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Our current vacanciesIf you want to be part of the Royal Free London team, search our current vacancies below to find the job for you. Main area Hepatology Grade NHS AfC: Band 4 Contract 12 months (Fixed term for 12 months) Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Large element of working in the community) Job ref 391-RFL-7345644 Site Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust Town London Salary £33,094 - £36,195 Per annum inclusive of HCAS Salary period Yearly Closing 31/07/2025 23:59 Interview date 05/08/2025 Our trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients. Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation. Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff. The North Central London and Hertfordshire Operational Delivery Network (ODN) provides community liver disease services across the region. The key purpose of this post is to ensure patients receive all tests, assessments and monitoring in the community services with which they already engage so that they progress efficiently through the viral hepatitis and liver health care cascade. These services include drug and alcohol services, homeless hostels and GP surgeries. We undertake assessment liver disease in these services and ensure patients with cirrhosis (advanced liver scarring) are engaged in specialist care. This is important for diagnosis of complications of cirrhosis, including liver cancer, at an early stage when they be cured. This will require getting to know the care pathway for both alcohol and viral hepatitis-related cirrhosis in detail across the network, building close working relationships with a range of team members to maintain clear and regular communication with patients. This is a community-based role although there will be regular meetings in the NCL ODN Hub at the Royal Free Hospital. You will work closely with and be supported by the ODN team which consists of two other clinician assistants, clinical nurse specialists, peer support workers, doctors, blood-borne virus nurses, drug and alcohol service staff and pathway coordinators. Main duties of the jobYou will need to use your judgement to prioritise tasks and you will need to acquire clinical skills for the assessment of patients using a number of testing methods for diagnosis, taking blood for further tests and performing elastography measures to assess liver disease. To learn and maintain these technical skills you will also participate in the fibroscan clinics for general hepatology based at the Royal Free. You will be based at the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead, but the role requires travel across the north central London region which includes Hertfordshire (East, West and North), Barnet, Haringey, Enfield, Camden and Islington. It therefore includes access to a dedicated car and a van equipped with clinical examination and testing equipment.A full UK driver’s license is therefore essential and must be evidenced on your application. Working for our organisationOur trust has over 17,000 staff serving 2 million patients every year. It comprises Barnet Hospital, Chase Farm Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital, North Middlesex University Hospital and more than 30 services in the community. This larger scale organisation provides an unprecedented opportunity for us to continue our pioneering work, particularly in finding ways to deliver even better care to our patients. Our mission is to deliver world class care and expertise in our clinical services, underpinned by world class teaching and research and we will continue to measure our progress against our five governing objectives: excellent outcomes, excellent patient and staff experience, excellent value for taxpayers’ money, being safe and meeting our external duties, and building a strong organisation. Everyone is welcome at Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust. We're proud of our diversity and we continue to undertake new initiatives to advance equality for LGBT+, BME, gender equality, staff carers and people with disabilities and lived experiences to promote good relations and understanding between our staff. Detailed job description and main responsibilities1.Royal Free World Class Values The post holder will offer World Class Care to service users, staff, colleagues, clients and patients alike so that everyone at the Royal Free can feel: · all of the time · Confident because we are clearly · and cared for · that they are always in safe hands 2.Training in clinical skills · Undertake training to enable you to order investigations. · Performing Fibroscan elastography after appropriate training · Perform hepatitis C testing by various modalities including blood spot, capillary sampling, Matrix test, oral swabs and Cepheid machine (GeneExpert) modalities. 3.Patient data and results processing · To be responsible for the ordering, chasing, recording and communication to the Multi-Disciplinary Group of results from investigations · To use the bespoke patient management system for recording testing, assessment, referral to MDT, treatment monitoring and outcomes · Assist in design of systems to improve processes for obtaining investigations and results, based on your experience in post. 4.Teamwork · This is a community-based role – expectation to work on the sites of our community partners e.g. drug & alcohol services independently with support from ODN colleagues · It is essential the post-holder communicates clearly and effectively with all of these and builds strong working relationships across the region. · Devise, maintain and continually update a record of outstanding in-patient tests, reporting these to the nurse in charge/physician of the week as appropriate on a daily basis as well as keeping an audit of time waiting for in patient investigations. 5.Empathy · The NCL ODN purposefully cultivates a culture of inclusion health. We aim to provide healthcare to those who lack the capability, opportunity or motivation to do access this alone. You will work with patients in complex, challenging situations who often respond poorly to these. This role requires patience, an ability to empathise with those in challenging circumstances and a willingness to persevere with efforts to engage patients that may not be immediately fruitful. · Any other duties commensurate with the grading of your post. Person specificationEducationGCSE (or equivalent) in core subjects including English and mathematics Phlebotomy and/or fibroscanning skills Ability to handle patients in a community settingPrevious community healthcare or patient peer experience Ability to work independently with willingness to seek advice Able to work as a member of a team and values the contribution of different skills and approaches Sensitive to needs of patients with reduced ability to access to routine healthcare Skills and aptitudesComputer literacy and confident using MS Office applications Attention to detail and meticulous record keeping Full UK drivers licence and confident to drive in London and Hertfordshire Previous patient / public involvement or experience in a related field Getting vaccinated, and getting a booster, remains the best defence against COVID-19. We encourage and support staff to get COVID-19 vaccine and a booster dose as and when they are eligible. AT* - Apprenticeship Training . Where AT* is entered next to the job title indicates that this vacancy is for an apprenticeship role. By applying for this role, you accept if successful, that your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS. This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which aims at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers. Therefore we require you to complete your stat and Man e-learning modules prior to joining our organisation. If you are anEU/EEA citizenwho does not have EU Settlement or Pre-Settled status, you will require a visa to work in the UK. Applications from job seekers who require sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. Before submitting your application and to avoid disappointment please check that you are eligible under the UKVI points based system . If you are offered a role with one of the NLPSS partner trusts, as part of pre-employment checks your identity and right to work documentation will be verifiedremotely(in most circumstances), using a certified identity verification service provider TrustID. You will be asked to capture an image of the relevant documents as well as a “selfie” using your smartphone/tablet (if available) for facial matching. TrustID will also perform a digital address check using Trunarrative and Equifax, which is a soft check and does not leave a footprint on your credit rating. For more information, visit The Trust useselectronic new starter formson Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system. The Trust will request a DBS (CRB) if post involves regulated activities. The Trust is compliant with the Disclosure and Barring Service Codes of practice and the Rehabilitation of offenders act. By applying for this post you are agreeing to Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trusttransferring the informationcontained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job, information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system. Please be aware ofscams– unless specified above, we will only communicate with you via @recruit.trac.jobs or e-mails and we will never ask you for any payments. Applications are welcome from people wishing to job share or work flexible patterns. We are committed to equal opportunities. Please note: Due to the high number of applications that are received for some posts we may close this vacancy before the advertised closing date. Therefore please apply for this post as soon as you can, if you are interested and you meet the requirements of the Person Specification Only those candidates who clearly demonstrate how they meet the person specification will be shortlisted for this job. Interview arrangements will be communicated via email so please check your email regularly following the closing date. Please be advised that due to exceptionally high demand, all Royal Free accommodation is at full capacity and waiting lists are being held. Average waiting times are 12 months. Please do not rely on Trust accommodation when you commence your role and ensure you investigate alternative accommodation for your arrival. Employer certification / accreditation badgesThis post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.#J-18808-Ljbffr