Band 7 CNS for Liver Health Project - Team Leader

NHS; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider is seeking a Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist for the Liver Health Project. The role involves leading a team to identify at-risk patients, coordinating care, and engaging them in surveillance pathways. Ideal candidates will have strong communication skills and experience in clinical settings. The position offers a chance to make a significant impact on patient outcomes in the West Midlands.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse on the NMC Register required.
• Post registration CPD and mentorship course needed.
• Working towards advanced health assessment module.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery team for liver health checks.
• Coordinate care and monitor surveillance pathways.
• Assess patients for liver damage using testing methods.

Skills

Communication

Empathy

Organizational Skills

Education

Registered Adult / Child Nurse

MSc/ Masters qualification

Recognised mentorship course

Job description

Go back University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Band 7 CNS for Liver Health Project - Team Leader

The closing date is 29 May 2025

Liver disease and liver damage are often diagnosed at a very late stage when there is little hope of improving the patients' health. Chronic liver injury can lead to various health problems including liver cancer. Diagnosing liver disease early and treating the causes should improve health outcomes.

Funded by NHS England / NHS Improvement and Birmingham City Council, the project aims to screen for liver disease in at risk populations and for those individuals with cirrhosis, engage and retain them in the liver cancer surveillance pathways (6 monthly USS / bloods and clinical review). Ensuring all eligible patients are included on liver surveillance registers.

This post is a new role to support the delivery of the Community Liver Health Checks pilot (CLHC) programme at the UHB and across the West Midlands. The post holder will coordinate the care and monitor surveillance pathways for patients with cirrhosis working with patient navigators and peer support workers to improve patient outcomes

Main duties of the job

This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, organised and well-motivated individual to lead the pilot delivery team, based at UHB, to identify patients in West Midlands area who are at risk of developing liver fibrosis or cirrhosis. Those found to have liver cirrhosis will be supported to engage in liver surveillance pathways. The post holder will work according to the national protocol and contribute to developing national standards and optimise liver surveillance pathways locally.

The post holder will use their clinical skills to assess qualifying patients for evidence of liver damage using several testing methods for diagnosis, such as taking blood tests and fibroscans. The post holder will be responsible for recording and communicating the results from investigations, uploading data to the data base, and arranging follow up depending on the result of the fibroscan.

The post holder should have excellent communication skills to co-ordinate patient care amongst many professionals.

This post requires an empathetic approach and understanding of barriers these patients face in accessing and engaging in health screening programmes

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 Adult / Child Nurse on the NMC Register (Field dependent upon role )
• *Evidence of post registration CPD / Post registration qualification in ( appropriate area of speciality or professional knowledge supplemented by specialist experience and short courses to degree / masters level equivalent FHEQ Level 6 /7
• *Recognised mentorship course
• *To have or working towards a MSc/ Masters qualification
• *To have or working towards advanced health assessment module -- where applicable to the role
• *Non -- Medical Prescriber/ willingness to undertake - where applicable to the role

Experience

• *Evidence and ability to revalidate as required by the NMC
• *Significant years post registration experience as a Clinical Nurse Specialist at B6 or above in defined or associated speciality
• *Extensive experience of working autonomously at a specialist level
• *Evidence of achievements and career development in current post and of on-going professional development/ competence
• *Demonstrate expert knowledge underpinned by theory and CPD relevant to speciality
• *Experience and enthusiasm for developing educational programmes and teaching / assessing and supervising others in a clinical setting
• *Working in a multi-disciplinary and cross agency work environment
• *Experience of patient service user advocacy role
• *Can demonstrate expert nursing knowledge with an ability to assess, plan , implement and evaluate specialist care delivered to patients and give advice and information to patients / relatives/ care staff
• *Awareness of current relevant NHS policy context relating to the speciality
• *Has understanding / experience of the principles of Safeguarding
• *Knowledge of corporate and clinical governance
• *Evidence and ability to revalidate as required by the NMC
• *Significant years post registration experience as a Clinical Nurse Specialist at B6 or above in defined or associated speciality
• *Extensive experience of working autonomously at a specialist level
• *Evidence of achievements and career development in current post and of on-going professional development/ competence
• *Demonstrate expert knowledge underpinned by theory and CPD relevant to speciality
• *Experience and enthusiasm for developing educational programmes and teaching / assessing and supervising others in a clinical setting
• *Working in a multi-disciplinary and cross agency work environment
• *Experience of patient service user advocacy role
• *Can demonstrate expert nursing knowledge with an ability to assess, plan , implement and evaluate specialist care delivered to patients and give advice and information to patients / relatives/ care staff
• *Awareness of current relevant NHS policy context relating to the speciality
• *Has understanding / experience of the principles of Safeguarding
• *Knowledge of corporate and clinical governance

Additional Criteria

• *Ability to adapt behaviour to changing circumstances
• *Positive and enthusiastic attitude
• *Ability to communicate articulately and motivate others
• * Evidence of flexible and innovative approach to service delivery and development
• *Ability to work a varied shift pattern where required
• *Ability to act on own initiative

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.

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