Nutrition Support Nurse

Transformation Unit; Greater London; Hybride; GBP 46 000 - 54 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is seeking a Nutrition Support Nurse to join the multidisciplinary team at Central Middlesex Hospital. The role supports Clinical Nurse Specialists and the Nurse Consultant in safe nutrition delivery for inpatients, outpatients, and home parenteral/enteral nutrition.

A large teaching element involves training patients for home nutrition and ensuring catheter care safety in a MDT setting.

Qualifications

• Registered Nurse (Adult) with active NMC registration and teaching experience.
• Experience with artificial nutrition, enteral/parenteral, and central venous access.
• MDT collaboration and patient education skills are essential.

Responsabilités

• Facilitate nursing practice and education in nutrition support.
• Promote clinical guidelines implementation for nutrition support.
• Review inpatients on enteral/parenteral nutrition and train patients at home.

Connaissances

Gastrointestinal knowledge

Nutritional support expertise

MDT collaboration

Central venous catheter care

Aseptic technique

Home parenteral nutrition knowledge

Home enteral nutrition knowledge

Outpatient artificial nutrition care

Formation

Registered Nurse (Adult)

Valid NMC registration

Teaching experience

Nutrition support conference attendance

Outils

MS Teams

Description du poste

Main area Intestinal Rehabilitation Grade NHS AfC: Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (The post is based at Central Middlesex Hospital) Job ref 337-NP-1096LC

Employer London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Central Middlesex Hospital Town London Salary £45,953 - £54,254 pa Inclusive of High Cost Area Supplement Salary period Yearly Closing 18/11/2026 23:59

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

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Our vision at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is to put “Quality at our HEART”. Find out more about our ambitious strategy

We are clear that our vision can only be achieved by our staff, who are our most valuable asset.

Our vision is driven by our HEART values and behaviours which were developed together with our staff.

• H onesty
• A ccountability
• T eamwork

These values describe how we interact with each other and our patients and must underpin everything we do to achieve our vision.

LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

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Job overview

The nutrition support nurse plays a vital role within the multidisciplinary Nutrition Support Team. This post provides support to the Clinical Nurse Specialists and Nurse Consultant in providing specialist knowledge and input surrounding the safe and effective delivery of nutrition support (oral, enteral and parenteral nutrition) for inpatients, and outpatients receiving home parenteral and enteral nutrition. There is a large patient teaching component training patients to administer their home parenteral nutrition and care for their central venous catheter.

Main duties of the job

Under the guidance of the Clinical Nurse Specialists/Nurse Consultant the support nurse will;

• Facilitate nursing practice, education and advice within the speciality of nutrition support.
• Promote and monitor the implementation of clinical guidelines relating to nutrition support.
• Review inpatients receiving enteral and parenteral nutrition
• Train patients for home enteral and parenteral nutrition.
• Review home enteral and parenteral nutrition patients in the nurse led rapid access clinic
• Co-ordinate the safe discharge of patients on home enteral and parenteral nutrition.
• Ensure the safe aftercare of devices used for artificial nutrition support (enteral and parenteral nutrition).

Working for our organisation

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Under the guidance of the Clinical Nurse Specialists/Nurse Consultant the support nurse will;

• Facilitate nursing practice, education and advice within the speciality of nutrition support.
• Promote and monitor the implementation of clinical guidelines relating to nutrition support.
• Review inpatients receiving enteral and parenteral nutrition
• Train patients for home enteral and parenteral nutrition.
• Review home enteral and parenteral nutrition patients in the nurse led rapid access clinic
• Co-ordinate the safe discharge of patients on home enteral and parenteral nutrition.
• Ensure the safe aftercare of devices used for artificial nutrition support (enteral and parenteral nutrition).

Person specification

Education/qualifications

• Registered Nurse (Adult)
• Valid NMC registration
• Teaching experience
• Attendance at nutrition support and/or intestinal failure conference/meeting

Knowledge and experience

• Understanding of gastrointestinal conditions
• Understanding of intestinal failure (IF) and the common causes of Type 3 IF
• Knowledge of artificial feeding routes and techniques
• Post registration experience of caring for patients receiving artificial nutrition
• Experience of handling central venous access devices, non tunneled, PICC, tunneled cuffed (Hickman type), and totally implanted port)
• Understanding of how home parenteral nutrition is organised
• Experience of seeing outpatients with artificial nutrition support related complications
• Experience of managing a patient helpline - recording, triaging and responding to patient concerns

Skills, abilities and attributes

• Proficient in Aseptic Non Touch Technique
• Experience of teaching central venous catheter care
• Good time management
• Good standard of oral and written communication
• Phlebotomy and cannulation
• Experience of MDT working
• Proficient is using MS Teams

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We promote the wellbeing and safety of all our patients and carers by acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately, according to the standards determined by our policy and procedures. All posts working with vulnerable groups will be subject to an enhanced criminal records check upon appointment and staff will need to give their consent for the Trust to receive regular updates on their criminal records status throughout their employment.

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As part of our commitment to the Equality and Diversity at LNWUH, we are encouraging applications from BME (Black ,Minority Ethnic) candidates as we seek to ensure our workforce structures are representative of the diversity of the communities we serve.

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