Enteral Nutrition Practitioner

Job responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

AHP or registered Nurses are welcome to apply.

Qualifications

Essential

• Registered Allied Health Professional (AHP) or Nurse (NMC) or Physician Associate (PA)
• Undergraduate degree or equivalent qualification in relevant subject
• Recognised teaching qualification or demonstrable experience of teaching and clinical supervision
• Willing to undertake Non-medical prescribing qualification and advanced physical assessment at MSc level 7

Desirable

• Hold or be working towards a MSc (level 7) degree
• Non-medical prescribing qualification
• Advanced physical assessment qualification

Other Factors

Essential

• Ability to work under pressure
• Excellent organisational and IT skills

Desirable

• Excellent leadership ability

Experience

Essential

• Demonstrable significant post registration experience in relevant clinical speciality
• Awareness of disease-related malnutrition and/or enteral feeding tubes
• Knowledge of anatomy and physiology of the GI tract
• Experience of providing high quality patient centred care

Desirable

• Substantial experience of disease-related malnutrition and/or enteral feeding tubes
• Evidence of training on GI diagnostic and therapeutic intervention

Further Training

Essential

• Willing to undertake training relating to advanced nutritional procedures in a variety of settings i.e. Radiologically, endoscopically, and ward based (invasive procedures)
• Ability to critically analyse literature and evidence-based practice
• Critical thinking and reasoning skills in decision-making
• Evidence of continued personal and professional development
• Ability to attain additional clinical skills

Desirable

• Experience performing advanced nutritional procedures in a variety of settings i.e. Radiologically, endoscopically, and ward based
• Ascertain diagnosis through advanced clinical assessment, history, examination and investigations and action appropriate on-going care

Special Skills/Aptitudes

Essential

• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Demonstrate skilled written and verbal communication
• Evidence of independent working

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).