Liver Clinical Nurse Specialist; Annex

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Main area Gastroenterology Grade NHS AfC:
Band 7 Contract Permanent:
This post may be offered under Annex 21 AfC Terms & Conditions, subject to experience, competency and suitability. Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (This post may be offered under Annex 21 AfC Terms & Conditions, subject to experience, competency and suitability.) Job  

Site Southport Hospital Town Southport Salary £49,387 - £56,515 Per Annum Salary period Yearly Closing 20/10/2026 23:59

The post holder will assist in the delivery on gastroenterology and hepatobiliary services throughout the Trust, working alongside other clinical colleagues to ensure the quality of care to patients is maximised.

This post may be offered under Annex 21 AfC Terms & Conditions, subject to experience, competency and suitability.

This post would be suitable for an experienced clinical nurse with experience in the relevant speciality. The post holder will be responsible for excellent standards of nursing care to patients with hepatobiliary diseases within outpatient, ward and community setting. Within the role the post holder is expected to develop and perform Endoscopy. This post is suitable for a clinical nurse with significant experience of the speciality, who will be working as part a multidisciplinary team.

It provides the opportunity to further develop communication, teaching and liaison skills and autonomous endoscopy skills within the speciality. The post holder will give advice and implement patient care in an area which requires specific clinical knowledge, skills and experience.

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.

Our Services:

Acute Care

Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.

Primary Care

Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.

Community Services

Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.

Specialist Regional Services

We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

Achievements:

• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme

KEY DUTIES

• Assess, plan, implement and evaluate programmes of evidenced-based nursing care.
• Provide expert advice and clinical practice to patients with hepatobiliary disease.
• Provide specialist education and training to others.
• Work collaboratively and co-operatively clinical colleagues to develop services and quality…