Job Description

Previous applicants need not apply



Exciting opportunity to join the IBD team of nurses at the Royal Liverpool Hospital to support a large cohort of patients and ensure best practice across the service. The post holder will be expected to develop and shape an inflammatory bowel service involving the multidisciplinary team of personnel involved with these patients - consultants, dietician, nutrition team and wards 4A and 4D thus providing advice and support to patients' relatives, carers and nursing staff. There will be an opportunity to develop a nurse-led integrated outpatient clinic alongside the seven consultants with particular interest in Inflammatory Bowel Disease.



To establish and manage nurse-led services for inflammatory bowel disease

Develop new ways of managing the service to meet patient needs.

Research and Audit

To contribute to the establishment and help maintain a database of patients according to specialist nurse affiliation. To promote evidence-based practice

To promote effective collaboration between practice, education, research and audit from a departmental and Trust perspective



Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.



We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.



UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.



For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.



Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women's Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.



For roles at Liverpool Women's, visit their careers page .



To assess and prioritise referrals for lower GI endoscopy



To regularly review histology reports ensuring early and appropriate referral for management



To develop a close working relationship with the Surgical Gastrointestinal group and in particular the colorectal team of specialist nurses. To set standards of care and practice through the use of Trust approved protocols. Chronic disease management within set protocols Support patients with quality of life issues.

Provide support, counselling and information for newly diagnosed Inflammatory Bowel Disease patients and their carers.



To provide drug monitoring of patients as appropriate