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Date posted: 07 July 2026
Pay scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 6
Salary: £45,953 to £54,254 a year per annum Inclusive of HCAS
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 343-8082266-RB-SK
Job locations: St. Helier Hospital, Wrythe Lane, Carshalton, SM5 1AA, United Kingdom

Job summary
Epsom and St Helier Hospitals have an exciting opportunity that has arisen for a registered nurse with a keen interest and passion in the field of Irritable Bowel Disease (IBD) / Gastroenterology to join the St Helier Hospital team delivering care to patients with IBD.

You will have the support of the existing Clinical Nurse Specialists as well as that wider clinical team to help underpin your practice. Regular in-house teaching and appropriate external conferences also support essential knowledge in this fast moving field. This is an ideal opportunity for a nurse with keen interest to develop within this field as newly appointed clinical nurse specialist, and this is a interesting and varied role in which involves face to face and remote care primarily in the management of medications and patients symptoms in line with specialist immunological therapies. The post holder will provide specialist nursing care to patients and their families, and act as a resource for other professionals. This is achieved by skills and experience and expert knowledge. Working with the multidisciplinary team, the post holder will play a key role within the team, by acting as a source of knowledge for both patients and health care professionals and being able to implement clinical guidelines and standards.

Main duties of the job
You will be expected to work towards achieving an advanced level of practice and support the senior IBD CNSs within the team:

• Assist the Clinical Nurse Specialist in IBD in the coordination of care for patients at the Trust.
• Support the review of patients by undertaking assessment of patients which may include physical examination, ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests or advanced health needs assessment on an inpatient and out-patient basis
• Become an educational resource for patients and their families sign posting to specialist advice and education on IBD management.
• To provide the administration and close monitoring for all patients receiving long term drug treatment, including anti-TNF.
• To participate in urgent helpline services for IBD patients and participate and promote IBD patient panel team.
• To participate and contribute to IBD biologic and benign MDT.
• Undertake national audit under the guidance of the Lead IBD CNS

About us
St George's, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey.Our sites include St George's Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC). After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.

Job description
Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the role at Epsom and St Helier.

Person Specification
Education and Qualification
Essential

• Registered first level Nurse with a nursing degree or willingness to undertake
• Current UK NMC Registration
• Evidence of post registration education

Desirable

• Counselling course/ module

Experience
Essential

• Experience of working with gastroenterology patients
• Experience in actively participating MDT
• Venepuncture and cannulation skills

Desirable

• Experience in managing biologic drug
• Experience in biologic drug infusion

Knowledge & Skills
Essential

• Ability to coordinate IBD pathways
• Good knowledge of IBD drugs & side effects.
• Evidence of ability to work Independently

Desirable

• Counselling skills
• Willingness to prepare and present presentations to the IBD team including patient groups

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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name: Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals NHS Trust
Address: St. Helier Hospital, Wrythe Lane, Carshalton, SM5 1AA, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.epsom-sthelier.nhs.uk/work-for-us (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Associate Director of Medicine
Annamma Raji George
annamma.george2@nhs.net
07353166238