IBD clinical nurse specialists

IBD Clinical Nurse Specialist

Kelly qualified from Anglia Ruskin University in 2004 and was then appointed to Colchester Hospital as a surgical nurse. In 2010, she became a Specialist Screening Practitioner for the national bowel cancer screening programme. This developed into Kelly doing her nurse endoscopist training at the University of Hull and is now a JAG accredited nurse endoscopist. In 2014 Kelly started as an IBD clinical nurse specialist. She is also a nurse prescriber. Kelly is a member of Crohn’s and Colitis UK and is deputy chair for the East Anglian regional IBD group.

Contact:

01206 744231

esneft.colchesteribdadviceline@nhs.net

Clinical nurse specialist for inflammatory bowel disease

Joy gained her general nursing qualifications in the Philippines in 1993 and worked in New Zealand before moving to Essex and joining the Colchester team in 2000. Initially working on the colorectal ward, she completed her nursing degree at Anglia Ruskin University before she was appointed as the hospital’s first IBD clinical nurse specialist in 2009.

To fulfil the role, Joy undertook specialist training at the Florence Nightingale faculty at King’s College, as well as IBD placements in Cambridge and London. She also completed a non-medical prescribers course at Essex University, all of which helped her to play an instrumental part in setting up Colchester’s IBD service.

Joy was named nurse of the year in the IBD Nursing Awards 2012, run by Crohn’s and Colitis UK, following nominations from her patients. She is a member of the European Crohn’s and Colitis Organisation and the Royal College of Nursing IBD Steering Group.

Contact:

01206 744231

esneft.colchesteribdadviceline@nhs.net

Transition sister

Sarah joined Colchester Hospital in 2016 as a transition sister, and works in a specialist team dedicated to helping IBD patients and other young people move from the children’s to adult services when they reach the age of 16.

Sarah qualified as a registered general nurse in 1989 at The Middlesex Hospital in London, and completed her paediatric training to become a registered sick children’s nurse in Brighton two years’ later. Since then, she has focused on caring for young people, working as a children’s community nurse in London before moving to Cambridge to work largely within the Paediatric Accident and Emergency Unit at Addenbrooke’s Hospital.

Before moving to Colchester Hospital, Sarah spent 11 years working as a special needs school nurse in Cambridgeshire.

Lead nurse for transition service

Liz qualified as a sick children’s nurse in 1994 after completing a diploma at the University of Essex and practical training at Colchester Hospital. She then spent just over a year working in the paediatric and young people’s team at Chelmsford before returning to Turner Road in 1995.

Liz has always had an interest in adolescent health and held staff nurse and deputy sister positions in our children’s department before taking up her current role in 2012. Since then, she has helped set up successful transition services in a variety of specialties, including gastroenterology and epilepsy, using a nationally-recognised programme called Ready, Steady, Go.

Liz is currently studying for a BSc in adolescent health from London South Bank University and is due to complete the course in 2019.