Specialist Nutrition Support Nurse

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust; Manchester; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Part time

Job summary

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester is seeking an experienced and driven registered nurse to join our Specialist Nutrition Support Nurse team (band 6, 26.25 hrs/week) within the nutrition and dietetic team of our cancer centre.

The post offers the opportunity to develop your practice in nutrition and oncology, providing expertise in feeding tubes such as gastrostomies and nasogastric tubes, and to work with a strong MDT to deliver high quality, patient centred care.

Job description

Main area Dietetic Nursing - E00975 Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Contract Hours 26.25 hours per week (Part time permanent) Job ref 413-108084-CSSS-RS

Site Dietetic Nursing - E00975 Town Manchester Salary £39,959 - £48,117 Per annum, Pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 06/10/2026 23:59

Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced and driven registered nurse to join our Specialist Nutrition Support Nurse team (band 6, 26.25 hrs/week), as part of the Christie nutrition and dietetic team in our world class cancer centre, providing an opportunity to develop your practice within this specialist area of nursing.

If you are you passionate and have and interest or experience of working within in nutrition and/or oncology, and experience of varied feeding tubes, such as gastrostomies, nasogastric tubes, nasojejunal tubes and want to develop your skills further, then this is the post for you. The experienced and well-established team will support with competency and confidence development for this specialist role.

As a member of the Specialist Nutrition Support Nurse team, you will work closely with the dietetic team, and, as well as collaborate with the wider MDT and stake holders, to deliver high quality patient centred care for patients requiring artificial nutrition.

Main duties of the job

As a band 6 Specialist Nutrition Support Nurse you will work within the team to provide a specialist nutrition support nurse service for patients aimed at continually improving standards of care and facilitating a multidisciplinary team approach.

You will participate in the nurse management of patients receiving artificial nutrition support via enteral feeding, utilising both gastrostomies, jejunostomies, nasogastric and nasojejunal routes, as well as supporting patients through the HPN (Home Parenteral nutrition) referral process, and provision of venting gastrojejunostomy support for some of these patients.

Working with the team you will ensure the nutritional needs of patients are met, providing counselling, tube training, tube placement/replacement, follow-up/aftercare for patients receiving artificial nutrition support, this includes supporting the gastrostomy drop clinic in conjunction with the nursing team.

You will work alongside the specialist nutrition support nurse team in the development and delivery of education and training programmes for health care professionals in the Trust and at regional level on nursing related nutritional care.

You will be an active member of the wider Nutrition and Dietetic team, and an active role model for the service. Within this role you will work closely with the wider MDT and external agencies to ensure national nutritional performance and clinical standards are met.

Please see job description for full duties.

Working for our organisation

The Christie is one of Europe’s leading cancer centres, looking after more than 64,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 25% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country.

We are the largest radiotherapy provider in the NHS with one in 20 treatments delivered at The Christie. We have up to 15 linear accelerators operating across our network of sites. We operate the largest chemotherapy unit in the UK on our main site and treatments are also provided at 13 other networked sites, and in patients homes. And as a specialist tertiary surgical centre, we focus on rare cancers, complex procedures, and multidisciplinary approaches to cancer surgery, specialising in colorectal, peritoneal, gynaecological, urological and plastic surgery.

We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years. We have been named by the UK’s National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), as one of the best hospitals providing opportunities for patients to participate in clinical research studies, with more than 800 studies open at any time, caring for over 3,000 patients.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Clinical

• 1. To support the senior nutrition nurse and be responsible for own caseload providing an expert assessment plan and evaluation within the specialist area for enteral tubes
• 2. To conduct regular ward visits to ensure compliance with nutritional standards and act as a resource for nutrition care planning and feeding tubes care delivery.
• 3. To be involved in patient selection and education regarding enteral and parenteral nutrition support.
• 4. To attend multidisciplinary / best interest meetings to discuss management of patients requiring enteral or parenteral nutrition at home.
• 5. To maintain accurate, comprehensive and up to date documentation on the patient