Job overview

Role – Hepatology Clinical Nurse Specialist
Location: Wexham Park Hospital
Contract: 12 months

We are seeking an experienced Hepatology Clinical Nurse Specialist to join our team at Wexham Park Hospital. In this role, you will work as an autonomous practitioner, leading the delivery of high-quality, specialist care across the full spectrum of liver disease. You will assess, devise, implement, and monitor tailored treatment plans, drawing upon extensive theoretical knowledge and practical expertise to ensure the best possible outcomes for patients.

As a skilled clinician and role model, you will provide expert guidance, support, and mentorship to colleagues, while championing best practice in hepatology care. You will also play a key role in designing and delivering specialist education programmes for a wide range of healthcare professionals, including medical, nursing, and Allied Health staff.

This post also offers the opportunity to contribute to research and audit within hepatology, both within Frimley Health and in collaboration with external partners, helping to drive innovation and continuous improvement in patient care.

Main duties of the job

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•    Areas of practice to include Hepatology Department and other departments across Frimley Health Foundation Trust where patients with liver disease may be found.  

•    The post holder alongside the Consultant and specialist nursing team will deliver a liver service at Wexham Park Hospital and within Frimley Health to support the BBV testing objectives and outcomes. 

•    In conjunction with the Lead Clinician, facilitate a continuum of care which includes relevant professionals within the Trust for the management of patients with liver disease.

•    The post holder will be responsible for developing, maintaining, and enhancing professional standards of care of the highest order across the whole spectrum of Hepatology services. This will involve establishing partnerships and a common purpose with various agencies and disciplines both within and outside the Trust, locally, nationally, and internationally.

•    Lead on carrying out audits of the service to ensure improved outcomes for patients are achieved.

•    The post holder will work with the Consultants and hepatology team to deliver education, which meets the needs of patients with Liver Disease across the Trust.

•    The post holder will be prescribing within their scope of professional practice

•    Be able to provide an overall perspective of Hepatology clinical provision when discussing service arrangements and developments at Trust board level and beyond. 

Working for our organisation

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available. 

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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