This six-month fixed-term nurse post sits within the South East London Community Liver Health Checks team, part of the Viral Hepatitis Operational Delivery Network and hosted by King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. The post holder runs nurse-led community clinics and develops pilot projects to widen access to liver health checks for high-risk groups. Work spans secondary and primary care across South East London and includes building a new HCC surveillance registry. Clinics move between locations through the week, and prior NHS experience is required.
What the job involves
- Develop and deliver nurse-led clinics, primarily in the community, across South East London
- Identify, plan and implement pilot projects to improve access to community liver health checks for high-risk populations
- Contribute to the strategic and operational development of the South East London Community Liver Health Checks team
- Support the development and implementation of a new HCC surveillance registry at King's, as part of a South East London Cancer Alliance initiative
- Work with stakeholders across the network to set up new and innovative patient pathways
- Act as liaison between healthcare professionals to provide integrated, patient-focused care
- Integrate clinical and managerial skills across secondary and primary care in South East London
- Support other liver surveillance initiatives in the ODN and wider viral hepatitis and hepatology service
- Develop educational programmes and act as a resource for other healthcare professionals on liver health checks, liver surveillance and associated treatments
- Advise patients and families, providing information, education and support
- Work as a liver surveillance nurse practitioner, delivering an evidence-based nursing service within an integrated specialist team
- Work with the Consultant Clinical Lead, Clinical Fellow, Fibroscanning Coordinators and project management team on the CLHC project
Qualifications
- Teaching in Clinical Practice qualification or preceptorship
- Degree in nursing or a health-related subject, or working towards one
Registration & licences
- First level registration (NMC)
Experience
- Post-registration experience in gastroenterology, hepatology or infectious diseases
- Proven experience of service development working with community and primary care partners
- Proven leadership in managing change in clinical practice
- Participation in audit and evaluation of a service
Skills & knowledge
- Background knowledge of virology and hepatology
- Creative and innovative approach
- Excellent written and oral communication
- Ability to explain complex information to patients, relatives and carers with varying levels of understanding
- Venepuncture and interpretation of blood results
- Computer literacy and demonstrable experience with health-related IT systems
Nice to have
- Non-medical prescribing, or willingness to undertake it
- Advanced assessment skills, or willingness to undertake them
- Trained fibroscanner, or willingness to undertake fibroscan training
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