Closing date: 02 February 2026
Hepatology Clinical Nurse Specialist
An opportunity has arisen for an experienced Clinical Nurse Specialist to join our Gastroenterology and Hepatology Team at Aintree. We are seeking someone who is committed to providing excellent direct independent clinical practice. Successful candidates will be expected as part of their daily role to provide direct clinical care through independent assessment and examination of patients, nurse led clinics and inpatient reviews. Candidates will be expected to have relevant Masters Level study with a minimum of Clinical Examination and Diagnostics and working towards a Non Medical Prescribing qualification. To be considered for this position you will be an established Registered Nurse working at band 6 level or above with a minimum of 3 years' relevant clinical experience in Gastroenterology or a related acute specialism. We are looking for caring individuals with a passion to provide excellent standards of care and support to our patients. Your application should highlight your experience in order for the shortlisting panel to be able to select the most suitably qualified individuals to join our team.
Main duties of the job
The Clinical Nurse Specialist Team Leader will act as the clinical expert and professional resource to the Multi-Professional team, patients and carers within their Speciality Service.
The post holder will take overall responsibility to develop the specialist area of practice in partnership with other members of the speciality team (General Manager, Lead Clinician, Matron, Service Manager etc) and will work collaboratively to develop services and quality of care delivered.
The post holder will be expected to provide first-line management and lead a team of specialist nurses (Sisters).
This will be achieved through the core dimensions of the role: clinical practice leadership, acting as the patient advocate and through audit and education. The post holder will carry responsibility for either a defined caseload or offering "highly specialist service" advice; this will include setting standards of care, the assessment of care needs and the development, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care. The post holder will contribute to achieving the objectives of the clinical service group / speciality corporate objectives and work within the clinical governance framework. They will lead the development and delivery of a programme of practice and professional development for staff within the speciality.
About us
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.
For roles at Liverpool Women's, visit their careers page.
Job responsibilities
Clinical: Perform specialist assessment of patients' nursing needs, plan, implement and evaluate care delivery using advanced clinical knowledge and clinical skills. Lead clinical care by managing a patient caseload 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, in the delivery of high standards of patient care. To lead the specialist nursing contribution to the service, work in partnership with lead clinicians, General Managers, Matron to ensure the delivery of high standards of patient care. Work with the Matron to promote the development of nurses undertaking the CNO Ten Key Roles as considered appropriate e.g. Nurse Prescribing. Leadership: Act as a role model and expert nurse providing in-depth specialist clinical knowledge to colleagues through MDT meetings, for patients and carers / relatives. Undertake clinical supervision of nursing colleagues on an individual or group basis. Act as a resource for health care professionals by being visible, available, and accessible for support and advice in relation to the management of patients in the speciality. Ensure the effective and efficient use of physical and financial resources. Lead consultations on and develop strategies for delivering effective care within a changing environment that improves the quality of care and health outcomes in the specialist area. Responsible for monitoring health, safety and security of self, the team and others and promote best practice in the ward area. Ensure systems are in place for risk assessment and minimisation including promoting no blame cultures in order that near misses and incidents are reported. Take the lead in investigation of incidents / complaints when required, including detailed reports / letters to complainants. Act as an innovative, enthusiastic role model providing leadership, guidance and advice to staff on operational and professional issues promoting an open and honest and transparent culture. Demonstrate clinical leadership and challenge speciality and directorate boundaries to enhance and support the patients journey. Management / Operational: To identify and develop proposals and business cases as required for future service innovation. Take the lead and develop and influence the development of practice / services in the clinical area through the business planning process / service development and in conjunction with Matron, General Manager, Lead Clinician and Assistant Chief Nurse. Ensure appropriate skill mix, cover is provided when planning rotas and delegating workload. Delegate work to match capabilities and workload of team members. Manage own and other resources effectively ensuring efficient service delivery. Undertake performance development reviews including reviewing the performance measures framework. Lead recruitment and selection of staff in line with Trust Policy. Advocate: Ensure that high standards of nursing care are given and maintained and act when standards are not being met. Involve patients and carers in the planning and delivery of care. Act as the patients advocate and ambassador. Lead the development of a patient focussed education and information giving strategy within the speciality. Recognise, prevent and diffuse potential areas of conflict and take a key role in the management of the outcome.* The post holder shall as necessary provide cover for and undertake duties of absent colleagues. * The post holder shall follow all the policies and procedures of the organisation. Job Plan: Clinical Nurse Specialist / Team Leader: The role of the CNS / Team Leader contains a number of key tasks and responsibilities. To enable the post holder to undertake their role and deliver patient care it is acknowledged and supported that the main element of the role will be contributing to clinical care. A framework to achieve this will be the use of a job plan and this will be discussed with the post holder at Induction. The content of the job plan will need to be agreed with the Matron, Lead Clinician and General Manager. It is also anticipated that a formal discussion will take place to agree the performance measures framework to ensure that it is role specific. There will be an expectation that 55% of the role will be made up of sessions / planned activities that involve clinical care / direct patient care. For the remaining 45% this will include other aspects of the role such as continuous professional development, Clinical Supervision, audit, administration, producing guidelines, attendance at professional forum, teaching and developing ward nurses etc. For the team leader this includes 2/3 management sessions. Sep 2021
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Registered Nurse / Midwife
* Post-basic specialist Qualification relevant to speciality
* Recognised Teaching Qualification
* First Degree
* Research qualification
* Masters
Experience
* Demonstrable Post-Reg. experience
* Evidence of undertaking the relevant speciality successfully at Band 6
* Extensive clinical experience
* Evidence of the application of management / leadership skills and managing staff
* Experience as Specialist Sister
* Participation in research
Knowledge
Skills
* Teaching / assessment skills
* Organisation and negotiation skills
* Evidence of audit and change management ability
* Ability to motivate self and others
* Evidence of leading and facilitating change
* ECDL
Other
* Evidence of continued professional development
* Diplomatic
* Assertive and confident
* Personal and professional maturity
* Recognition of own limitations
* Ability to work both on own initiative and within a team
* Flexibility
* Able to travel between sites
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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