Outstanding' rating for 'use of resources' by an NHS Improvement inspection.

Our facilities are some of the best in the country. We have been investing significant Capital year on year in our estate.We have recently completed a £30m expansion of our adult and neonatal critical care facilities at Chelsea and Westminsterand are planning an ambitious £60m development of an Ambulatory Diagnostics Centre at West Middlesex.