Clinician Assistant: Sponsorship Available

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Job Summary

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 of 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 job

You 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.

Person Specification

Education

Essential

  • GCSE (or equivalent) in core subjects including English and mathematics
  • Computer literacy and confident using MS Office applications

Experience

Essential

  • Previous community healthcare or patient peer experience
  • Previous patient / public involvement or experience in a related field

Skills and aptitudes

Essential

  • Excellent verbal and communication skills
  • Excellent interpersonal skills
  • Full UK drivers licence
  • Able to combine practical skills with excellent administrative abilities

Desirable

  • Sensitive to needs of patients with reduced ability to access to routine healthcare

Personal qualities and attributes

Essential

  • Strongly motivated to improve access to healthcare for disadvantaged groups
  • Positive, flexible and caring attitude
  • Awareness of the need for confidentiality
  • Ability to organize and prioritise own workload
  • Willingness to seek advice

Other

Essential

  • Able to work as a member of a team and value the contribution of different skills and approaches

Royal Free World Class Values

Essential

  • Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 26 June 2026

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