Job summary

Inflammatory Bowel Disease Staff Nurse.

A new and exciting opportunity has arisen for a band 5 Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Staff Nurse at St. Mark's Hospital.

St. Mark's Hospital is an internationally renowned centre of excellence located within London North West University Healthcare (LNWH) NHS Trust.

You will be based in our 6 bedded day unit and supporting patients receiving biological therapy for IBD, and be part of the wider IBD team at St Mark's Hospital, including nurses, gastroenterologists, surgeons, dieticians, pharmacists, psychologists and a full IBD MDT.

Interested candidates are encouraged to contact Tracey Tyrrell - IBD ANP 020 8453 2368 email for further enquiries or an informal visit.

Main duties of the job

Our specialist IBD day unit is a dynamic and busy nurse led unit, open 5 days a week and providing care to approximately 100 patients weekly. You will join a team of nurses responsible for the day to day management of the unit, including screening and scheduling patients for treatment, counselling patients and providing support and education about therapies and IBD, clinical assessment, and administering IV treatments. There are opportunities to develop your own knowledge and skills and support and training will be provided.

About us

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at :

• Northwick Park Hospital : home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark's Hospital : an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital : a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24 / 7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital : our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

Job description

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Person Specification

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