Trainee Hepatology/Gastro Advanced Nurse Practitioner

Main area Gastroenterology/Hepatology Grade Band 8a Contract Annex 21 – post to be made permanent after 2 year training period is completed. Hours Full time – 37.5 hours per week Job ref 287-AMED-186-25

Employer Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Aintree Hospital Town Liverpool Salary £55,690 – £62,682 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 22/10/2025 23:59

Band 8a

Job overview

It is an exciting time of change here at Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust within our Gastroenterology Care Group.

This amazing opportunity has arisen for an Advanced Nurse Practitioner to join our Gastroenterology and Hepatology Team at Aintree Hospital and be part of delivering excellent care.

We are seeking someone who is committed to providing excellent direct independent clinical practice. Successful candidates will be expected as part of their daily role to provide direct clinical care through independent assessment and examination of patients, nurse led clinics and inpatient reviews.

Candidates will be expected to have (or be working towards) relevant Masters Level Study which includes a minimum of Clinical Examination and Diagnostics and a Non-Medical Prescribing (V300) qualification.

If you can prove you are compassionate and have strong and clear communication skills, please contact us today and join one of the hardest working but most friendly teams in nursing!

Please note that Annex 21 – Trainee post will be considered.

Main duties of the job

To improve the experience and outcomes of care for patients by taking the lead in investigations and treatments prescribed.

To provide a consistent and personalised service by ensuring that the patients receive the best care, in the best place from the best person or team.

To provide social, emotional and psychological support for patients from referral and throughout their treatment.

To deliver expert specialist evidence based care including: development, assessment, planning, implementing, evaluating programmes of evidence based care for a defined caseload.

To make appropriate referral to consultants/other specialist/members of the multidisciplinary team in primary, secondary or tertiary care settings.

To be aware of risk management issues both locally and nationally and develop strategies to address identified issues.

The post holder will always work within the NMC\\\’s Code of Professional Conduct.

We are looking for caring individuals with a passion to provide excellent standards of care and support to our patients. Your application should highlight your experience in order for the shortlisting panel to be able to select the most suitably qualified individuals to join our team.

Applications are welcome from anyone eligible to work in the UK.

Working for our organisation

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Clinical:

To maintain personal accountability for professional and ethical actions and ensure compliance with the standards of professional conduct issued by the relevant regulatory body

To maintain and develop a specialist service for patients within the caseload, ensuring that the treatment and follow up of this group of patients is delivered in a timely manner.

To provide and maintain a diagnostic service for the Trust. Ensure clinician led clinics provide for both diagnoses and reporting of subsequent results for identified patients.

To provide teaching as an in-house measure to all medical and clinical staff, not only within the Care Group but also from other services.

To provide a clinician-led clinic service to patients.

To plan and administer treatment to patients as appropriate and ensure handover of this treatment to community services as necessary.

To provide expert care, advice and support for patients and their relatives/carers and ensure that advice and point of contact is available throughout the patient’s journey.

To refer on to other agencies as appropriate.

To operate as clinical specialist and expert practitioner in issues relating to the identified area of care. To direct and delegate care based on accurate assessment and evaluation.

To take consent for investigative procedures, manipulate equipment and perform advanced clinical skills.

The post holder will be expected to work clinical shifts in a ward environment if necessary.

For further information, please refer to the attached job description and person specification

Person specification

Qualifications

• Clinical professional qualification. Degree level or equivalent with appropriate registration
• Teaching and assessing qualification
• Evidence of participation in audit and research
• MSc Advanced Clinical Practice (ACP) or started the MSc ACP pathway/programme and committed to completing within an agreed time frame: Note: Post holder will be in a training post (Annex 21) until evidence of completion of MSc ACP is provided.

Knowledge

• Understanding and application of healthcare governance
• Has an up-to-date Advanced Clinical Practice portfolio

Skills

• Committed to delivering high standards of patient care
• Basic IT skills, including e-mail and word processing

Other

• Supportive of colleagues
• Enthusiastic and motivated with the ability to motivate the team
• High level of personal and professional credibility
• Act as role model for staff

Experience

• Demonstrable relevant experience within the specialty
• Evidence of effective management
• Evidence of effective leadership skills
• Evidence of staff development
• Evidence of change management
• Evidence of application of current clinical service issues and developments

Please ensure you check the email account (including junk/spam boxes) from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.

Posts advertised to ‘internal staff’ are open to employees of hospitals within University Hospitals of Liverpool Group and you should confirm your employment within your application form.

Note: Under current Home Office Immigration Rules we are currently unable to offer right to work visa sponsorship for Band 2 and 3 roles with a salary of less than £25,000 pa as they do not meet the UK Visas & Immigration criteria.

Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.
We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.

Candidatesapplying for the role of Healthcare Assistant on the staff bank should note that due to the nature of the role, workers must be aged 18 or above when commencing in post. Applicants are therefore welcome from those aged over 18 or within 3 months’ of their 18 th birthday.

The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working.

The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24.

Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £23 (standard disclosure) or £43 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment. DBS applications submitted from 2nd December will be subject to the new DBS fee of £26.50 (standard) and £54.50 (Enhanced).

From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years.

Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website – https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.

This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults’ policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures.

Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation.

All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action.

As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence.

If you have any personal requirements that will enable you to participate in our recruitment process please contact a member of the Recruitment Services by phone on 0151 706 4666 at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post.

Please note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.