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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description. The key purposes of the job are:

To provide specialist nursing expertise, facilitating evidence-based patient centred care for patients within Hepatology

To work with the Gastroenterology consultants to lead and manage the Hepatology nursing service in Dorset County Hospital

To facilitate patient empowerment by enabling Hepatology patients to manage their condition effectively and independently preventing complications and improving quality of life.

To be a resource to other health care personnel and to plan, deliver and evaluate programmes of education and development for Hepatology care, including ascites management and hepatocellular carcinoma screening.

To carry out specific physical examination, using clinical skills developed through specialist training.

To carry out fibroscanning, using clinical skills developed through specialist training. If legally authorised, independently prescribes medication based on efficacy, safety, and cost effectiveness.

To contribute to safe and effective patient care by incorporating the use of non-Medical prescribing competencies in relation to the specific patient cohort and scope of this role in accordance with national guidelines, evidence-based practice and local Trust policies

To secure blood samples from difficult to bleed patient and to undertake femoral blood tests as required (with appropriate training)

To deliver ascitic sampling and paracentesis for inpatients and outpatients