Nurse Clinician | Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 23 March 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £47,810 - £54,710 Dependant on experience |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 22 April 2026 |
| Location: | Liverpool, L9 7AL |
| Company: | Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7835121/287-AMED-93-26 |
Summary
Advert Text for Nurse Clinician Secondment Band 7
An exciting opportunity has arisen for to join the Nurse Clinician team at Aintree University Hospital. We are seeking to appoint a Senior Nurse who will provide professional, advanced clinical support and advice to the junior doctors and nursing staff "out of hours".
Applicants must be a registered Nurse with significant experience of working within an acute hospital setting. You should have a broad range of advanced clinical skills with specific experience in patient assessment and treatments. Qualifications in Clinical Examination and Diagnostics at Degree or Masters level are essential.
You must feel confident in your ability to respond to and deal with a patient emergency situation as the post holder will become part of the Medical Emergency Response Team.
Good communication and leadership skills are fundamental as you will be expected to offer support and advice to nursing staff and junior doctors. You will also coordinate the "out of hours" hand over meetings with Medical and Surgical doctors.
Accurate clinical judgement and decision-making skills are essential as the post holder will act as a first point of contact for ward staff who require advice/medical intervention from a doctor out of hours.
If you require further Information, please contact:
Amanda Simpson, Senior Nurse Clinician, Lead Nurse for MET/NEWS
01515293327. amanda.simpson@liverpoolft.nhs.uk
§ Provide leadership, advanced clinical support and advice to the Junior Doctors, nursing staff and multidisciplinary team members working within AUH
§ First point of contact for all calls/bleeps made to the junior doctors out of hours
§ Chair and coordinate the out of hours Medical and Surgical doctors’ handover meetings, ensuring they have a beneficial impact on the wellbeing and safety of patients within AUH
§ Take responsibility for own clinical workload. Prioritise work according to clinical need, assessing and treating patients according to their individual requirements
§ Provide specialist clinical skills based on current best practice and evidence based guidelines
§ Responding nurse for the MET team and an advanced life support provider out of hours.
§ Establish and maintain effective communications between Medical/Surgical Doctors, the MET and ward/departments
§ Act as an out of hours helpline for patients on discharge following day surgery
§ Ensure continuous improvement in clinical care standards and that patients are treated with dignity and respect
§ Ensure the delivery of a safe and clean patient care environment within the Clinical Areas attended as part of role
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospitalis the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
Job Summary
§ Provide leadership, advanced clinical support and advice to the Junior Doctors, nursing staff and multidisciplinary team members working within AUH
§ First point of contact for all calls/bleeps made to the junior doctors out of hours
§ Chair and coordinate the out of hours Medical and Surgical doctors’ handover meetings, ensuring they have a beneficial impact on the wellbeing and safety of patients within AUH
§ Take responsibility for own clinical workload. Prioritise work according to clinical need, assessing and treating patients according to their individual requirements
§ Provide specialist clinical skills based on current best practice and evidence based guidelines
§ Responding nurse for the MET team and an advanced life support provider out of hours.
§ Establish and maintain effective communications between Medical/Surgical Doctors, the MET and ward/departments
§ Act as an out of hours helpline for patients on discharge following day surgery
§ Ensure continuous improvement in clinical care standards and that patients are treated with dignity and respect
§ Ensure the delivery of a safe and clean patient care environment within the Clinical Areas attended as part of role
Key responsibilities
Clinical
§ To develop and perform specialist clinical skills based on current best practice and evidence based guidelines.
§ Provide a service within the expanded role of the nurse practitioner
§ To act as the first point of contact for nursing staff who require clinical advice/Medical intervention for a patient “out of hours”; Providing expert clinical advice and performing advanced skills in patient assessment and stabilising patients by initiating treatment and investigations before a doctor’s arrival
§ Provide clinical input and specialist skills to all clinical areas within AUH
§ To act as the responding nurse for the MET team out of hours responding to referrals for acutely ill patients and emergency situations throughout the hospital as part of the Trust Medical Emergency Team.
§ Maintain ALS provider status and act as Team Coordinator at cardiac arrest and emergency calls
§ To take responsibility for own clinical workload as appropriate, assessing and treating patients according to their individual needs. Adopting a holistic and problem solving approach that respects people’s privacy, dignity and individuality.
§ Liaise with medical staff about the condition and treatment of patients
§ To provide and receive complex information that requires empathy and reassurance, communicating where there may be barriers to understanding.
