Clinical Specialist Practitioner Nutrition and Hydration

Transformation Unit; Crewe; Hybrid; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Full time

Job summary

Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is advertising a 12-month secondment for a Clinical Specialist Practitioner in Nutrition and Hydration (Band 7) based at Leighton Hospital in Crewe. The role focuses on adults with complex nutritional needs, leading quality improvement and governance across hospital and community settings.

Travel across community services is required, with the post predominantly at the hospital base.

Qualifications

• Registered professional with NMC or HCPC
• Experience in managing adults with complex nutritional needs
• Strong leadership in MDT settings

Responsibilities

• Lead specialist clinical assessment and management of patients with enteral and parenteral nutrition needs
• Support development and delivery of nutrition and hydration best practice across the Trust
• Develop and present compliance data to drive quality improvement and governance across hospital and community settings
• Collaborate with Dietitians, Nurses, Doctors and Speech & Language Therapists across divisions

Skills

Nutrition & hydration management

Clinical leadership

Education

NMC or HCPC registration

Job description

Employer Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Leighton Hospital Town Crewe Salary £49,387 - £56,515 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 15/10/2026 23:59

Clinical Specialist Practitioner Nutrition and Hydration

Band 7

Want to work somewhere you can really make a difference? Somewhere you’re encouraged to have ideas and empowered to create positive change?

Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership (CCICP) deliver NHS Community Services across Cheshire. With a wide range of clinical disciplines, we are a dynamic, future-facing organisation passionate about delivering the highest quality healthcare whilst collaborating with our community partners.

We foster a culture of continuous improvement, built on compassion.

• Over 83% of staff would recommend CCICP as a place to work
• 90% of staff say the people they work with show appreciation to each other
• 88% staff say that patient care/service users are the organisations top priority
• Over 70% of staff believe there are opportunities for them to develop their career
• If a friend or relative needed treatment 81% of staff are happy with the standard of care provided

• With over 24 Queen’s Nurses (and growing) we have one of the highest percentages proportionate to the size of our team
• Nursing Times Award winners in 2023 and finalists in 2024 for a Bladder and Bowl project. Our specialist Stoma service is currently shortlisted for a Nursing Times and British Journal of Nursing awards.
• Two Specialist clinicians have recently had their work recognised by Wounds UK
• Leighton Hospital Urgent Treatment Centre, run by CCICP, was reviewed by Care Quality Commission and awarded the highest score in the North West

Job overview

We are delighted to advertise the opportunity to undertake a 12 month secondment/fixed term Specialist Practitioner Nutrition and Hydration Nurse or AHP. The Trust is looking for a clinician with significant experience working with patients with complex nutrition and hydration requirements. The postholder will support the successful implementation of the MCHFT Nutrition and Hydration 2025-2027 strategy.

Through leadership and dedicated quality improvement initiatives the postholder will support our Nutritional Ninja Champions in promoting quality nutritional and hydration standards across the Trust.

The post holder will develop and present nutrition and hydration assessment compliance data and drive the Trust in providing assurance that patients receive quality nutrition and hydration care whilst being cared for in MCHFT.

The post holder will work collaboratively with Dieticians, Nurses, Doctors Speech and Language therapists across all divisions and departments within hospital and community settings.

The post holder will support the ongoing review of policies and procedures together with supporting the development of any new policies/SOPs and Guidance that provide good governance around nutrition and hydration care.

The post will be predominantly working within the hospital base but their will be a need to travel and support across community services

Main duties of the job

To support in leading the multi-professional management of patients with enteral and parenteral nutritional needs through the provision of clinical leadership and expert advice across the service and primary care settings.

To support the leadership in facilitating, enabling and supporting the development of nutrition and hydration best practice ensuring delivery of high quality, effective and efficient care across the Trust.

This role will be key to the ongoing success of our Nutritional MDT and facilitate cross divisional working to ensure quality seamless care for patients as they transition through our services.

Support to lead in developing, delivering and evaluating high quality nutritional and hydration care in conjunction with the associated clinical teams to ensure this is incorporated within the Business Group and trust objectives.

Working for our organisation

Join Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership, a thriving NHS Community Services Provider

Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership (CCICP) delivers high-quality NHS community services across Cheshire. We are a forward-thinking, dynamic organisation dedicated to continuous improvement and outstanding patient care. Collaboration is at the heart of what we do, working closely with our community partners to shape the future of healthcare.

We are ambitious in our vision to become an ’Outstanding’ provider of community services, and we are committed to supporting our colleagues’ professional development.

