Hepatitis Specialist Nurse | Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust

Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust; Manchester; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Manchester seeks a professional to manage nurse-led clinics for viral hepatitis care. Responsibilities include patient assessment, blood testing, and providing information on hepatitis treatment. Candidates must have strong clinic management skills and a background in patient care. This role offers the chance to contribute significantly to public health outcomes in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• Ability to work autonomously with strong clinic management skills.
• Experience in community and hospital-based clinics is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead and facilitate nurse-led clinics – working independently alongside medical staff.
• Assess all new viral hepatitis patients.
• Provide counselling and information on all aspects of hepatitis.
• Take routine venous and difficult access bloods.
• Visit patients in the community.

Skills

Clinic management skills

Excellent communication skills

Experience in patient care

Job description

Overview

The NHS in England has an ambition to reduce hepatitis C and hepatitis B transmission to improve public health outcomes, contributing to the World Health Organisation 2030 goals to eliminate viral hepatitis as a public health threat. Public Health England’s strategy aims to achieve elimination by 2030, reducing new infections by 90% and deaths by 65%. Greater Manchester has one of the highest prevalence rates for HCV infection in the UK, with around 17,500 chronically infected individuals, just over 10,000 diagnosed, and only a few thousand treated. The rollout of opt-out testing in Emergency Departments has increased testing and treatment, expanding clinic capacity and workload. The majority of people with hepatitis B are unaware of their infection, underscoring the need to raise diagnosis rates to reduce morbidity and mortality.

This post requires a high degree of autonomy, the ability to manage your own clinic caseload, excellent communication skills, and ideally experience in caring for patients with complex care needs. The post holder will be responsible for their own clinics in a community and hospital setting.

Responsibilities

• Lead and facilitate nurse-led clinics – working independently alongside medical staff.
• Assess all new viral hepatitis patients.
• Carry out fibro-scan procedures in selected patients – reporting initial interpretation of the report to Lead Nurse and/or Consultant Physician.
• Provide counselling and information on all aspects of hepatitis, its implications, treatment and outcome.
• Discuss and evaluate patient contraceptive needs prior to initiation of treatment.
• Take routine venous and difficult access bloods.
• Refer to consultant clinic for review of tests, physical examination, and initiation of treatments.
• Arrange liver scans as required.
• Monitor blood results and follow up patients on treatment in nurse-clinics.
• Monitor treatment adherence, weight dosing on scripts and supply of medications.
• Discuss side effects, management of treatment and adherence to the medication.
• Visit patients in the community.
• Provide telephone follow-up as per protocol.
• The main base of this role will be North Manchester General Hospital, with possible work at other MFT sites as part of Infectious Diseases Managed single services.

Requirements / Qualifications

• Ability to work autonomously with strong clinic management skills.
• Excellent communication skills and experience in caring for patients with complex care needs.
• Experience in community and hospital-based clinics is desirable.

About Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT)

Join Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) and be part of a 30,000+ strong team delivering exceptional care to over 1 million people each year. As the largest provider of specialist services, MFT has the Oxford Road Campus in Manchester, the largest health academic campus in Europe, and a commitment to clinical excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement. Our Hive Electronic Patient Record system enables safer, smarter, and more efficient ways of working to deliver the best possible outcomes for patients. You’ll be part of a collaborative, multi-disciplinary community, working with professionals from a wide range of clinical backgrounds to push boundaries, share knowledge, and deliver life-changing care. We offer clear clinical pathways for professional development to help you grow your skills and achieve your ambitions. Your journey at MFT is more than a job — it’s an opportunity to make a lasting impact, and we’ll support you as you shape the future of healthcare, one patient at a time.

To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, please review the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the “Supporting Documents” heading. Read the Candidate Essentials Guide for information about the Trust, benefits, and how we care for you as you care for others. It also contains important information you’ll need before submitting an application.

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MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity, and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across the workforce. All individuals are encouraged to apply, regardless of age, disability, gender identity, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation. If you have special requirements to help with your application, please contact the manager named below.

This advert closes on Thursday 4 Dec 2025.