Endoscopy Clinical Nurse Specialist | Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

A respected NHS Trust in Liverpool is seeking a Clinical Nurse Specialist to join their Nurse Endoscopy team. The successful candidate will perform assessments, coordinate nurse-led clinics, and liaise with multi-disciplinary teams to ensure quality care for patients undergoing endoscopic procedures. Applicants must have a minimum of 12 months experience in Gastro/Endoscopy and possess strong leadership and communication skills.

Qualifications

• Minimum 12 months experience in Gastro/Endoscopy.
• Ability to manage workload and work on own initiative.
• Demonstrating leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Perform specialist assessment of patients' nursing needs.
• Co-ordinate and manage nurse-led clinics in the specialty.
• Establish effective communication with patients and families.

Skills

Gastro/Endoscopy experience

Leadership skills

Effective communication

Education

Staff Nurse Grade or above

Job description

Overview

Clinical Nurse Specialist - Nurse Endoscopy Team

Band: 6

Hours per Week: 37.5

Required Qualifications: Staff Nurse Grade or above, with a minimum of 12 months Gastro/Endoscopy experience.

The appointee will join the Nurse Endoscopist team who will be actively involved with the outpatients, consultant leads and wider members of the multi-disciplinary team to ensure that patients are assessed for a safe endoscopy procedure.

As a clinical nurse specialist within the Nurse Endoscopist Team you will be responsible for:

• Telephone Assessment for patients who have been triaged for Endoscopy.
• Provide Surveillance Results over the Telephone.
• Perform telephone Clinics for review of New and Follow up patients.
• Review results and action appropriately.
• Liaise with wider members of the multi-disciplinary team.
• Review and Monitor of Data Collection and Audit.
• Work closely and ensure good communication and links with the Nursing Management and Operational Teams.
• Interested applicants must be able to manage their own workload, work on their own initiative and to strict deadlines. Demonstrate leadership skills and effective communication at interview.

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.

Clinical Responsibility

• Perform specialist assessment of patients nursing needs, plan, implement and evaluate care delivery using advanced clinical knowledge and clinical skills.
• Support clinical care by contributing to the IDA and RAUGICS services sitting clinics for new and follow up patients providing expert assessment, planning and evaluation.
• Co-ordinate and manage nurse-led clinics (within Speciality).
• Contribute towards a multi-professional approach in the management of patients within the specialist area, especially in relation to ongoing care needs and discharge arrangements.
• Establish and maintain effective communication with patients and carers / relatives.
• Support patients and their families and ensure that they receive the required information to enable them to self-manage, lead or participate in their care delivery.
• Recognise changes in patients’ condition that require the intervention of others and refer on as appropriate.
• To support, assist and encourage the multi-disciplinary team in resolving patient problems, by the provision of new and innovative models of case management.
• To lead the specialist nursing contribution to the service, work in partnership with lead clinicians, General Managers, Matron to ensure the delivery of high quality care.

This advert closes on Tuesday 30 Sep 2025