Hepatitis Clinical Nurse Specialist

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

The closing date is 27 January 2026

BLOOD BORNE VIRUS NURSE

COUNTYWIDE VIRAL HEPATITIS CLINICAL NURSE SPECIALIST

BAND 7

PART TIME - 30 HOURS PER WEEK

PERMANENT POST

We are seeking an experienced clinical nurse specialist in viral hepatitis to join the Infectious Diseases service in Worcestershire.

This post comes at a particularly exciting time in the field of hepatitis, as NHS England has an ambition to reduce the levels of hepatitis C transmission to improve public health outcomes.

We have a well‑developed and highly respected  within the Trust with 4 s, a hepatologist, , HIV pharmacist and Hepatitis pharmacist, 3 HIV CNS and 2 healthcare assistants.

We have cross‑county clinics within the Acute Trust on 3 sites and foster close links with the community drug services and GPs. We run a very active in‑reach prison service. We run a monthly MDT and are closely linked via a regional network to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham. We also work in the community to support Hepatitis C patients with excellent collaboration with the drug and alcohol team.

We take continuing professional development very seriously and would be part of a highly dynamic and evolving team. Flexible working arrangements can be considered.

If you feel you have the necessary skills and wish to be part of a friendly professional team, we would be pleased to receive your application.

This post will require you to have a high degree of autonomy, manage your own clinic caseload, possess excellent communication skills and ideally have experience in caring for patients with complex care needs. The post holder will be responsible for their own clinics in a community and hospital setting, assess all new viral hepatitis patients and carry out fibroscan procedures in selected patients.

Lead and facilitate nurse‑led clinics.

Working independently alongside medical staff.

Assess all new viral hepatitis patients and carry out fibro‑scanning procedure in selected patients.

Informal visits are welcomed.

For further information or to arrange an informal visit please contact:

Georgina Darby, Matron on DD or Bleep 662 via switchboard or Professor MTM Roberts, Consultant in Infectious Diseases and Lead for viral hepatitis contact

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital‑based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester.

Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient‑centred care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Being open and honest.

Ensuring people feel cared for.

Showing respect to everyone.

We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation – this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.

DBS Checks and Costs

Any applicants who are offered posts requiring a DBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check (at the current rate) deducted from their salary. Please see link in Supporting Information section for more details on DBS checks and costs.

Effectively manage a highly complex clinical caseload, prioritising needs and ensuring that a quality service is provided. Planning and implementing care for patients undergoing assessment and treatment of viral hepatitis.

Act as an independent and supplementary prescriber within own area of expertise.

Work as a member of the multi‑professional team at appropriate consultant clinics, providing specialist advice and support.

The clinical nurse specialists in HIV and viral hepatitis work very closely together to support each other and at times work with the HIV cohort may form part of this role.

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