Employer Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Aintree Town Liverpool Salary £29,970 - £36,483 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 11/07/2025 23:59
Band 5
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 5 Registered Nurse to join our supportive and forward-thinking Gastroenterology Department as a Hepatology Support Nurse. This role offers the chance to develop specialist skills alongside a highly skilled Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS) team, delivering safe, effective, and compassionate care within our Tertiary Hepatobiliary Service.
Ideal for a nurse seeking to broaden their experience in a specialist field, you will work within a multidisciplinary team supporting patients with complex and often life-long liver conditions. The role includes involvement in nurse-led services such as paracentesis, haemochromatosis management, FibroScan, and long-term condition monitoring.
You will be responsible for coordinating and supporting patients on elective hepatobiliary and planned care pathways. Working collaboratively with the hepatology team, you will undertake delegated clinical and administrative duties and act as a key point of contact for patients and families, offering support and guidance throughout their care journey.
We are seeking an enthusiastic, compassionate, and well-organised nurse with a genuine interest in hepatology and a desire to develop in a specialist setting. In return, you will be supported by an experienced team and have access to structured training, mentorship, and professional development opportunities.
Main duties of the job
Support the CNS teams in delivering safe, effective, and compassionate care to hepatology patients within the Tertiary Hepatobiliary Service.
Assist in the coordination and management of the elective paracentesis service.
Support the care and monitoring of patients with haemochromatosis.
Contribute to the delivery of the FibroScan service.
Assist in maintaining and updating patient databases.
Act as a point of contact for liver patients, offering advice and support, and contributing to the running of the liver nurse advice line.
This is an excellent development opportunity for a motivated nurse with a keen interest in hepatology and a passion for improving patient outcomes in specialist care. You will be supported by an experienced and friendly team in a highly regarded tertiary service.
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will provide vital support to the Hepatology Clinical Nurse Specialist team in the delivery and coordination of care across a range of hepatology services. The role involves both clinical and administrative duties, supporting the effective running of the elective hepatobiliary service.
Elective Paracentesis Service:
Provide administrative support for the service
Organise pre-procedure preparation for patients
Liaise directly with patients to coordinate appointments and provide information
Support the clinical management of patients undergoing paracentesis
Contribute to audit and service improvement initiatives
Haemochromatosis Service:
Deliver administrative support to ensure efficient service operation
Maintain and manage patient databases
Organise referrals for venesection or other treatments as clinically indicated
Liaise with patients to arrange appointments and offer guidance
Support the haemochromatosis monitoring programme
Participate in service audit and quality assurance
FibroScan Service:
Undertake FibroScan procedures following appropriate training
Ensure follow-up care is arranged based on scan outcomes
Monitor and contribute to the ongoing evaluation of the service
Support for Monitoring of Hepatology Patients and Databases:
Assist in the monitoring of patients with viral hepatitis (HBV and HCV)
Support surveillance and follow-up for patients with parenchymal liver disease and those undergoing HCC (Hepatocellular Carcinoma) surveillance
Contribute to the management of the Hepatology helpline, providing advice and support to patients as required
Person specification
Qualifications
* Registered Nurse, current NMC registration
* Diploma in Nursing
Experience
* Post registration experience and successful completion of band 5 foundation gateway competencies
* Experience within relevant clinical setting
* Evidence of maintaining a clinical learning environment.
* Evidence of working with students
* Recent acute hospital experience [including as a student nurse]
Knowledge
* Knowledge of current nursing issues and clinical governance
* Demonstrates awareness of own limitations
Skills
* Ability to organise workload and delegate tasks appropriately
* Ability to work as part of a team
* Ability to support less experienced staff
* Ability to problem solve
* Good written and verbal communication skills
* Basic IT skills, including e-mail and word processing
Other
* Supportive of colleagues
* Ability to work in changing environments
* Committed to high standards of patient care
* Exemplary personal standards of conduct and behaviour
* Maintain both personal and professional development
* Willingness to be flexible and adaptable
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Posts advertised to ‘internal staff’ are open to employees of hospitals within University Hospitals of Liverpool Group and you should confirm your employment within your application form.
Note: Under current Home Office Immigration Rules we are currently unable to offer right to work visa sponsorship for Band 2 and 3 roles with a salary of less than £25,000 pa as they do not meet the UK Visas & Immigration criteria.
Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.
We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.
Candidatesapplying for the role of Healthcare Assistant on the staff bank should note that due to the nature of the role, workers must be aged 18 or above when commencing in post. Applicants are therefore welcome from those aged over 18 or within 3 months’ of their 18 th birthday.
The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working.
The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24.
Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £23 (standard disclosure) or £43 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment. DBS applications submitted from 2nd December will be subject to the new DBS fee of £26.50 (standard) and £54.50 (Enhanced).
From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years.
Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.
This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults’ policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures.
Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation.
All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action.
As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence.
If you have any personal requirements that will enable you to participate in our recruitment process please contact a member of the Recruitment Services by phone on 0151 706 4666 at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post.
Please note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.
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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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