Clinical Specialist Nurse

at  Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Clinical Specialist Nurse – Hepatology (12-month contract)
King’s Mill Hospital, part of Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, is looking for a Clinical Specialist Nurse to take on a key role within our Hepatology service for a 12-month period. This is an exciting opportunity for a dedicated professional to develop and lead liver surveillance initiatives, ensuring that the Trust meets national standards for hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance.
As a Clinical Specialist Nurse, you will play an essential part in the delivery of high-quality care to patients with liver disease. You will work autonomously and within a multidisciplinary team, providing advanced nursing care, managing complex healthcare needs, and leading initiatives to improve liver care services. The role requires excellent leadership, communication, and organisational skills to ensure that all aspects of nursing practice are carried out to the highest standard, while also meeting the regulatory and clinical needs of the service.
This role offers the chance to work in a dynamic and supportive environment where you can make a real difference to patients’ lives. You will also have the chance to contribute to the training and development of staff at all levels within the department, providing mentorship and expertise to junior nurses, medical staff and allied healthcare professionals.

Take the lead in managing and coordinating the clinical care of liver patients, including those with complex healthcare needs, in line with NICE guidelines.
Independently manage your workload, maintaining responsibility and accountability for all aspects of professional nursing practice, including Nurse Prescribing.
Provide an advanced and specialist nursing contribution to the multidisciplinary team in the clinical management of liver and gastroenterology patients.
Triaging patients referred urgently to the specialist liver service within the gastroenterology team.
Establish, maintain, and lead nurse-led clinics, ensuring the service is delivered effectively, equitably, and at a consistently high standard.
Act as an educational resource for patients, carers, and healthcare professionals, including medical, nursing, and allied specialties.
Promote and embody the Trust’s CARE values in all aspects of your work.
Thank you for your interest in this role.
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and we are the Health Service Journal’s Trust of the Year in 2020.
The Care Quality Commission rated King’s Mill Hospital Outstanding and Newark, and Mansfield Community Hospitals Good. Overall we are rated Outstanding for care.
For the last three years, we have been ranked as the best NHS Trust to work for in the Midlands and in 2020 we were the third best Acute/Community NHS Trust in England.
Happy colleagues deliver better care. Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.
We would love you to join us.
To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer the job description attached