Specialist Nurse (Nutrition)

Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Barnstaple; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare trust in Barnstaple is seeking a Band 6 Nutritional Nurse Specialist to enhance nutritional care across inpatient and outpatient settings. You will assess and manage patients with specific nutritional needs, ensuring safe discharge planning. The ideal candidate is a qualified nurse with experience in nutritional care, working closely with a multidisciplinary team to improve patient outcomes.

Qualifications

• Registered nurse with a Band 6 specialized in nutritional care.
• Experience in enteral and parenteral nutrition management.
• Ability to support discharge planning for nutritional care.

Responsibilities

• Assess and manage patients requiring enteral and parenteral nutrition.
• Support safe discharge planning for nutritional care.
• Collaborate with the wider multidisciplinary team.

Skills

Nutritional care

Patient assessment

Collaboration with multidisciplinary teams

Education

Qualified nurse

Job description

Overview

Are you a passionate and experienced nurse looking to specialise in nutritional care? We are seeking a Band 6 Nutritional Nurse Specialist to join our dedicated team at North Devon District Hospital (NDDH) for a 6-month fixed-term contract.

This Band 6 Nutritional Nurse Specialist post supports the delivery of expert nutritional care across inpatient and outpatient settings. The role involves assessing and managing patients requiring enteral and parenteral nutrition, supporting safe discharge planning, and working closely with the wider multidisciplinary team to improve service delivery and patient outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Assess and manage patients requiring enteral and parenteral nutrition.
• Support safe discharge planning for nutritional care.
• Collaborate with the wider multidisciplinary team to improve service delivery and patient outcomes.

Requirements

• Qualified nurse with experience; Band 6 Nutritional Nurse Specialist role.

About the Trust

For more detail about the main duties of this role, please see the job description section below. As a key member of the Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, you will be joining an exceptional team working together to help our patients to stay healthy, when they need it most.

Stretching across Northern, Eastern and Mid Devon, we have a workforce of over 15,000 staff, making us the largest employer in Devon. Our core services, which we provide to more than 615,000 people, cover more than 2,000 square miles across Devon, while some of our specialist services cover the whole of the peninsula, extending our reach as far as Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.

We deliver a wide range of emergency, specialist and general medical services through North Devon District Hospital and the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (Wonford).

Alongside our two acute hospitals, we provide integrated health and social care services across a variety of settings, including community inpatient hospitals, outpatient clinics, and within peoples own homes. We also offer primary care services, a range of specialist community services, and Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC).

Our state-of-the-art equipment, leading technologies and strong links to local universities put us at the forefront of research and innovations, enabling us to provide world-class care to our local communities.

Its never been a more exciting time to join the Royal Devon, as youll help to shape our services as we continue along our integration journey.