Job summary
Advanced Clinical Practitioner An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced nurse to join the Gastroenterology Care Group as an Advanced Clinical Practitioner in Clinical Nutrition. The successful candidate will provide a specialist service to advise and promote evidence-based practice in the care of all patients receiving nutrition support. Working autonomously and alongside the clinical lead for nutrition they will be part of the complex nutritional needs MDT, joining an experienced and highly motivated team including nutrition nurses, a dedicated nutrition pharmacist and dietitian. The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting the nursing assessments of patients care needs and support with the development, implementation, and evaluation of nutritional programmes of care.
Main duties of the job
Main duties of the job This is a new post you will: Manage the Nutrition Nurse Service and contribute to service development. Attend the Feeding Issue MDT which expects referrals from around the region. Support patients who are receiving enteral and parenteral nutrition in hospital. Provide regular outpatient clinic for nutrition supportacross site (all three hospitals). Develop a pathway to support patients who attend the Emergency Department with feeding issues to help provide care/signposting and prevent unnecessary admissions. Deliver education and training for patients and staff in regards to nutrition. Work with the transition team to ensure safe and smooth transition of paediatric patients into the adult services. Work with Clatterbridge Cancer Centre to support and enhance the skills, training of their Nutrition Nurses and support patients at CCC in need of enhanced nutritional services Work with other members of the Nutrition Team to ensure the Intestinal Failure National register is maintained and updated on a regular basis. Ensure all Nutritional device related policies and patient information leaflets are up to date and evidence based by the Nutrition Team
About us
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.
The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.
The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
They will provide specialist nursing support and management of patients receiving total parenteral nutrition, and assessment for and management of those receiving enteral tube feeding. This will include IV access insertion and management, endoscopic enteral tube placement, clinical decision making regarding parenteral and enteral nutrition support. The post holder will motivate staff to provide high standards of care by acting as a role model. They will provide expert professional and clinical care advice to the patients, carers, and multi-disciplinary team. They will be responsible for providing specialist education and training programmes for health care professionals and other professional groups. They will be responsible for ensuring a robust system is in place for data collection and audit. Their expertise and skill will enable the role and service to develop as a result of annual audit, reflection of practice, outcome from datix incidences and innovations and advances without their practice.
Job description
Job responsibilities
They will provide specialist nursing support and management of patients receiving total parenteral nutrition, and assessment for and management of those receiving enteral tube feeding. This will include IV access insertion and management, endoscopic enteral tube placement, clinical decision making regarding parenteral and enteral nutrition support. The post holder will motivate staff to provide high standards of care by acting as a role model. They will provide expert professional and clinical care advice to the patients, carers, and multi-disciplinary team. They will be responsible for providing specialist education and training programmes for health care professionals and other professional groups. They will be responsible for ensuring a robust system is in place for data collection and audit. Their expertise and skill will enable the role and service to develop as a result of annual audit, reflection of practice, outcome from datix incidences and innovations and advances without their practice.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Clinical Professional Qualification. Degree level with appropriate registration
- MSc Advanced Clinical Practice (ACP) or started the MSc ACP pathway/programme and committed to completing within an agreed time frame: Note: Post holder will be in a training post (Annex 21) until evidence of completion of MSc ACP is provided.
- Teaching and assessing qualification
- Relevant post registration qualification/equivalent
- Prescriber
- Evidence of participation in audit and research
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable relevant experience within the speciality
- Evidence of effective management
- Evidence of effective leadership skills
- Evidence of staff development and can demonstrate knowledge regarding provision and development of education programmes
- Evidence of change management
- Evidence of application of current clinical service issues and developments
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding and application of healthcare governance
- Has an up-to-date Advanced Clinical Practice portfolio
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills
- Committed to delivering high standards of patient care
- Basic IT skills, including e-mail and word processing
Other
Essential
- Supportive of colleagues
- Enthusiastic and motivated with the ability to motivate the team
- High level of personal and professional credibility
- Act as role model for staff
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Clinical Professional Qualification. Degree level with appropriate registration
- MSc Advanced Clinical Practice (ACP) or started the MSc ACP pathway/programme and committed to completing within an agreed time frame: Note: Post holder will be in a training post (Annex 21) until evidence of completion of MSc ACP is provided.
- Teaching and assessing qualification
- Relevant post registration qualification/equivalent
- Prescriber
- Evidence of participation in audit and research
Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable relevant experience within the speciality
- Evidence of effective management
- Evidence of effective leadership skills
- Evidence of staff development and can demonstrate knowledge regarding provision and development of education programmes
- Evidence of change management
- Evidence of application of current clinical service issues and developments
Knowledge
Essential
- Understanding and application of healthcare governance
- Has an up-to-date Advanced Clinical Practice portfolio
Skills
Essential
- Excellent communication skills
- Committed to delivering high standards of patient care
- Basic IT skills, including e-mail and word processing
Other
Essential
- Supportive of colleagues
- Enthusiastic and motivated with the ability to motivate the team
- High level of personal and professional credibility
- Act as role model for staff
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.
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
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).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
