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Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
11 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Training
Evidence of continued professional development
- Training
Willing to undergo training as necessary
- Behaviours
Capable of lateral thinking
- Experience
Significant post registration experience at Band 5 or equivalent and experience within a relevant speciality
- Experience
Audit & Standard setting
- Qualifications
Registered Nurse (Level 1)
- Qualifications
Recognised teaching/assessing qualification
- Practical Skills
Excellent written and verbal skills
- Practical Skills
Ability to organise and prioritise own and others workload
- Special knowledge
Current issues in healthcare
- Other requirements
Able to fulfil Occupational Health requirements for the post.
Desirable
3 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Service development and/or change management
- Qualifications
Post registration qualification in specialty
- Practical Skills
IT skills
Job summary
The Liver and Gall Bladder CNS team are involved in supporting patients diagnosed with a HPB malignancy. We work across several different treatment modalities such as surgical, chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for someone with excellent communication skills who can provide caring and compassionate support to patients/relatives. Someone who can confidently work as part of a team with the wider MDT and help to facilitate timely patient pathways from diagnosis to treatment.
About us
The Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is committed to delivering the highest quality and safest treatment and care to every patient, every time. Our vision is to provide the highest quality specialist and integrated care. We will do this through delivery of our multi-year goals and strategic priorities, which you can read about on this page. Central to it all is The Leeds Way our values and behaviours that are at the heart of everything we do.
Details
- Date posted: 09 September 2026
- Pay scheme: Agenda for change
- Band: Band 6
- Salary: £32,073 to £39,043 a year
- Contract: Permanent
- Working pattern: Full-time
- Reference number: 002089
- Job locations: St James’s University Hospital, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS9 7TF, United Kingdom
Job responsibilities
For questions about this job, contact:
Laura Duffy
Liver and Gall Bladder CNS Team Leader
l.duffy7@nhs.net
0113 2068601
Why you should join our Team
We are based in the AMS CSU in Bexley wing, St James Hospital. The Liver service is a specialist unit for the wider region with a team of expert and supportive clinicians.
We are a small CNS team who work closely with the Pancreas/UGI CNS teams. This results in a supportive office environment and good peer support.
What you will bring to the role
- Will carry continuing responsibility for a defined caseload of patients.
- Will provide advanced nursing expertise to patients attending with suspected diagnosed HPB disease.
- Will contribute to the multi-disciplinary team and network in the development service.
Please see the attached job description for further information about this vacancy.
About Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust
Our Trust values
The Leeds Way is working together to support each other and deliver the best possible care to patients.
We are….
Responsible Open and Honest One Team Kind
Our Trust priorities
Our purpose: Excellent, safe and sustainable care for every patient every time
Our priorities:
People Improvement and Innovation Partnerships Outcomes
To comply with UK Government regulations on Skilled Worker sponsorship, Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust is unable to provide sponsorship to applicants who do not meet the eligibility criteria or the salary threshold concessions set out under the Skilled Worker visa route. Please take this into consideration before submitting your application. Full guidance on these concessions, including details of who may qualify, can be found here.
We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high number of suitable applications.
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This advert is for Clinical Nurse Specialist with Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust in Leeds, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Clinical nurse specialist role. The advertised salary is £32073.00 to £39043.00. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 23 Sep 2026.
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