Band 6 Community Nutrition Nurse Specialist - 1 year Fixed Term

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Job summary

Join Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust as a Band 6 Community Nutrition Nurse Specialist. This role focuses on enteral nutrition, working collaboratively with healthcare professionals to support patients with feeding tubes. The position offers a fixed-term contract with opportunities for skill enhancement in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Full NHS terms and conditions including extensive holidays

Attractive relocation payment if you relocate to the local area

Discounts for local and national retailers

Dedicated well-being services for all employees

Flexible working where possible

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse with a degree in Nursing.
• Experience in clinical nursing and enteral feeding.
• Evidence of multidisciplinary working.

Responsibilities

• Advise and support on all aspects of enteral feeding in adults.
• Work with dietitians and community nursing staff.
• Provide direct patient care and staff training.

Skills

Knowledge of nursing issues in relation to nutritional support and enteral feeding

Ability to demonstrate sound knowledge and application of up to date evidence based clinical trends and practices

Ability to use IT

Education

Degree in Nursing

Registered Nurse

Evidence of recent Post Basic Clinical Training

Community Nurse Prescribing

ENB 998 / City and Guilds 730 or similar teaching qualification

Job description

Main area Adults Specialist Rehabilitation Grade Band 6 Contract Fixed term: 12 months (Secondment Opportunity) Hours

• Full time
• Part time

30 hours per week (Monday to Friday working (no evenings or weekends)) Job ref 820-7154111-ASR

Employer Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Gee Business Centre Town Birmingham Salary £37,338 - £44,962 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 01/06/2025 23:59

Band 6 Community Nutrition Nurse Specialist - 1 year Fixed Term

Band 6

Job overview

Do you have an interest in Enteral Nutrition, PEGs and Nasogastric Tubes?

Do you want to enhance your nursing skills by looking after people with feeding tubes?

Do you want to challenge yourself?

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Nurse to join our well established, award-winning community enteral nutrition nurses team on a years fixed term.

We are looking for a motivated, dynamic and enthusiastic nurse to join our department.

Main duties of the job

The role will work with adult patients alongside dietitians, community-based district nursing staff and our experienced Nutrition Nursing team to advise and support on all aspects of enteral feeding in adults. The team liaises closely with acute units, enteral feeding companies, community hospitals and nursing homes in relation to home enteral feeding discharges, assessment for initiation of enteral feeding, direct patient care and staff training. The successful post holder should therefore have experience in enteral feeding. Working alongside the Specialist Nutrition Nurses for Adults, you will gain expert knowledge and support patients in their own homes to prevent admission to hospital.

Working for our organisation

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• Please ensure you check your Trac account regularly as this is how we will communicate with you during the shortlisting and selection process
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  Be Part of Our Team..
  BCHC has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehab Centre and one of Europe’s leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.

  If you want to ‘Be Part of Our Team’ and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further details on the main responsibilities, please see the attached job description and person specification .

Person specification

Qualifications and Training

• Registered Nurse
• Degree in Nursing
• Evidence of recent Post Basic Clinical Training
• Nursing experience with Children or those with Learning Disability
• ENB 998 / City and Guilds 730 or similar teaching qualification
• Community Nurse Prescribing

Experience

• Substantial post registration experience in clinical nursing
• Evidence of multidisciplinary working

Skills / Knowledge

• Ability to demonstrate sound knowledge and application of up to date evidence based clinical trends and practices
• Knowledge of nursing issues in relation to nutritional support and enteral feeding
• Knowledge of current national guidance relating to nutrition support
• Ability to use IT
• Knowledge of application of NMC Code of Conduct and scope of professional practice
• Understanding of the needs of ethnic minority clients/carers
• Ability to generate written communication which is relevant, concise, accurate and legible
• Ability to demonstrate individual and team responsibility in respect to Health and Safety
• Understanding of Project Management and evaluation

Personal Qualities

• Ability to demonstrate a commitment to team working
• Ability to learn and apply knowledge appropriately
• Ability to organise oneself and others
• Ability to be flexible and adaptable
• Motivation and interest towards extending skills and knowledge in the chosen area
• Ability to generate written communication which is relevant, concise, accurate and legible
• Ability to teach relatives, clients and staff across all areas of nutritional and nursing practice
• Ability to participate in setting outcomes for treatment and evaluating interventions

Other job requirements

• Ability to travel throughout the city, transporting equipment necessary to do the job.

Disability Confident Employer and Guaranteed Interview Scheme

BCHC offers a guaranteed interview to any candidate who is Disabled, Neurodiverse, has a hidden or long term health condition as recognised under the Equality Act 2010, providing they meet the essential criteria of the job role, as set out in the person specification. We encourage applicants to submit their applications and to request any reasonable adjustments where required.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Birmingham is a fantastic place to live and we serve a wide range of people and communities. BCHC are an advocate of diversity and strive to mirror the community we serve as much possible.

We are committed to and actively promote equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals from all areas of the community who meet the specific criteria are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief and marriage/civil partnerships.

Promoting Workforce Equality

In response to data held by BCHC which demonstrates that individuals from particular protected characteristics are under-represented, BCHC are striving to redress these imbalances. In order to do this, the Trust is committed to the employment and career development of individuals with these protected characteristics. As part of this commitment and given this under-representation, the Trust guarantees an interview to any applicants from under-represented groups for positions at Band 8a and above whose application meets the essential criteria for the post as detailed on the Person Specification.

The Trust is currently under-represented in terms of people who identify as Black, Minority Ethnic (BME) and welcomes applicants from these communities. Selection will be on the basis of merit. In order to ensure the diversity of our workforce and understand the differing needs of our communities, the Trust is committed to the principles of Positive Action.

Flexible Working

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) supports a variety of flexible working practices and, where possible (given our range of services and community settings) dependent upon the requirements associated with the role, will actively consider requests made and support these where practically possible. This may include hybrid patterns of working to enable colleagues to request the flexibility of a mixture of home/base working.

In accordance with the NHS People Promise, the Trust is committed to facilitating a healthy work/life balance that is essential to health and wellbeing and to making BCHC a ‘Great Place to Work’. We will be happy to discuss and consider all requests relating to working patterns and hours at your interview so please do ask!

Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust acknowledges Artificial Intelligence (AI) or Generative AI (GenAI) tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Gemini etc; are powerful tools that can help you in various stages of your job application and how they can be used in certain circumstances during your application process with BCHC. You can read more about acceptable use on our internet pages here

Benefits of working for us:

• Full NHS terms and conditions including extensive holidays, Agenda for Change pay with enhancements
• Attractive relocation payment if you relocate to the local area.
• Discounts for local and national retailers
• Dedicated well-being services for all employees
• Flexible working where possible

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.