Nurse Specialist - Viral Hepatitis

Nurse Specialist - Viral Hepatitis

The closing date is 25 November 2025

An exciting opportunity has arisen to recruit a Band 6 Clinical Nurse Specialist within the Viral Hepatitis Team at Newcastle Hospitals. This position is a full time fixed term contract for 12 months from appointment of the successful applicant.

The post holder will be based from the Freeman Hospital with an expectation to cover all Hospital sites, Community Drug and Alcohol services, the Community Van and multiple North East Prisons. The post holder will be committed to the development of the service and the provision of nurse-led clinics (car driver essential).

The successful applicant will have a significant interest in Viral Hepatitis, with a focus on Hepatitis C; helping to support patients through their treatment pathway. The ability to liaise confidently and establish good networks across our Operational Delivery Network (Newcastle, Gateshead, Northumberland, Sunderland, North Tyneside, Middlesborough and Cumbria) and partner organisations is essential.

The successful candidate will be highly self motivated, possess excellent organisational skills, demonstrate a strong commitment to teamwork and provide evidence of continued professional development. Comprehensive training will be provided.

• Interview Date: Tuesday 09 December 2025
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy.

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Main duties of the job

As registered Nurse you will be responsible for supporting your Team and manager ensuring our often stigmatized service users' needs are met through delivery of high quality care. We work as Independent practitioners within a challenging rewarding environment assessing and commencing patients on curative treatment within a 28 day time scale.

We liaise with all practitioners within the hospital and community environments to ensure a safe comprehensive service user pathway.

As Nurse Specialist, to ensure compliance with our clinical governance framework, you will motivate and support colleagues, champion service users' dignity and safety and your safety, and endeavour to drive continuous improvement.

About us

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Our staff oversee over 6,500 patient contacts every day, delivering high standards of healthcare from the following sites:

• Freeman Hospital
• Royal Victoria Infirmary (RVI)
• Health Innovation Neighbourhood (on the former Newcastle General Hospital and Centre for Ageing and Vitality site)
• Newcastle Dental Hospital
• Newcastle Fertility Centre
• Northern Centre for Cancer Care, North Cumbria
• Northern Genetics Service

These include a range of flagship services which deliver cutting-edge care (supported by state-of-the-art diagnostic services in both radiology and pathology) and are a catalyst for innovation to support pioneering clinical practice in the NHS.

We also have offices at Regent Point in Gosforth and community sites.

Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust under 'Documents to download' or 'Supporting documents'.

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Job responsibilities

The successful applicant should have a significant interest in Viral Hepatitis C, helping to support patients with this condition and successful completion of treatment. The ability to liaise confidently and establish good networks across our Operational Delivery Network (Newcastle, Gateshead, Northumberland, Sunderland, North Tyneside, Middlesborough and Cumbria) and partner organisations is essential.

Training and education are a vital part of the role. This will include medical, nursing and support as well as patients and their carers about their condition and management.

This post requires the successful applicant to be self motivated with excellent organisational and data management skills, a strong team working ethic and evidence of continued professional development. Full training will be given to the successful applicant.

This demanding job involves in reach within the hospital setting and outreach within the prisons, Drug Action Teams and accompanied home visits. We treat all patients who are diagnosed with Hepatitis C. As identified in RCN guidelines maintain a high standard of clinical work when carrying out nursing procedures. As a practitioner you will be responsible for the safe custody and distribution of medications to the service users.

Following completion of treatment we arrange blood test to identify if the patients are cured. We also are trained to Fibroscan to identify any advanced liver disease.

We work with vulnerable clients who are often stigmatized by society. Good communication skills and phlebotomy skills are essential.

As identified car ownership and driving are essential for the role.

Our role also involves teaching hospital and community staff on Blood borne viruses and Harm reduction. We liaise with a multidisciplinary Team incorporating GPs, hospital doctors, colleagues, Drug Action Teams and External organisation to ensure each patient receives the optimum care within their treatment setting.

Person Specification Qualifications & Education

• Registered nurse (appropriate to branch)
• Current NMC registration
• Diploma plus specialist qualifications / experience within specialist area; prepared to take degree level study
• Meets Nursing and Midwifery Council standards for student supervision and assessment (formally Mentorship) if relevant to role
• Current driving licence if relevant to role
• Degree in health related subject

Knowledge & Experience

• Some post registration experience within related specialist area of practice
• Extended clinical practice underpinned by training supervision & assessment
• Knowledge and understanding of relevant NHS policy or project specific policy context
• Has understanding / experience of adult / child safeguarding
• Evidence of on-going continuous professional development
• Research or audit experience
• Evidence of contribution towards education and training programmes

Skills & Abilities

• Effective report writing skills
• Able to work independently and as a member of a team
• Effective organisation and time management skills
• Change management skills and involvement in project work

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust