Job summary
- Manage the financial budget ensuring cost effective use of resources.
- Line manage the specialty team taking responsibility for the recruitment, selection and induction of staff.
- Work collaboratively with the operations manager and senior nursing team to ensure achievement of key performance indicators.
- Ensure timely appraisal and development of staff with clear and measurable objectives.
- Manage and promote a culture that values all staff recognizing and acknowledging achievement and success whilst actively addressing poor performance.
- Responsible for the development and provision of patient pathways and guidelines in line with national standards.
- Responsible for development of specialty business case in partnership with the operations manager, lead clinician and line manager.
- Evaluate the service and manage complex, sensitive negotiations in order to deliver change and improvement in practice.
- Close working relationships with community nutrition service to ensure continuity of care for patients receiving enteral and parenteral nutrition
Main duties of the job
- Improving nutrition related outcomes for patients and ensuring appropriate pathways are established for both enteral and parenteral nutrition.
- To work closely with the medical nutrition leads and MDT to develop and progress the service.
- To ensure patients receive appropriate, evidence based and efficient nutrition care in line with local, regional and national guidelines.
- Insertion and management of NG, NJ and PEG tubes.
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- Participation in clinics including coeliac, complex nutrition and other clinics in line with nutrition service needs (independent and consultant supported clinics).
- Close working with ED, AMU and gastroenterology day case unit to avoid unnecessary nutrition related admissions (i.e replacement/troubleshooting/unblocking of gastrostomy tubes).
- Develop skills and services required by the nutrition service within the gastroenterology directorate.
- Referring patients directly to specialists in other professions.
- Allocation of cases to other members of the specialist team.
About us
We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.
If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.
We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.
Benefits we offer to you:
o Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
o NHS pension scheme membership
o Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
o NHS Staff discounts
o Cycle to work scheme
oSalary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
o Stockport Credit Union- for local financial advice
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Support new or less experienced work colleagues to adapt to the workplace.
- Provide highly visible and accessible professional leadership and demonstrate expert knowledge and standards of clinical practice.
- Meet regularly with team members as a team and on an individual basis as required to support their personal and professional development.
- Promote team working, build rapport and collaborative working practices with multidisciplinary team. Liaise with inter-hospital departments and personnel cross organisational and professional groups. Ensuring effective communication and interpersonal skills with other disciplines and organisations.
- Act as a role model demonstrating high standards of clinical practice and provide support or advice to other staff when necessary.
- Lead and support the development of the role according to changing patients needs, service requirements and evidence base practice.
- Lead and actively participate in service/ departmental projects, quality initiatives and statutory accreditation processes. This will include the setting and monitoring of clinical standards of care.
- Adhere to all relevant Trust policies and procedures and to ensure that they are correctly implemented.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Support new or less experienced work colleagues to adapt to the workplace.
- Provide highly visible and accessible professional leadership and demonstrate expert knowledge and standards of clinical practice.
- Meet regularly with team members as a team and on an individual basis as required to support their personal and professional development.
- Promote team working, build rapport and collaborative working practices with multidisciplinary team. Liaise with inter-hospital departments and personnel cross organisational and professional groups. Ensuring effective communication and interpersonal skills with other disciplines and organisations.
- Act as a role model demonstrating high standards of clinical practice and provide support or advice to other staff when necessary.
- Lead and support the development of the role according to changing patients needs, service requirements and evidence base practice.
- Lead and actively participate in service/ departmental projects, quality initiatives and statutory accreditation processes. This will include the setting and monitoring of clinical standards of care.
- Adhere to all relevant Trust policies and procedures and to ensure that they are correctly implemented.
Person Specification
essential
Essential
essential
Essential
- Evidence of professional continuous development and portfolio of learning
skills and assessment
Essential
- Proficiency in the insertion and management of NG, NJ and PEG tubes
- Effective communicator with proven ability to influence all levels of staff
Knowledge
Essential
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with MDT's
- Evidence of leading service change.
Person Specification
essential
Essential
essential
Essential
- Evidence of professional continuous development and portfolio of learning
skills and assessment
Essential
- Proficiency in the insertion and management of NG, NJ and PEG tubes
- Effective communicator with proven ability to influence all levels of staff
Knowledge
Essential
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with MDT's
- Evidence of leading service change.
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).
