Nutrition Nurse Specialist

Nutrition Nurse Specialist Overview

Join the specialist Nutrition Support Team at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and make a significant impact on the lives of patients requiring nutritional support. This Band 6 Nutrition Specialist Nurse position offers the chance to develop advanced skills in enteral and parenteral nutrition while collaborating with expert clinicians in various healthcare settings.

As a vital member of a highly skilled multidisciplinary team, you will support patients in achieving optimal outcomes and quality of life through expert clinical care, education, and support. This role provides an excellent opportunity to enhance your clinical skills, contribute to service improvement initiatives, and help shape the future of nutrition services within our organization.

We are seeking a compassionate, proactive nurse dedicated to delivering exceptional care. In return, we offer a supportive environment, access to specialized training and development opportunities, and the chance to work within a respected service that values innovation, collaboration, and excellence.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

• Deliver specialist nursing care for patients requiring enteral and parenteral nutrition support across inpatient and community settings.
• Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate complex nutrition support programs, ensuring safe, evidence-based, and patient-centered care.
• Provide expert advice, education, and support to patients, families, carers, and healthcare professionals.
• Manage and troubleshoot feeding tubes, central venous access devices, and nutrition-related complications.
• Support patients transitioning from hospital to home, coordinating discharge planning and ongoing care arrangements.
• Work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team, including consultants, dietitians, pharmacists, community teams, and primary care colleagues.
• Contribute to the development and delivery of nutrition-related education and training programs across the Trust and externally.
• Participate in service development, quality improvement, audit, research, and clinical governance activities to enhance patient outcomes and service delivery.
• Develop and maintain clinical guidelines, policies, and protocols relating to artificial nutrition support.
• Manage a varied caseload autonomously while ensuring patients are reviewed within agreed standards and timescales.

Qualifications and Experience

• Essential: Registered on the appropriate part of the NMC register.
• Desirable: Independent prescriber qualification.
• Essential: Significant post-registration experience with evidence of continued professional development, including experience in administering parenteral and enteral nutrition support and working with multidisciplinary teams.

Skills and Attitude

• Essential: Proficient in using equipment for artificial nutrition delivery (e.g., pumps, tubes, intravenous lines).
• Essential: Strong understanding of issues surrounding artificial nutrition and parenteral support.
• Essential: Effective role model demonstrating NNUH’s PRIDE values of People-focused, Respect, Integrity, Dedication, and Excellence.
• Essential: Commitment to promoting Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion.

This position is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service Check, and applications from job seekers requiring current Skilled Worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.

Degree Requirement: Not Specified

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