Community Hepatology Nurse Specialist

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Hepatology Nurse to join the Hepatology Clinical Nurse Specialist Team within the Community Diagnostics Centre (CDC) at Mile End. The CDC is expanding Barts NHS Trust's diagnostic service provision. The successful candidate will take the nursing lead in coordinating the management of patients with liver disease identified in primary care. You will work closely with the multidisciplinary team and primary care colleagues to provide seamless care and support to this patient group. The CDC is open 8am - 8pm Monday to Sunday and therefore your rota will be based on these hours and days. At first you may be rostered to work 7.5 hour shifts, but then this may expand to 3 or 4 long days to cover the needs of the service and therefore this is something that needs to be taken into consideration when applying for the role.

You must be a team player but also confident working autonomously and managing a patient case load. You must be well organised, have excellent time management skills. You will need advanced interpersonal skills to communicate with a wide range of internal and external agencies, to educate other health care professionals and to provide support to patients and their relatives.

If you are a motivated, enthusiastic individual with hepatology experience who thrives in a busy, fast-paced environment then we would like to speak to you.

For more information please contact: Sophie Livett Lead Nurse Hepatology 07526915810

Main duties of the job

To work as an autonomous Clinical Nurse Specialist within the Hepatology service, specialising in liver disease, providing expert and complex care advice, clinical care, education, advice and support for individuals and their carers through the development and provision of nurse led clinics, a designated telephone support line and the training of nursing and medical staff

By working collaboratively within multi-professional teams, the Nurse Specialist will maintain effective communication systems especially with all other healthcare staff within the Trust responsible for the care of Hepatology, delivering timely and appropriate information in line with current best practice.

To continually develop the service working as part of the multidisciplinary team caring for patients with liver disease, aiming to provide a comprehensive, patient focused service for this patient group

To utilise resources to meet current service needs for hepatology patients.

By participating in service performance reviews and clinical audit, the Nurse Specialist will contribute to the implementation of clinical improvements which will increase service effectiveness, efficiency, and quality of care.

Within the role, the post holder will act as an independent practitioner alongside other members of the multidisciplinary team, using advanced nursing skills to assess, diagnose, treat, and prescribe plans of care for an identified group of patients with complex and on-going medical conditions

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Employer details

Employer name

Barts Health NHS Trust

Address

Mile End Hospital

London

E1 4DG

Employer's website

https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Barts Health NHS Trust

Address

Mile End Hospital

London

E1 4DG

Employer's website

https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

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