Clinical Nurse Specialist - Hepatology

To maintain personal accountability for professional and ethical actions and ensure compliance with the standards of professional conduct issued by the relevant regulatory body. To maintain and develop a specialist service for patients within the caseload, ensuring that the treatment and follow up of this group of patients is delivered in a timely manner. To provide and maintain a diagnostic service for the Trust ensuring that clinician led clinics provide for both diagnoses and reporting of subsequent results for identified patients. To develop teaching skills within the team and wider services. To provide clinician led clinic service to patients To plan and administer treatment to patients as appropriate and ensure handover of the treatment to community services as necessary. To provide expert care, advice and support for patients and their relatives/carers and ensure that advice and point of contact is available throughout the patients journey. To refer on to other agencies as appropriate. To operate as a clinical specialist and expert practitioner in issues relating to the identified areas of care. To direct and delegate care based on accurate assessment and evaluation. To take consent for investigative procedures, manipulate equipment and perform advanced clinical skills. The post holder will be expected to work clinical shifts in a ward environment if necessary.