Job summary
An opportunity has arisen for a registered nurse to join the Nutrition Nurse team at Good Hope Hospital working hours 30 hours per week.
We are a small, friendly team looking after patients with a variety of conditions who require nutritional support. The successful candidate will support the Band 7 Nutrition Nurse Specialist in developing the service to include nurse lead outpatient clinics, staff and patient teaching and patient counselling.
The post would be best suited to a nurse who is keen to specialise in nutritional support, keen to learn and with experience of looking after patients who have had enteral feeding (such as via naso gastric tubes or PEGs) and parenteral nutrition.
Main duties of the job
The ideal candidate will be able to work as part of a team but also will work autonomously, liaising with multi disciplinary teams across hospital and community settings. The role involves clinical assessment and counselling of patients who require various forms of nutritional support, troubleshooting with enteral and parenteral devices, informal and formal teaching and supporting ward teams. The post holder will participate in nutrition nurse lead out patient clinics in addition to multi disciplinary clinics and will take a key role within the nutrition support team ward rounds. As part of the team they will also actively participate in research and audit.
About us
We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.
Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.
UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.
University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *First level registered nurse
Desirable
- *Evidence of structured self-study or professional development taken in nutrition related subject
Experience
Essential
- *An understanding of the issues surrounding nurse expansion and the role of the nurse specialist
- *Post registration experience of caring for patients receiving nutritional support including enteral and parenteral nutrition
- *Able to demonstrate evidence of counselling/ communication skills
- *Able to demonstrate commitment to high quality patient care
- *Evidence of supporting/mentoring others in a clinical environment
Desirable
- *Experience of working with patients with a range of medical conditions
- *Knowledge and development of educational programmes
- *Knowledge of corporate and clinical governance
- *Evidence of implementing research based practice
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *Willingness to undertake the non-medical prescribing course
Desirable
- *Willing to embrace innovations and new ways of working in service development
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *First level registered nurse
Desirable
- *Evidence of structured self-study or professional development taken in nutrition related subject
Experience
Essential
- *An understanding of the issues surrounding nurse expansion and the role of the nurse specialist
- *Post registration experience of caring for patients receiving nutritional support including enteral and parenteral nutrition
- *Able to demonstrate evidence of counselling/ communication skills
- *Able to demonstrate commitment to high quality patient care
- *Evidence of supporting/mentoring others in a clinical environment
Desirable
- *Experience of working with patients with a range of medical conditions
- *Knowledge and development of educational programmes
- *Knowledge of corporate and clinical governance
- *Evidence of implementing research based practice
Additional Criteria
Essential
- *Willingness to undertake the non-medical prescribing course
Desirable
- *Willing to embrace innovations and new ways of working in service development
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
