Clinical Nurse Specialist for hepatology

at  University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

This role is to enhance our existing hepatology service, taking a lead in ensuring our patients get timely access to care and treatment and are supported during diagnosis and ongoing treatment.
In order to streamline the patient pathway and improve waiting times for appointments, this post will set up and run a one stop clinic for patients whereby they can be assessed, have up to date bloods taken and ultrasound/ fibroscan as required.
The successful candidate will manage the one-stop clinic, assessing its value from a patient experience and the service as a whole. They will also support the current work with patients attending our emergency department who are found to have Hep B or hep C, ensuring they are identified, treated and referred on as appropriate to community services.
The successful candidate will have knowledge and experience with hepatology nursing, ideally have some experience of running outpatient clinics and a desire to work with our potentially vulnerable patients, supporting their health and wellbeing.
This post has been funded for 12 months to support the development and growth of the nurse-led service so the successful postholder will also have to work with the clinical team and service manager to capture measures of success throughout the 12 months.
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.
We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicin e
University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.
We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.
For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
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UCLH top trust to work at in England – for the second year running! : University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

• In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England – for the second year in a row.

UCLH top trust to work at in England – for the second year running! University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Once again, UCLH has received the highest score of all general acute and acute/community NHS trusts in England for staff that would recommend us as a place to work

Please refer the Job description for details