Nutrition Nurse Specialist

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust; Huddersfield; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a Specialist Nutrition Nurse to provide evidence-based nutritional support for hospital and community patients. You will be a key member of the multi-disciplinary team, responsible for developing nutritional care plans, training healthcare staff, and acting as an expert resource in complex nutrition cases. This role offers an opportunity to lead in nutrition care delivery while contributing to a supportive culture focused on compassionate care.

Qualifications

• Experience with enteral and parenteral nutrition.
• Ability to provide evidence-based clinical advice.
• Commitment to the NMC code of professional practice.

Responsibilities

• Act as a resource for complex nutritional challenges.
• Provide specialized clinical care in nutrition support.
• Deputise for the Lead Nurse when necessary.

Skills

Clinical nursing practice in nutrition support

Nutritional screening and assessment

Training and supervision of healthcare professionals

Multi-disciplinary team collaboration

Job description

Under the direction of the Lead Nutrition Nurse the post holder will act as an informed resource; to provide specialist advice and support for patients with complex nutritional challenges requiring enteral and/or parenteral nutrition, and act as a role model, whilst developing competencies as a clinical expert in their field of specialism.

Work within the NMC code of professional practice, and within Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust policies, procedures and guidelines.

Be an integral member of the multi-disciplinary team providing nutritional care to patients in hospital and from the community.

Deputise for Lead Nurse as appropriate.

Provide excellent, specialised, evidence based clinical nursing practice in nutrition support including nutritional screening and clinical assessment of patients.

Train, guide and supervise registered nurses, healthcare professional, patients, carers and relatives, in hospital.

CHFT is an integrated Trust of 6,500+ colleagues providing hospital and community services to patients and communities across Calderdale and Kirklees. We are rated as ‘Good’ by the Care Quality Commission, are a top performing Trust for Elective Recovery, Emergency and Cancer Care and widely acknowledged as a national digital lead when it comes to caring for people across our local and regional systems.

Our people are at the core of everything we do, hence our commitment to One Culture of Care. Our focus is to care for and support each other in order to provide outstanding compassionate care to our patients. That is why we are looking for an inclusive collaborative, creative, innovative and compassionate leader to join us in this role.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Emma Wilson Job title: Senior Nutrition Specialist Nurse Email address: [e-mail]