Current Vacancies
Treasurer (voluntary role)
The British Liver Trust is looking for a new Treasurer to join our Board.
The British Liver Trust is a small charity with big ambitions. We want liver disease to have the same profile and awareness as the other big killer diseases such as heart disease, stroke and cancer.
All our Trustees play a pivotal role in providing governance and guidance to ensure we are delivering for people with liver disease and liver cancer. They are involved in setting the strategic direction of our organisation, as well as holding the senior management team to account. The trustees work closely as a team with the senior management team of the charity, playing an active role advising and mentoring as required.
Due to the retirement of our long-standing Treasurer we are looking for a new trustee to fulfil this role.
We currently have four Board meetings a year, usually either in London or virtually, with one meeting (COVID allowing) in our Bournemouth national HQ. The Treasurer would also be a key member of the Audit and Risk committee, meeting electronically four to six times per year, and chair the Remuneration Committee (generally once per year).
We are looking for a qualified accountant who has experience of charity finance and accounts to oversee and support the work of the Director of Finance and Operations by:
- Monitoring the financial standing of the charity and reporting to the Board regarding the organisation’s financial resources.
- Overseeing the charity’s financial risk-management process and reporting financial health to the board of trustees at regular intervals.
- Take a strategic view to financial planning whilst also ensuring compliance and control processes are in place.
- Supporting the trustees to carry out their regulatory financial responsibilities.
Download the Role Description here: Treasurer
If you have the skills, knowledge and experience required, please ask for a pack from sandra.cooper@britishlivertrust.org.uk. If you would like an informal chat with our Chief Executive, Pamela Healy OBE, or our Director of Finance and Operations, Alison Orman, please email Sandra with your availability so that she can arrange this.
The Board welcomes applicants with the right experience from a diverse backgrounds. We also welcome applications from people who have personal experience of liver disease. Please tell us if there may be any barriers to your engagement with us and we will actively work with you to remove these.
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Liver Health Nurse Advisor
Salary £29,000 (FTE) Pro rata for part time
25-37.5 hours per week
Home based, with occasional meetings in our Bournemouth office, or office based.
With over 30 years’ experience, British Liver Trust is the leading liver charity for adults in the UK. The Trust works to transform liver health through increased awareness, prevention, improved care and support.
- Do you want to be a part of a dynamic and innovative nurse- led team?
- Do you want flexible hours, no nights or shift work?
- Do you want to support liver patients and their families?
- Do you want to be part of an organisation that impacts liver health nationally?
The Trust has an exciting opportunity (25 to 37.5 hours per week) to join our dynamic Nurse led support service team. We provide a range of information and support to anyone affected by liver disease. The successful candidate will have at least three years’ experience in hepatology, gastroenterology/liver related nursing, with a good knowledge of liver disease and its treatments, must be a registered Nurse with the NMC and have an up to date nursing PIN.
The successful candidate will be able to work as part of a team that provides a service from 10.00am to 6.00pm on some weekdays (until 3.00pm on others) with occasional availability for an hour or two over weekends, on a rota basis, and will either be able to work from home (all equipment provided) or from our Bournemouth office.
Primarily the postholder will:
- Provide a range of information and support in a variety of formats to anyone affected by liver disease, including families and carers, in a customised, sensitive and appropriate manner via the nurse – led helpline and email service.
- Moderate our online liver health community forum and provide input when required.
In addition, the post holder will:
- Work with other team members to provide information on liver disease to the general public and health care professionals.
- Attend Support Groups, Information Days and support our ‘Love your Liver’ awareness events, including fibroscanning (training provided if required).
- Keep abreast of research and clinical developments, trends, current opinions, guidelines and other initiatives in the field of liver health and related conditions.
- Represent the British Liver Trust at sector events
Download the Job Description here: Liver Health Nurse Advisor
We are an equal opportunities employer and would be particularly pleased to hear from candidates from minority group backgrounds.
Please apply by emailing the following to: hr@britishlivertrust.org.uk
- A covering letter addressed to Rebecca West, Liver Nurse Information Manager, explaining how your experience, skills and knowledge make you suitable for this role, with particular relevance to the Job Description.
- An up to date CV.
If you would like a discussion about the role please email rebecca.west@britishlivertrust.org.uk
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Patient Advisory Group
Are you living with liver disease, a liver condition or liver cancer? Are you heavily involved in the care of someone living with liver disease?
Would you like to help shape our work?
The British Liver Trust is the leading charity for adults affected by liver disease in the UK, working to transform liver health through increased awareness, prevention, improved care and support. We are setting up a Patient Advisory Group (PAG) that will ensure the ‘patient voice’ is embedded even more strongly in key strategy and decision-making processes. The Patient Advisory Group will help the British Liver Trust to better serve the UK’s liver disease community.
This is an exciting opportunity for an individual with liver disease or a carer or family member to work with the Trust in improving care for all liver patients.
The PAG recruitment process will seek to ensure that there is a diverse mix of people, including but not limited to, diversity of age, gender, ethnicity, geography, and liver conditions.
This role is a volunteer role and unpaid.
Potential Candidate: Key Skills and attributes
- A patient with a liver condition, a carer or close family member who has been involved in the care of someone with liver disease
- Interest in the work of the British Liver Trust
- Availability to attend up to four full meetings a year held virtually via zoom and occasional additional sub meetings for input into projects and workstreams as required
- To agree to maintain patient confidentiality at all times
- To be willing to sign up to a code of conduct
The closing date for applications is 9th September 2021. After this time, the applications will be shortlisted to ensure we have a diverse mix of people. If you are shortlisted you will be sent further information including the Terms of Reference and contacted for a short informal telephone interview.
If you would like to apply please request a short application form by emailing hr@britishlivertrust.org.uk putting ‘PAG Application form’ in the email subject line. Please return the form to the same address by midnight on the 9th September.