Nutrition Nurse Specialist

NHS; Lindley; On-site; ZAR 874 000 - 1 054 000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in South Africa is seeking a Nutrition Nurse Specialist to provide expert nutritional advice and support for patients. The role involves assessing patient care needs, training healthcare professionals, and collaborating with a multidisciplinary team to deliver high standards of care. Candidates should be NMC registered with relevant qualifications and experience in clinical nursing practice. The position offers a salary range of £38,682 to £46,580 per annum and is essential for those committed to enhancing patient nutritional outcomes.

Qualifications

• Must be NMC Registered.
• Relevant specialty-related qualification or working towards.
• Experience in advanced life support required.
• Teaching qualification or mentoring experience is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Assess and implement care within the specialist area.
• Train healthcare professionals in specialty knowledge.
• Support the multidisciplinary team and report patient conditions accurately.

Skills

Communication skills

Clinical assessment

Nutritional screening

Education

NMC Registered

Relevant specialty qualification

Tools

IT skills in word processing/Excel

Job description

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

Nutrition Nurse Specialist

The closing date is 07 December 2025

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.

Main duties of the job

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

About us

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.

Job responsibilities

To assess, plan and implement care to patients within specialist area. To provide and maintain high standards of care, to patients requiring specialist input and advice.

Train, guide and supervise general registered nurses/midwives, allied healthcare professional, patients, carers and relatives, in hospital to understand specialty area and aspects of care.

Assist and support the multidisciplinary team by ensuring patients conditions are reported accurately, that plans of care and instruction is correctly conveyed to ward nurses, medical staff and that prescribed treatments are administered.

Person Specification

QUALIFICATIONS / TRAINING

• NMC Registered
• Relevant speciality related qualification/module or working towards
• Non-Medical prescribing or working towards
• Trained in advanced life support
• Teaching Qualification / experience of mentorship

KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE & EXPERTISE

• Basic knowledge of financial management within the clinical setting
• Knowledge of professional and NHS issues and an understanding of corporate objectives
• Relevant post registration clinical experience
• Speciality knowledge and experience
• Initiation an implementation of change

COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS (INCLUDING MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES)

• Able to manage own workload
• Basic IT skills in word processing/EXEL and hospital systems
• Able to present written information in a logical manner
• Ability to communicate in a variety of settings with patients of varying levels of understanding
• Ability to communicate sensitive information
• Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues at all levels of the organisation
• Presentation and teaching skills

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.

Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust

£38,682 to £46,580 a yearper annum, pro rata