Hepatology Clinical Nurse Specialist

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust; Stockport; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Stockport is seeking a Hepatology Clinical Nurse Specialist to join their team. The role involves providing specialized care and support to liver patients, working autonomously and collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team. The successful candidate will contribute to training and education within the hepatology field and promote innovative practices to improve patient care.

Benefits

27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays

NHS pension scheme membership

Salary sacrifice schemes

NHS Staff discounts

Cycle to work scheme

Salary finance for loans and savings

Stockport Credit Union for local financial advice

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with experience in hepatology.
• Ability to work autonomously and as part of a multidisciplinary team.
• Experience in providing education and support to patients.

Responsibilities

• Provide advice, education, and support to liver patients and their families.
• Deliver expert nursing care in nurse-led clinics.
• Liaise with multidisciplinary teams to enhance patient care.

Skills

Patient Care

Education and Support

Communication

Autonomy

Research-based Practice

Education

Registered Nurse Qualification

Job description

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The Clinical Nurse Specialist Will Be Required

• To provide advice, education and support to liver patients, their families and care support networks.
• To liaise with all key members of the multidisciplinary team to advise and support colleagues in the delivery of specialised patient care across professional boundaries.
• To undertake hepatology nurse led clinics and to be responsible for excellent standards of nursing care to patients through the planning, co-ordinating, delivering and evaluating nurse-led clinics.
• To work autonomously to deliver specialist hepatology clinical care appropriate to the needs of the patient group and based on principles that are research based and which enhance the quality of patient care.
• To contribute to training and education within hepatology specialist area in the hospital and community setting.
• To promote an innovative and progressive attitude to the continual improvement of patient care through reviewing the evidence base and embedding this in practice through engagement in research activities.
• To act as a visible hepatology role model and expert practitioner.
  
  

Be a point of contact for patients/carers for defined episodes/pathways of care and provide clinical care, specialist nursing advice and psychosocial support.

Assess health and psychosocial needs of individual patients, and provide care to meet these needs, in partnership with patients/carers and colleagues.

Accept referrals to agreed criteria, and work in partnership with other professionals to deliver co-ordinated programmes of care effectively and referring patients to other practitioners as required.

Deliver expert nursing care to patients in agreed practice settings, working as part of nursing/MD teams. To support the team in the delivery of care to hepatology patients by participating in assessment for treatment, monitoring and management of their liver condition.

Escalating when appropriate and deemed necessary within professional judgment.

Communicate with patients in ways that empower them to make informed choices about their own health and health care needs.

Act as advocate for individual patients and the client group.

Provide appropriate education to patients and their families to promote health and encourage self-care.

Develop patient information documentation to support verbal information and care delivery/care management plans.

Maintain adequate patient documentation to NMC requirements for all patients seen and advice given in any practice setting and contribute to clinical activity/data collection as required.

We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.

If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.

We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

Benefits We Offer To You

• Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• NHS pension scheme membership
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
• NHS Staff discounts
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary finance – for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
• Stockport Credit Union– for local financial advice
  
  

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Melody Fazackerley Job title: Hepatology Advanced Clinical Practitioner Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 0161 419 5470

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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