About this role
Job summary
Join our specialist Nutrition Support Team and make a lasting impact on patients' everyday lives. This exciting Band 6 Nutrition Specialist Nurse role offers the opportunity to develop highly specialised skills in enteral and parenteral nutrition while working alongside expert clinicians across a range of healthcare settings.
Working as part of a highly skilled multidisciplinary team, you will play a pivotal role in supporting patients requiring specialist nutritional support, helping them achieve the best possible outcomes and quality of life. You will provide expert clinical care, education and support to patients, families and healthcare professionals, ensuring safe, effective and patient-centred nutritional care.
This is an excellent opportunity to develop advanced clinical skills, contribute to service improvement initiatives, and help shape the future of nutrition services within our organisation. We are looking for a nurse who is compassionate, proactive and committed to delivering outstanding care.
In return, we offer a supportive environment, access to specialist training and development opportunities, and the chance to work within a respected specialist service that values innovation, collaboration and excellence.
If you are ready to take the next step in your nursing career and become part of a team dedicated to improving patient outcomes through specialist nutrition support, we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
Main Duties and Responsibilities
Deliver specialist nursing care for patients requiring enteral and parenteral nutrition support across inpatient and community settings. Assess, plan, implement and evaluate complex nutrition support programmes, ensuring safe, evidence-based and patient-centred care. Provide expert advice, education and support to patients, families, carers and healthcare professionals. Manage and troubleshoot feeding tubes, central venous access devices and nutrition-related complications. Support patients transitioning from hospital to home, coordinating discharge planning and ongoing care arrangements. Work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team, including consultants, dietitians, pharmacists, community teams and primary care colleagues. Contribute to the development and delivery of nutrition-related education and training programmes across the Trust and externally. Participate in service development, quality improvement, audit, research and clinical governance activities to enhance patient outcomes and service delivery. Develop and maintain clinical guidelines, policies and protocols relating to artificial nutrition support. Manage a varied caseload autonomously while ensuring patients are reviewed within agreed standards and timescales.
About us
Join us at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and be part of a workforce of over 10,000 staff!
The NNUH is one of the largest NHS trusts in the UK, providing first-class acute care for around one million people, living in Norfolk and surrounding areas. We are a teaching and research hospital, at the forefront of innovation, home to state-of-the-art facilities, such as the Quadram Institute. We are pleased to work closely with the University of East Anglia, providing teaching opportunities for our staff and placement opportunities for their students. We attract some of the best and leading professionals from across the country and are proud that our workforce represents 94 countries from across the world.
We are a friendly, collaborative hospital, working with local services and home to N&N Hospitals Charity.
We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition:
Flexible working hours Fast Track Staff Physiotherapy Service Multi Faith prayer room at NNUH Colney Lane site Discounted gym memberships Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement Wagestream - access up to 40% of your pay as you earn it Free Park & Ride service direct to NNUH Colney Lane site Free 24-hours confidential counselling support On-site Nursery at NNUH Colney Lane On-site cafes offering staff discounts at NNUH Colney Lane Support in career development Flexible staff bank Salary Sacrifice schemes including lease cars, Cycle to Work scheme and home electronics
Job description Job responsibilities
Please refer to the Job Description for the full specification of responsibilities and requirements for this post.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Registered on the appropriate part of NMC register
Desirable
Independent prescriber qualification
Experience Essential
Significant post registration experience, with evidence of continued professional development. To include but not limited to: Dealing with and administering Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition Support. Dealing with multidisciplinary staff. Patient/carer management.
Skills Essential
Equipment used in delivery of artificial nutrition (ie.pumps,tubes,intravenous lines). Good understanding of issues surrounding artificial nutrition and parenteral support.
Attitude, aptitude Essential
Effective role model, demonstrating NNUH's PRIDE values of People focussed, Respect, Integrity, Dedication and Excellence Demonstrates understanding and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
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 Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital
Address Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital
Norwich
NR4 7UY
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.nnuh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)