South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Lead Nurse/AHP for Nutrition and Hydration

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Job summary

Lead nurse / AHP for Nutrition and Hydration

Are you a dynamic individual looking for a new challenge and development?An exciting opportunity has arisen to lead our expanding Nutrition Nurse Team. This is an excellent opportunity for an energetic and motivated healthcare practitioner who has a genuine desire to work in the specialty of Nutrition and Hydration and with the wider patient safety agenda.

Main duties of the job

We are seeking a highly motivated individual with a proven track record of progressive, authentic, transformational leadership, to drive a culture of quality care to improve outcomes and experience for patients who use our services in relation to nutrition and hydration, with a responsibility to lead strategic programmes of work across the Trust to support delivery of the Nutrition and Hydration Strategy, under direction of the Trust Nutrition Steering Group.

You must possess excellent interpersonal, communication and organisational skills and able to demonstrate your experience of developing a culture of high performance and excellence. You should be able to manage a developing nutrition nurse team and will provide expert clinical advice and support to key Trust staff to ensure nutrition and hydration is a key patient safety priority. You will evaluate and lead on multi-disciplinary decision making forums in relation to patients with complex nutritional needs.

You will be responsible for ensuring effective, day to day management of the Nutrition Nurse team, to achieve adequate and appropriate cover across all South Tees NHS Hospitals sites, deliver key quality, performance and financial plans, inform policy and procedure development and achieve service improvements. Previous experience in this specialty is essential.

About us

Leadership and Improvement Training

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff to the Trust; this training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the leadership development programme, and the Quality Improvement Programme that the Trust delivers. This programme aims to:

  • Explore leadership within the NHS
  • Promote Trust Values and Behaviours
  • Develop your Leadership effectiveness and skills
  • Practitioner level in quality improvement, equipping you with the skills to champion, lead and complete quality improvement within your role

After you complete this four and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities, we offer further in-house courses dependent upon your role and bitesize programmes and leadership apprenticeships at level 3,5 and 7.

Details

Date posted

27 April 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£48,526 to £54,619 a year Per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

328-CP-4819906

Job locations

The James Cook University Hospital

Marton Road

Middlesbrough

TS4 3BW


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • NMC Registered Nurse or HCPC registered AHP
  • Masters degree or evidence of working towards masters

Knowledge and skills

Essential

  • Evidence of continuing professional development via a portfolio
  • Quality Improvement / change / people management experience at senior level

Experience

Essential

  • Knowledge and experience with working with parenteral and enteral nutrition
  • Experience of working at a senior level (band 7 or above) in a complex environment and across different specialities/directorates
  • Experience in audit, research and innovation activity

Desirable

  • Experience of developing and delivering educational programmes

Personal attributes

Essential

  • Patient and action focused
  • Able to challenge poor practice
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • NMC Registered Nurse or HCPC registered AHP
  • Masters degree or evidence of working towards masters

Knowledge and skills

Essential

  • Evidence of continuing professional development via a portfolio
  • Quality Improvement / change / people management experience at senior level

Experience

Essential

  • Knowledge and experience with working with parenteral and enteral nutrition
  • Experience of working at a senior level (band 7 or above) in a complex environment and across different specialities/directorates
  • Experience in audit, research and innovation activity

Desirable

  • Experience of developing and delivering educational programmes

Personal attributes

Essential

  • Patient and action focused
  • Able to challenge poor practice

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).

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.

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).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The James Cook University Hospital

Marton Road

Middlesbrough

TS4 3BW


Employer's website

https://www.southtees.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

The James Cook University Hospital

Marton Road

Middlesbrough

TS4 3BW


Employer's website

https://www.southtees.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Interim Deputy Chief Nurse

Lindsay Garcia

01642850850

Details

Date posted

27 April 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 8a

Salary

£48,526 to £54,619 a year Per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

328-CP-4819906

Job locations

The James Cook University Hospital

Marton Road

Middlesbrough

TS4 3BW


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