§ Communicate complex and sensitive information to staff, patients and relatives including discussions around ceilings of care and DNACPR decision making
§ Ensures patients views are sought and taken into account in the decision making process and ensure due regard is given to patients customs, values and spiritual beliefs
§ Ensure patient records are maintained and that documentation reflects care provide
§ To act in the best interest of the patients, ensuring a quality service is provided at all times.
§ Respond to user requirements with flexibility and empathy, always maintaining a safe environment
Managerial/Leadership
§ To function as a resource for ward personnel providing leadership and support.
§ Demonstrate good interpersonal/communication skills in a multidisciplinary setting
§ To Chair and coordinate the out of hours Medical and Surgical doctors’ handover meetings, ensuring they have a beneficial impact on the wellbeing and safety of patients within AUH
§ To organise and direct the junior doctors during their on-call working hours, offering support and advice when needed.
§ To support with the coordination of the clinical teams for the wards out of hours ensuring all wards have medical representation and there is a safe and fair allocation of wards in times of staffing shortages
Clinical Governance / Quality
Registered Practitioners have a responsibility to:
§ Maintain current active professional registration
§ Act always in accordance with their professional Code of Conduct and guiding documents
§ Adhere to Trust Policy and Procedure.
§ Provide information or investigates complaints/slash incidents as required. Assists in taking appropriate action to reduce further risk or occurrence
§ Maintain up to date skills and knowledge and maintain awareness of professional issues.
§ Maintain NMC Revalidation requirements
Education and training development
§ In conjunction with the Senior Nurse Clinician/Deputy, participate in development reviews and agree objectives and personal development plans.
§ Maintain own Revalidation requirements in line with NMC guidance.
§ Develop own expert clinical knowledge and participate in the development of clinical knowledge for self and others, through the provision of training and education.
§ Be willing to undertake education at Masters level in clinical examination, diagnostics and non-medical prescribing
§ Ensure compliance with all role essential education and training
§ Maintain and develop expertise within the confines of the expanded role, being aware of own limitations and take personal accountability for own actions and omissions.
§ Participate in the education and development of the multidisciplinary team :-
- Facilitate staff learning within the clinical area.
- Promote and facilitate the development of advanced clinical skills for all grades of staff.
- Act as assessors within the clinical area for staff developing new skills.
- Act as a resource for staff “out of hours” providing them with information regarding any changes to clinical practise and new initiatives.
Person Specification
Job Title:
Nurse Clinician
Band
7
Job Code:
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
Assessment
1.
Registered Nurse
√
A/C
2.
Teaching/Assessing Qualification
√
A/C
3.
Advanced Clinical Skills
√
A/C
4.
Advanced Life Support Provider
√
A/C
5.
Education to degree level in Clinical Examination/Diagnostics
√
A/C
6.
Education to Masters level; Clinical Examination/Diagnostics preferable
√
A/C
7.
Non-Medical Prescribing
√
A/C
Experience
Essential
Desirable
Assessment
8.
Significant Experience working in an acute Hospital setting
√
A/I
9.
Broad range of clinical experience with specific experience in patient assessment and treatments and advanced clinical skills.
√
A/I
Knowledge
10.
Evidence of Continuous Professional Development
√
A/I
11.
Able to demonstrate and apply specialist knowledge
gained through clinical experience
√
A/I
Skills
Essential
Desirable
Assessment
12.
Able to perform advanced clinical skills in patient assessment and treatments
√
A/I
13.
Able to deal with complex situations and demonstrate leadership and assertiveness skills
√
A/I
14.
Highly developed problem-solving, organisational and
decision making skills
√
A/I
15.
Ability to make appropriate clinical decisions and recognise when to escalate for senior support
√
A/I
16.
Ability to demonstrate flexibility, adaptability and use initiative
√
A/I
17.
Able to plan, prioritise and coordinate own clinical
workload
√
A/I
18.
Ability to work calmly under pressure
√
A/I
19.
Ability to respond calmly, confidently and quickly in an emergency situation
√
A/I
20.
Ability to work within rapidly changing environment and
assist in management of change
√
A/I
21.
Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues and integrate well in a team
√
A/I
22.
IT skills in word processing, spread sheets, e-mail and
power-point presentations
√
A/I
Communication
23.
To provide and receive complex information
√
I
24.
Present factual information and refer questions to others as appropriate
√
I
25.
Able to influence and resolve conflict, overcome
resistance through application of communication skills
√
I
Other
Essential
Desirable
Assessment
26.
Demonstrate involvement in service development
project
√
A/I
27.
Ability to motivate, inspire and enthuse others
√
I
28.
Ability to understand and manage the stress of others
√
I
29.
Ability and willingness to undertake further training as
necessary
√
A/I
This advert closes on Tuesday 7 Apr 2026