Senior Nutrition Nurse Specialist

Doncaster & Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS FT; Doncaster; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS Pension Scheme

Generous holiday entitlement

Health and wellbeing support

NHS Car Lease schemes

Job summary

Doncaster & Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS FT in Doncaster is seeking a Senior Nutrition Nurse Specialist to work with the Lead Nurse to deliver a specialist nutrition service across the Trust.

You will provide expert advice on enteral and parenteral nutrition, support education and audit, deputise for the Lead Nurse, and lead MEED MDT involvement. A strong track record in clinical nutrition and team leadership is essential.

Qualifications

• Knowledge and experience in enteral and parenteral feeding.
• Experience in advanced clinical practice including prescribing.
• Use of specialist equipment e.g. CVCs and nasal retention devices.

Responsibilities

• Provide autonomous expert clinical nutrition input, supporting staff and families.
• Safe prescribing of parenteral nutrition regimens and related ICTs.
• Assess patients for enteral tube insertion and participate in MDT discussions.

Skills

Enteral feeding

Parenteral feeding

Advanced prescribing

Team management

Autonomous practitioner

Communication skills

Education

NMC registration

Teaching/assessing certificate

Level 7 modules willingness

Tools

CVCs

Nasal retention devices

Job description

Doncaster & Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS FT

Senior Nutrition Nurse Specialist

The closing date is 19 November 2026

The post holder will work with the Lead Nurse to provide a specialist nutrition nurse service, meeting the needs of patients throughout the Trust, ensuring the maintenance and development of clinical excellence.

The post also includes responsibility for providing expert knowledge and specialist advice to a wide range of professional staff and meeting the educational needs of staff involved the management of enteral and parenteral nutrition.

The post holder will ensure that a high level of nutritional care is achieved and maintained by informing and utilising the Trust's policies, strategies, audit processes, education and research agenda.

Support the Lead Nurse in the management of the Nutrition Nurse Team. Deputise for the Lead Nurse during periods of leave.

Main duties of the job

Main duties will include working as an autonomous practitioner, providing clinical expertise relating to enteral and parenteral nutrition. Providing support for other health care professionals, patients and their families.

Safe prescribing of parenteral nutrition regimens and relevant medications/ intravenous fluids as recommended by the nutrition support team.

Assessing patients for enteral tube insertion and taking the lead or being a part of MDT discussion and best interest meetings.

Undertake first nurse assistant role for PEG insertion and independently provide a PEG removal list.

Providing nutrition related education trust wide at planned events and as required at ward level.

Be a part of the MEED (medical emergencies in eating disorders) MDT, providing support for the patient, their family and the ward teams.

About us

DBTH is one of Yorkshire's Leading acute trusts, serving a population of more than 440,000. Our services are based over three main hospital sites and several additional services employing over 7,000 colleagues.

At DBTH we have a comprehensive framework of behaviours that guide us in our daily working lives, these form the DBTH Way. We pride ourselves on our commitment to the values of We Care and now the DBTH Way builds upon these foundations, providing further clarity on what it means to embody these values in our everyday interactions.

As an organisation that supports flexible working, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applicants from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including those with disabilities, members of our ethnic minorities and LGBTQ+ communities.

We offer a range of benefits to support our people including:

• Extensive range of learning opportunities
• NHS Pension Scheme
• Generous holiday entitlement in line with Terms & Conditions
• Comprehensive health and wellbeing support
• NHS Car Lease schemes and a range of salary sacrifice scheme
• Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping and finance through external providers.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached to the advert a job description and person specification for further details. Please ensure you read this document carefully.Please note, if your application is successful you will be required to present original certificates of qualifications that are listed in the person specification under essential.

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Person Specification

Knowledge & Experience

• Knowledge and experience in enteral and parenteral feeding
• Experience in advanced clinical practice including prescribing
• Use of specialist equipment e.g. CVC's and nasal retention devices
• Experience of team management

Qualifications & Training

• NMC current registration
• Teaching and assessing certificate
• Evidence of or willingness to undertake academic modules at level 7

Personal Attributes & Skills

• Ability to work as an autonomous practitioner accountable for own actions and provide support and leadership to the nutrition nurse team
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Motivated and solution focused individual
• Experience of leading service development/ Quality Improvement projects

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Doncaster & Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS FT

£49,387 to £56,515 a yearPro Rata Per Annum