Band 6 Liver Health Checks Pilot Clinical Nurse Specialist

NHS; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 37,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health trust is looking for a Band 6 Liver Health Checks Pilot Clinical Nurse Specialist in Birmingham. This role involves assessing at-risk patients for liver issues, educating them on health improvements, and coordinating with specialists for further care. Strong communication and empathy skills are essential along with a commitment to professional development. Join a team dedicated to making a significant difference in community health through early detection and intervention.

Benefits

Welcoming and inclusive workplace

Qualifications

• Experience in working in a multi-disciplinary environment.
• In-depth knowledge of specialist procedures required for the role.
• Commitment to personal and professional development.

Responsibilities

• Assess eligible patients for liver damage using various tests.
• Educate patients on reducing risk of liver disease.
• Make referrals to specialists and ensure patient tracking.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Empathy

Understanding of health screening barriers

Education

Registered Nurse with valid NMC registration

Educated to degree level or equivalent experience

Health Assessment post graduate qualification

Job description

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Band 6 Liver Health Checks Pilot Clinical Nurse Specialist

The closing date is 18 January 2026

Do you want to make a difference to people's lives?

Working with NHSE programme to check for liver damage in high‑risk communities is being rolled out as part of a major NHS drive to catch more cancers earlier and save lives.

This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, organised and well‑motivated individual to work with the pilot delivery team at the UHB to identify patients at risk of developing liver fibrosis or cirrhosis which may lead significant liver damage and liver cancer.

Primary factors leading to cirrhosis are alcohol addiction, hepatitis and fatty liver disease. These factors have a strong link with deprivation, including homelessness, drug addiction and obesity.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will assess eligible patients using a number of testing methods for diagnosis e.g phlebotomy and fibroscanning to assess liver damage. The post holder be responsible for recording and communicating the results and arranging follow up. They will educate patients about reducing risk of developing liver disease, e.g cutting down on alcohol or eating healthily and offer information provided by British Liver Trust.

Patients found to have significant risk of liver fibrosis or cirrhosis will be referred to a hepatology specialist and into liver cancer surveillance programmes. The post holder will be responsible for making these referrals and ensuring patients are tracked as part of a wider programme aiming to detect cancers earlier.

Excellent communication skills are essential as this post requires an empathetic approach and understanding of barriers patients face in accessing and engaging in health screening programmes. The individual will play an active part promoting quality care through clinical practice, research and data collection.

Examples of the settings and cliental you may work in:

• Attending alcohol and drugs rehabilitation centres
• Community settings including a mobile health bus with scope for attending areas with high levels of deprivation, large health events and public areas
• Attending homeless shelters
• Inmates of prisons, secure medical facilities and probation services
• Primary care centres
• Change, Grow, Live

About us

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.

Job responsibilities

Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with valid NMC registration
• Educated to degree level or equivalent experience.
• Portfolio of certified / accredited post registration professional development.
• Health Assessment post graduate qualification / willingness to work towards

Experience

• Post registration experience with evidence of knowledge and development for the associated area of specialist practice.
• In depth knowledge of specialist procedures required for role, with willingness to undertake further training/ education to achieve agreed level of competence.
• Knowledge of standards and policies associated with role.
• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary and cross agency work environment.
• Demonstrable understanding of the national / NHSE diagnostic/ therapeutic expectations / strategy around endoscopy services and can relate this to the role.
• Demonstrable understanding of clinical governance / patient safety process's -- can relate this to the role in relation to their personal/professional accountability.

Additional Criteria

• Ability to follow complex instructions consistently in relation to the delivery of endoscopy practice.
• Consistently professional, collaborative, and compassionate in their approach to colleagues/ patients
• Effective people skills including high degree of self-awareness / self-regulation.
• Ability to understand, interpret and critically analyse information/ data and develop skills in reporting of video capsule images.
• Ability to recognise limits of own competence and seek advice/ support escalating concerns as required.
• Ability to apply, evaluative and reflective techniques to personal practice, events, and activities.Ability to plan, prioritise workload in response to service need
• Ability to explain the requirement to balance clinical caseload and developing skills, knowledge, and competence.
• Ability to work towards autonomous enhanced practice through exposure, supervised practice to a preset level of clinical competence.
• Ability to contribute to service development
• Acts to support and enable teamwork.
• Cheerful outlook towards supporting organisational / service changes, learning and continuous quality improvement
• Fibroscan competent (however, full training will be provided)

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust