Job summary
Liver Nurse Specialist - Hepatology (Fixed Term 6-month contract)
King's Mill Hospital, part of Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, is looking for a Liver Nurse Specialist to take on a key role within our Hepatology service for a 6-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 Liver Nurse Specialist, 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.
This role will be supporting the newly built Community Diagnostics Centre (CDC) launching April 2026.
Main duties of the job
Key Responsibilities:
* 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.
About us
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands.
Not all of our roles are eligible for sponsorship to find out which roles are eligible for sponsorship please refer to the shortage occupation list found here:
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Home Office guidance has changed as of the 9th April, anyone that requires switching visa type may not be eligible for sponsorship even if the role is on the shortage occupation list.
Details
Date posted
18 February 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 7
Salary
£47,810 to £54,710 a year per annum
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
6 months
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
214-MED
Job locations
King's Mill Hospital
Mansfield Road
Sutton-In-Ashfield
NG17 4JL
Job description
Job responsibilities
To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer the job description attached.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To see the full detailed job description and main responsibilities of the job please refer the job description attached.
Person Specification
Contractual Requirements
Essential
* Flexible approach to working
* Ability to work unsupervised.
* Ability to travel between sites
Experience
Essential
* Significant experience post registration at band 6 with experience in working with patients in specialist area
* Membership of special interest and professional group
* Working within a leadership role
Desirable
* Caseload management
* Demonstrable experience of teaching / training healthcare professional
* Multidisciplinary team working
Further Training
Desirable
* Motivational interviewing / counselling course / training
Qualifications-Academic/ Craft/ Professional
Essential
* NMC Level One Registered Nurse
* ENB 998 or equivalent teaching course
* Evidence of post-basic specialist education
* BSc in Nursing
* Educated to Masters level (or working towards) or equivalent demonstrable experience and learning within a specialist area
* Non medical prescribing (or willingness to undertake)
* Work towards obtaining the IQUILS accreditation, with support from Nottingham's specialist Hepatology Consultant
Knowledge Requirements
Essential
* Excellent communication and listening skills.
* Specialist knowledge and expertise in Diabetes nursing
* Good computer skills.
* Good interpersonal and organisational skills.
* Team player
* Demonstrable teaching skills
Desirable
* Research awareness
* Audit methodologies
Contractual Requirements
Essential
* Flexible approach to working
* Ability to work unsupervised
* Full UK Driving Licence
Person Specification
Contractual Requirements
Essential
* Flexible approach to working
* Ability to work unsupervised.
* Ability to travel between sites
Experience
Essential
* Significant experience post registration at band 6 with experience in working with patients in specialist area
* Membership of special interest and professional group
* Working within a leadership role
Desirable
* Caseload management
* Demonstrable experience of teaching / training healthcare professional
* Multidisciplinary team working
Further Training
Desirable
* Motivational interviewing / counselling course / training
Qualifications-Academic/ Craft/ Professional
Essential
* NMC Level One Registered Nurse
* ENB 998 or equivalent teaching course
* Evidence of post-basic specialist education
* BSc in Nursing
* Educated to Masters level (or working towards) or equivalent demonstrable experience and learning within a specialist area
* Non medical prescribing (or willingness to undertake)
* Work towards obtaining the IQUILS accreditation, with support from Nottingham's specialist Hepatology Consultant
Knowledge Requirements
Essential
* Excellent communication and listening skills.
* Specialist knowledge and expertise in Diabetes nursing
* Good computer skills.
* Good interpersonal and organisational skills.
* Team player
* Demonstrable teaching skills
Desirable
* Research awareness
* Audit methodologies
Contractual Requirements
Essential
* Flexible approach to working
* Ability to work unsupervised
* Full UK Driving Licence
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
King's Mill Hospital
Mansfield Road
Sutton-In-Ashfield
NG17 4JL
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Employer details
Employer name
Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
King's Mill Hospital
Mansfield Road
Sutton-In-Ashfield
NG17 4JL
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