Lead Nurse in Nutrition Support

Barts Health NHS Trust; London; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in London is seeking a Specialist Nurse to lead the Nutrition Specialist Nursing team. The role involves managing a team, ensuring high-quality care in artificial nutrition, and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams. Candidates must have experience in nutrition support and strong leadership qualities. A supportive working environment with opportunities for innovation is offered.

Qualifications

• Experience in enteral and parenteral nutrition required.
• Specialist expertise in managing complex patients receiving artificial nutritional support.
• Understanding of legal and professional ethics.
• Ability to recommend and manage feeding systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of specialist nurses.
• Ensure high quality, cost-effective healthcare service.
• Implement evidence-based care and new treatments.
• Collaborate in policy development and strategic service review.

Skills

Problem-solving

Analytical skills

Computer Literacy

Organizational skills

Dexterity for clinical procedures

Education

Current NMC registration

BSc Nursing or working towards

Intravenous accreditation

Evidence of post registration education in nutrition

Job description

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An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Specialist Nurse, to lead our Nutrition Specialist Nursing team in delivering safe and effective care in artificial Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition support.

By integrating the four key aspects of clinical practice, service management, research and education, the post holder will lead and collaborate with the Gastroenterology/Human Nutrition and Intestinal Failure Multidisciplinary Team, tofurther develop and monitor standards of nutritional care.

Experience in Nutrition Specialist Nursing with an understanding of Leadership and quality improvement is key to this role. The post holder should be an innovative and committed leader, who can inspire and lead on patient care.

Main duties of the job

Manage and lead a workforce of specialist nurses (i.e. across a Division).

Service and budget management, ensuring high quality, cost-effective healthcare.

Be responsible for implementing a clearly defined integrated approach to patient care encompassing new treatments and evidence-based care.

Responsible for the assessment, planning, diagnosis implementation and evaluation of care, as an autonomous practitioner with highly specialist skills and experience.

Contribution within The Barts Health NHS Trust and The Central London Intestinal Failure Partnership, Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition Companies, as well as policy development, co-chairing responsibilities and attendance at divisional and Trust wide Nutrition meetings.

Be involved in the strategic review of clinical services as appropriate.

The role demands the commitment to provide specialist nutritional clinical support to patients, their families/carers and health professionals throughout the Trust. The successfulapplicant will work closely with theAdult Nutrition Support multidisciplinary team to ensure a high quality of care is delivered to patients.There will be opportunities to work across Barts Health as the service develops.

In return for your dedication to the role, we can offer supportive working environment with opportunities to innovate care, showcase excellence and advance leadership abilities, to enable the post holder to thrive both personally and professionally.

Working for our organisation

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The full job description provides an overview of the key tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specification outlines the qualifications, skills, experience, and knowledge required. For both documents, please view the attachment/s below.

We are dedicated to being an outstanding place to work and will work with you to get the best experience. We know flexible working is not a one size fits all and will mean something different to everyone. We are inclusive, so if you are interested in flexible working, please speak to the recruiting manager.

Person specification

Experience

• Relevant experience of enteral and parenteral nutrition.
• Specialist expertise underpinned by theoretical knowledge, and broad experience in the management of highly complex patients receiving artificial nutritional support
• Level of understanding and working within the clinical governance framework
• Understanding of legal and professional ethics and their application in practice

Skills

• Ability to problem solve, analyse complex clinical problems and create practical solutions to provide best clinical care
• Ability to undertake audit and change practice in accordance to findings.
• Computer Literacy.
• Good organisational skills, able to work effectively as an autonomous practitioner, set priorities and meet deadlines in spite of repeated interruptions
• Ability to recommend and manage feeding systems as required on a daily basis.
• Experience of managing PN and HPN
• Experience managing NG and Gastrostomy tubes.
• Developed physical skills to ensure accuracy and dexterity required for clinical procedures e.g. nasogastric tubes, bridles and gastrostomies.
• Experience of delivering undergraduate student supervision

Qualifications

• Current NMC registration
• Intravenous accreditation.
• Prep for Mentorship course or equivalent.
• BSc Nursing or working towards.
• Evidence of post registration education in nutrition.