Home, community, hospital

Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust offers a range of fantastic opportunities to grow your career across both hospital and community settings in south London. Whether you're looking to build new skills or take your experience to the next level, we are uniquely placed to provide the right environment to support your professional development. With colleagues working in people’s homes, in community clinics, and in our two hospitals, we have an outstanding breadth of knowledge and experience to draw from.

Our commitment to exceptional care is reflected in being the first trust of our kind in London to achieve an ‘Outstanding’ rating from the CQC for both overall quality and leadership. We exist to provide the best possible care for our patients and we do that by giving our colleagues what they need to be their best at work. We have won numerous awards from the HSJ and Nursing Times for the way we support our colleagues across all our services.

We are proud to be recognised for our outstanding cancer care, children's services, pioneering surgical teams, and exceptional rehabilitation services. Our maternity services have been rated the "Best in London" by women surveyed by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), with parents travelling to Kingston to take advantage of our considerable experience and expertise.

Our Trust values

These words are important reminders, but it’s our behaviours that tell people who we are. We expect all colleagues to bring our values to life in their work.

Job overview

The post holder will assist in the delivery of high-quality Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) services throughout the Trust. Working alongside other clinical colleagues to provide expert care, treatment and support for this patient group. The post holder will contribute to advancing the body of knowledge through education, research and audit as well as developing practice. They will play a key role within the multidisciplinary team in order to ensure a seamless, coordinated and timely approach to care. 

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be responsible for inpatient and out-patient assessment, education and clinical management for patients' with IBD under the care of Kingston Hospital. The role is suitable for an experienced clinical Nurse, ideally with relevant experience in IBD/Gastroenterology, who will be working as part a Gastroenterology Team working with the IBD Consultants. It provides the opportunity to further develop communication, teaching and clinical skills within the specialty. The post holder will be expected to develop Nurse Led clinics, Adviceline services, Biological medication management, monitoring and maintaining databases for drug monitoring purposes, give advice and implement patient care in an area which requires specific clinical knowledge, skills and experience.  The post holder will also act as a mentor to junior staff members. 

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