Clinical Nurse Specialist - Hepatology

This is an exciting opportunity to join the busy Gastroenterology Department at Dorset County Hospital. This is a newly developed role to support the hepatology function within the department.

The key responsibilities of the job are:

To care for patients with chronic liver disease and those with drug and alcohol addiction problems

To manage the patient caseload, in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team, including the transfer of patients between providers

To deliver all care within services care pathways and organise all appropriate investigations and tests and review results as required.

Main duties of the job

Please refer to attached job description, but key outcomes are:

To be responsible for and participate in the full range of Hepatology clinics (face-to-face and virtual / telephone) in secondary care and in the community.

To oversee ascites management in the community, including ascitic sampling and paracentesis

To review inpatients as required in the ward setting.

To maintain accurate and confidential patient health care records and to submit statistical returns for the purpose of auditing and monitoring.

To assess the need for specific investigations to aid diagnosis, such as CT, Abdominal Ultrasound, Chest X-ray, Gastroscopy, Blood Tests, ascitic sampling and Elastography/Fibroscan

Dorset County Hospital is a friendly District General Hospital situated in the heart of the beautiful county of Dorset.