The Hepatology Clinical Nurse Specialist post sits within the hepatology CNS team at University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust as a one-year fixed-term role. The post holder cares for patients with a wide range of liver conditions across outpatient and inpatient settings, including ascitic drain management, blood monitoring and HCC surveillance. Outreach clinics in drug and alcohol services, support for opt-out blood-borne virus testing in emergency departments and community hepatitis C elimination set it apart. Applicants need NMC registration and an adult nursing degree or diploma.
What the job involves
- Run nurse-led clinics for people with liver disease, including the liver outpatient drop-in service
- Manage ascitic drains in the day case paracentesis clinic
- Carry out clinical assessment, blood monitoring and HCC surveillance
- Provide ongoing care and continuity to patients and families in hospital, clinics and at home
- Operate the fibroscan and assist with clinics
- Assist in treating viral hepatitis, including outreach clinics in drug and alcohol services
- Support opt-out blood-borne virus testing in emergency departments, capturing and acting on positive results
- Work with community teams on micro-elimination of hepatitis C in Stoke on Trent and Staffordshire
- Attend weekly multidisciplinary meetings and work with hepatology consultants
- Support primary and secondary care through the development of treatment pathways
- Educate and counsel patients and families about liver disease
- Work with health professionals to reduce length of stay, promote timely discharge and prevent readmission, and assist with clinical trials, audit and maintaining clinical expertise
What's required
Qualifications
- Degree or diploma in adult nursing
Registration & licences
- Registered nurse on a professional register (NMC)
Experience
- Experience of managing patients with a range of hepatology conditions
Skills & knowledge
- Excellent level of English language
- Basic computer literacy
Nice to have
- Recognised qualification in teaching and assessing
- Experience of teaching in practice or formal lecturing
- Understanding of the WHO Hepatitis C elimination strategy
- Eagerness to expand own role and develop the service
What's offered
- Development packages aimed at career development and fulfilling potential
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
