Hepatology Clinical Nurse Specialist

We have an exciting opportunity for a registered adult nurse to join the Hepatology Clinical Nurse Specialist Team at the Oxford University Hospitals Foundation Trust. The Hepatology CNS Team currently operates a five-day ambulatory service, delivering nurse-led assessments for patients with diverse aetiologies of liver disease. The Hepatology Ambulatory Unit is integrally located within the Hepatology department, serving as a central hub for multidisciplinary collaboration. The service strives to achieve reducing hospital admissions, reducing inpatient length of stay, reducing A&E attendances and accommodating urgent assessments from primary care.

The post holder will work alongside the Advanced Clinical Practitioner and CNS's to gain invaluable experience in the assessment and management of patients with liver disease.

The role will require the post holder to complete level 7 academic qualifications to facilitate advanced procedural skills, including abdominal paracentesis, for patients with decompensated liver disease. Additionally, there will be an opportunity to complete an Independent and Supplementary Prescribing module to facilitate working as an autonomous, Work alongside the Hepatology ACP/CNS colleagues in the delivery of the Abdominal Paracentesis Service and Ambulatory Assessment Unit

Appropriately manage the Hepatology CNS phone and email advice line and escalate queries to senior colleagues when required

Complete a master's level module in Advanced History Taking and the Hepatology Nurse Paracentesis Competency Workbook to develop advanced procedural skills and become an autonomous practitioner in performing abdominal paracentesis.

Complete appropriate training and competency workbook to be able to perform Fibroscans and provide future training for new members of staff

Manage the haemochromatosis service providing regular venesections and ensuring strict monitoring of patients within their maintenance phase

Refer patients to the Hepatology@Home service and maintain regular attendance to the Hospital@Home MDT, supporting the ACP when providing Hepatology advice for the management of patients within the community

Maintain the joint OXF/RFH Liver Transplant database and be a point of contact for patients active on the waiting list

To contribute to training and education within hepatology and the wider trust. To represent the team regionally at liver nurse forums

Contribute to the on-going development of the service and help in the undertaking of clinical audits relevant to the area of expertise

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community.

We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.