Job summary
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Nutrition Nurse Specialist
37.5 Hours per week
10 months Fixed Term/Secondment opportunity
This post is for internal candidates to South Tees Trust. If you are not currently working within the trust your application will not be reviewed and automatically rejected at shortlisting stage. Please be aware of this when submitting your application.
Are you ready for a challenge and wanting to develop your specialist clinical and leadership skills? We have an exciting opportunity to work alongside our existing Nutrition Nurses as part of the multi-disciplinary Trust Nutrition Team and are looking for an innovative and enthusiastic nurse wishing to specialise in nutrition.
Main duties of the job
To provide specialist nursing expertise and advice in the nutritional management of patients across the Trust, supporting the wider nutrition agenda, including enteral and parenteral nutrition, alongside Nutrition Nurse Specialist colleagues, as relevant to post.
To act as a resource to patients, carers and staff and a liaison between secondary and external / primary care agencies to maintain seamless provision of services to patients.
The successful candidate will work very closely with our dietetic service and other MDT colleagues and will have a significant role in progressing service improvements with enteral tube feeding pathways, particularly in nasogastric and nasojejunal/jejunal feeding. Development and delivery of education and training packages will also be a priority for this post holder in order to promote patient safety and excellence in practice in the delivery of nutritional support.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. This post is ideal for a senior nurse with a high level of skill and experience preferably with or working towards a higher degree. The role will require cross site working in order to support clinical colleagues across inpatient areas and provide support to primary care teams.
This post will close once sufficient applications have been received.
About us
South Tees NHS Foundation Trust is situated in the Tees Valley just a step away from the North Yorkshire Moors and coast and is well connected nationally and regionally by road, rail and air. We are the largest hospital Trust in the Tees Valley and our core purpose is to provide acute and community services with the highest quality of patient care and experience.
We are a Major Trauma Centre, Regional Cancer Centre and a Tertiary Centre. South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest employers in the Tees Valley area and prides itself on patients receiving high quality, safe and efficient care at the James Cook University Hospital, the Friarage Hospital and community hospitals in Hambleton, Richmondshire, Redcar and Cleveland.
We also have the STRIVE building on site, embracing postgraduate medical education, undergraduate teaching centre, nurse training school, the school of radiography and library facilities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.
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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.
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.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse Level 1
- First level degree in nursing discipline
- NMC registration
- Masters degree or evidence of working towards / willing to work towards Masters / masters modules
- Leadership training or evidence of leadership experience
Desirable
- Teaching and assessment qualification
- Independent or supplementary Nurse prescribing (or willing to work towards)
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Significant knowledge and experience of speciality clinical skills and evidence base related to artificial nutrition
- Pharmacological knowledge of disease specific drugs, potential adverse effects and management of adverse effects
- Knowledge and experience with working with parenteral nutrition and enteral nutrition
- Evidence of experience in managing change
Desirable
- Experience with using Cortrak system for NJ placement
- Evidence of developing patient protocols
Skills
Essential
- Ability to undertake patient clinical history assessment and plan treatment pathway according to assessment
- Advanced communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to deliver training sessions with a variety of styles and resources and evidence of MDT teaching
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Registered Nurse Level 1
- First level degree in nursing discipline
- NMC registration
- Masters degree or evidence of working towards / willing to work towards Masters / masters modules
- Leadership training or evidence of leadership experience
Desirable
- Teaching and assessment qualification
- Independent or supplementary Nurse prescribing (or willing to work towards)
Knowledge and skills
Essential
- Significant knowledge and experience of speciality clinical skills and evidence base related to artificial nutrition
- Pharmacological knowledge of disease specific drugs, potential adverse effects and management of adverse effects
- Knowledge and experience with working with parenteral nutrition and enteral nutrition
- Evidence of experience in managing change
Desirable
- Experience with using Cortrak system for NJ placement
- Evidence of developing patient protocols
Skills
Essential
- Ability to undertake patient clinical history assessment and plan treatment pathway according to assessment
- Advanced communication and interpersonal skills
- Ability to deliver training sessions with a variety of styles and resources and evidence of MDT teaching
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).
