Clinical Nurse Specialist - BBV
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
liverpool, L7 8TFView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£49,387 to £56,515
Contract
Fixed-Term
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
2 November 2026
13 days leftJob description
The Band 7 Blood Borne Virus (BBV) Nurse Specialist will provide expert, autonomous and evidence-based specialist nursing care to people living with o...
The post holder will manage a complex caseload, undertaking comprehensive clinical assessments, developing and evaluating individualised care plans, supporting diagnosis and treatment, and coordinating ongoing care. They will provide specialist advice, education and health promotion to patients, carers and healthcare professionals, promoting treatment adherence, self-management, prevention and risk reduction.
A key responsibility will be strengthening the interface between hospital and community services. The post holder will work collaboratively with primary care, sexual health, infectious diseases, hepatology, substance misuse, prison healthcare, community and voluntary-sector services.
The post holder will provide clinical leadership and act as an expert resource, supporting staff through education, supervision, mentorship and specialist advice. They will contribute to service development, audit, research, quality improvement and implementation of evidence-based practice.
The role requires a high level of clinical autonomy, professional judgement and leadership, with a strong focus on reducing health inequalities and delivering safe, effective, compassionate and person-centred BBV care.
Clinical Safety in a potentially High-Risk, Lifelong Condition
- Ensures prompt identification of newly diagnosed BBV patients
- Reduces clinical risk through consistent clinical decision-making
- Oversees safe antiretroviral prescribing and monitoring if needed
- Onward referrals to other HIV services if not from the Liverpool area
Without strong clinical leadership, variation in care can directly compromise patient safety.
A senior CNS ensures
- Seamless coordination between disciplines
- Clear clinical accountability
- Timely escalation of complex cases
This integration is critical for patients with comorbidities, or safeguarding needs.
- Leads clinical audit and quality improvement
- Maintains robust governance structures
- Stigma-related distress -available to advise how to deal with difficult situations
- Provides expert clinical advice around testing and treatment
- Builds confidence in managing complex cases
- Long-term service stability
- Consistent, expert clinical oversight with continuity of clinical standards
- Trusting relationships with services eg BBV and ED
- Sets the tone for compassionate, high-quality care
- Directly contributes to better clinical outcomes
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 Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
For roles at Liverpool Women's, visit their careers page.
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered general Nurse
- ENB 998 or equivalent
- Evidence of CPD/Short courses
- Degree or equivalent (relevant discipline)
- Completion of short courses in specialist field
Desirable: - ENB 276, ENB 934, 280 Counselling Course, Nurse prescribing Course
Experience
Essential
- Experience of advising and liaising with multi professional teams
- Experience of working in partnership with community services
- Experience of successful multi-agency working
- Demonstrable experience in HIV/Hepatitis medicine or GUM, or Infectious Diseases or drug services
- Experience of working with diverse cultural/social groups
Desirable
- Evidence of experience in Infectious Diseases/ Liver services / Drug services
- Has experience in teaching both one to one and on a formal basis
- Evidence of presentation at local or national conferences
- Experience of developing pathways/protocols
- Evidence of recent audit or research involvement
Knowledge
Essential
- Evidence of influencing, motivating and negotiating with others to achieve change in relation to care.
- Awareness of current national and local agenda in NHS and Social Care
- Evidence of being able to communicate complex, sensitive information and advice on healthcare to patients/clients, carers and colleagues
- Understanding how other agencies work
- IT literate
- Awareness of factors that contribute to good health and the importance of promoting these in line with organisational public health policy.
Skills
Essential
- Ability to work to deadlines and manage a diverse workload
- Excellent communication, organisational and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to understand and analyse complex data.
- Risk assessment skills.
- Ability to network with multidisciplinary colleagues
- Self-management and motivation skills.
- Report writing skills
Desirable: - Research skills
Other
Essential: - Confidence to challenge poor practice and ability to address difficult issues.; - Ability to travel to work across boundaries.
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First seen
19 October 2026
Last checked
20 October 2026
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