Our organisation is growing rapidly—over the past eight years, our workforce has expanded from 350 to over 1,000 staff, and our services have increased from 25 to 49, with our contract value doubling in the process.

As part ofMid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, CCICP offers the benefits of both a supportive local team and the wider opportunities of a leading NHS provider.

Now is an exciting time to join us. With plans underway for the new Leighton Hospital in Crewe, we are at the forefront of innovation in healthcare. This cutting-edge hospital will be the most digitally advanced in the country, shaping the future of patient care and driving transformation across the region as part of the Healthier Futures programme.

Join us and be part of a forward-looking, compassionate, and ambitious organisation where your career can thrive.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Role Summary

1.To undertake in-depth specialist clinical assessment, diagnosis and treatment for adult patients with enteral and parenteral nutritional needs.

2.Tosupportinleadingthemulti-professionalmanagementofpatientswithenteral and parenteral nutritional needsthroughthe provisionofclinicalleadershipandexpertadviceacrosstheserviceandprimarycaresettings.

3.Tosupporttheleadershipinfacilitating,enablingandsupportingthedevelopmentofnutrition and hydration best practice ensuring delivery of high quality, effective and efficient care across the Trust.

4.Support to lead in developing, delivering and evaluating high quality nutritional and hydration care in conjunction with the associated clinical teams to ensure this is incorporated within the Business Group and trustobjectives.

This job description is an outline of the role and function. It is not intended to describe all specific tasks.

Person specification

• NMC or HCPC Registered
• Understanding of Improvement Matters

written and demonstrated

• Experience of working with patients with complex nutritional needs
• Experience of working in a nutritional MDT
• Evidence of service development
• Post registration study in nutrition and hydration care
• Evidence of Quality Improvement around nutrition and hydration care

We offer enviable benefits* which include:

• - Recognition: monthly ‘Because You Matter’ awards, with an annual awards celebration. CCICP Star of the Month acknowledgements
• - Flexible working, tailored to the service, role and individual
• - Training and development opportunities
• - Mentoring and coaching
• - Generous holiday allowance of 28 days plus bank holidays. Increasing with length of service. Option to buy / sell annual leave.
• - Fast track physiotherapy access
• - Enhanced maternity / paternity / adoption leave pay
• - Sick pay
• - Access to free counselling service 24/7
• - Carers leave
• - Free Flu and Covid Vaccinations
• - Discounted complimentary therapies
• - Access to hundreds of staff discounts nationally and locally
• - Cycle to work scheme
• - Long service awards for all NHS service

Key Messages

• Please let us know if you require an adjustment to our recruitment process.
• All correspondence will be sent via the email address you have registered as your TRAC account.
• Selection is based on the Trust's values, and the criteria outlined in the Job Description for the role.
• Employers have a legal responsibility to ensure that their employees have a “right to work” in the UK. Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust hold a Sponsor Licence, which means that we MAY be able to sponsor you IF the role meets the UK Government requirements for sponsorship. Not all NHS roles are eligible for sponsorship. To be eligible for sponsorship, the role must be in an eligible occupation code and must meet the skill level and the minimum salary threshold (usually £38,700 per year for Skilled Worker or £23,200 for Health Care Worker Visa). You can find more information on the Government website .
• Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the entry point (bottom) of the pay band.
• Appointments are subject to a 6-month probationary period. LED Doctors are subject to a 3-month probationary period.
• Please provide a contact email address for referees when you submit your application. We will not request any references until after you have been made a formal job offer.
• You will be required to pay for your DBS disclosure (where the post requires one). This will be done via 3 monthly instalments from your pay. We encourage applicants to join and remain registered with the DBS update service.
• We do not reimburse travel to interview expenses.

Key Messages

• Please let us know if you require an adjustment to our recruitment process and we'll be happy to discuss this with you.
• We actively promote flexible working so please discuss any requirements you may have with us.
• Secondments will be considered for fixed term positions when both parties agree. Candidates should seek approval from their current line manager before application.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

We expect to receive a very high level of applications for this vacancy, and due to this a limit has been set on the number of applications we are able to receive. Once this limit is reached the vacancy will close. We would urge interested candidates who meet the specification to apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.

Name Mrs Joanne Bowen Job title Head of Quality and Nursing Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 07885733801 Additional information. Please leave message and contact number and Joanne will call you back.

If you have problems applying, contact

Address Leighton Hospital
Middlewich Road
Crewe
Cheshire
CW1 4QJ
Telephone [e-mail]