Paediatric Liver Clinical Nurse Specialist

Paediatric Liver Clinical Nurse Specialist Band 7 Main area Paediatric Liver Grade Band 7 Contract Fixed term: 12 months (July 2025 - June 2026) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job ref 213-CAX A

Employer King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site King's College Hospital Town London Salary £54,320 - £60,981 per annum pro rata including HCA Salary period Yearly Closing 26/06/:59

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1.8 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King's College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in the London Borough of Bromley.

We encourage all our staff to have a healthy work/life balance. In doing so, you can apply for flexible working from the beginning of your employment. We offer a range of options which are designed to suit different circumstances and priorities in line with service requirements.

The paediatric liver service is looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual with specialist skills in liver disease, transplantation, and immunosuppression management. The unit is the largest paediatric liver transplant centre in the world, performing in excess of 60 transplant a year. The service enjoys national and international reputation for delivering research based paediatric liver management. The aim of the service is to provide comprehensive care and support for paediatric patients and their families in need of liver transplantation and liver disease management; to optimise patient's outcomes, and improve quality of life. The Clinical Nurses Team also provides shared care and transitioning to adult services by working closely with colleagues across the system. For this role you will need to demonstrate experience and knowledge in paediatric liver management and be an excellent team player who is dynamic, forward thinking and has ambition for self-development and service improvement. If you have a real passion for providing an outstanding service to our patients, have excellent communication skills and are comfortable working autonomously and as part of a team, then this might be the job for you. As part of this role you will have the opportunity to work closely with a multidisciplinary team. You will have the opportunity to support your colleagues and patients clinically via teaching, role modelling, and research activities.

Main duties of the job The appointee will work within Child Health - Paediatric Liver Service at the Denmark Hill site as part of Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust as a Paediatric Liver Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS):

To work as an advanced practitioner and effectively deliver an expert nursing service to defined client group.

To manage a caseload of patients / clients within a supra regional service.

To ensure that patients and their parents / carers are fully informed and supported by providing clinical and social support.

To assist in the development of evidence based clinical nursing practice in line with current research and guidelines.

To establish and maintain clear lines of communication within the speciality team to ensure cohesive multidisciplinary management of patients.

To establish and maintain clear lines of communication with primary care teams in order to increase knowledge and facilitate the care of this group of people in the community.

Setting up and coordinating shared care management of patients and carers.

Working for our organisation King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1.8 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do. By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King's to another level.

We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.

King's is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone's contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust's carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities Clinical Responsibilities

To provide the delivery of an advanced specialist nursing service for people with specialist needs.

To provide highly specialist nursing advice and support of patients and families and other healthcare professionals following diagnosis and through treatment.

To ensure continuity of a high standard of evidence based nursing care, assessing health, health related and nursing needs of patients, their families and other carers by identifying and initiating appropriate steps for effective care. This can include: managing a caseload, ordering diagnostic tests, making and receiving referrals, admitting and discharging patients for specified conditions and within agreed protocols and running clinics

To accept responsibility for own caseload, ensuring all patients have an accurate plan of care, which reflects the assessment undertaken and incorporates the issues and recommendations made using clear documentation in the patients records and hand-held records.

To be actively involved in in-patient care, liaising with the ward staff to ensure a high quality of nursing care.

To attend outpatients, ensuring nurse consultation with all newly diagnosed patients.

To follow-up patients as appropriate and ensure all relevant information is available to enable patients/carers to make an informed choice about their treatment

To attend and co-ordinate MDT meetings ensuring all patients are represented

To deliver a seamless service through the development of enhanced Multidisciplinary team (MDT) processes and communication

To participate in the identification and development of clinical protocols and strategies to enhance both the continuity and standard of specialist care whilst ensuring equity of access to the service

To contribute in the process of operational policies review annually in accordance with national standards.

To ensure all care is given in accordance with agreed protocols.

To work with key staff members to maintain nurse led follow-up services. Providing detailed baseline patient assessment, education, and support to patients and their families.

To liaise with the discharge coordinator and ward staff to ensure appropriate and timely discharge/follow-up arrangement in place for patients

To maintain a suitable mechanism for MDT referrals to the Clinical Nurse Specialists

To work with the MDT to develop, implement and evaluate integrated care pathways and systems of MDT documentation

To liaise with local community, social services, educational services and voluntary organisations in order to develop existing services for clients, carers and health professional

To actively involve service users in providing feedback of their experience of the current service and suggestions for improvements.

To participate in the development of appropriate patient group directives to facilitate/enhance the discharge process

To participate in relevant fora at Care Group, Trust or PCG/PCT Level to represent the specialist service or generic child health perspective

To be aware of the Trust's Safeguarding children policies and procedures and demonstrate ability to effectively raise concerns and work with other agencies to protect children

To set up and co-ordinate shared care management of patients

Communication & Interpersonal Relationships

Highly developed interpersonal skills to communicate with all members of the MDT both within the trust, regionally and nationally to achieve a coordinated specialist service for patients, communicating specialist and highly complex or sensitive information verbally, formally written or electronically as appropriate.

To actively involve service users in providing feedback of their experience of the current service and suggestions for improvements.

To participate in relevant forums at Care Group, Trust or CCG Level to represent the specialist service or generic Child Health perspective

Ensure accurate records of patient care are maintained i.e. patient notes and referral letters.

To liaise with pharmaceutical companies and charitable organisations appropriately.

To establish and maintain individual and team communication networks within primary and secondary care settings to ensure multi-disciplinary and multi-agency communication.
. click apply for full job details