Job summary
Working Part time - 30 hours per week
We are recruiting for a Nutrition Clinical Nurse Specialist who shares our vision to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients.
This post is designed to perform a key role in the delivery of a high-quality patient nutrition service based at Countess of Chester Hospital covering the acute and community setting.
You will be an integral member of the team and will have a key role in overseeing the strategy and implementation of best nutritional care for the patients within the Trust.
Clinically this post is integrated with the nutrition team consisting of a consultant gastroenterologist, dietician, speech and language therapist and the nutrition clinical nurse specialist. The service aims to identify patients with nutritional problems, in particular those who need enteral or parenteral feeding support.
At the heart of everything we do are our core values: safe, kind and effective. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.
Main duties of the job
- To lead on the development of nursing standards for nutritional care.
- To effectively manage own caseload, co-ordinating the care and treatment of patients receiving nutritional support (both enteral and parenteral) in the acute and community setting
- Working within the multidisciplinary team to ensure that patients who require enteral and parenteral nutritional support receive the highest standards of care.
- Attending weekly MDT clinics for patients who require enteral and parenteral nutrition
- Assess patients requiring long term enteral tube feeding for both inpatients and outpatients.
- Facilitate insertions of complex nasogastric tubes, nasojejunal tubes, nasal bridles and PEG tubes where needed.
- Contribute and participate in core clinical policies relating to nutritional support.
About us
The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:
o The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds.o Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility.o Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.
The Trust employs over 6258 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 407,000. This includes 357,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.
The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.
Job description
Job responsibilities
See Job Description for further details.
Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £27.50(standard) or £55.50(enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first three months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16per year applies.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
Good luck with your application.
Job description
Job responsibilities
See Job Description for further details.
Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £27.50(standard) or £55.50(enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first three months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16per year applies.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
Good luck with your application.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RN/RSCN Diploma or Degree
- NMC Registered
- Level 7 masters or equivalent study.
- Clinical assessment & diagnostics (Level 7)
- Relevant specialty related qualification/module (Insertion of CVADs, IV access)
Desirable
- Trained in Advanced Life Support
- Management qualification or equivalent
- Continuous Professional
- V300 Non medical prescribing (Level 7)
Experience
Essential
- Speciality knowledge and experience
- Basic knowledge of financial management within the clinical setting.
- Knowledge of professional and NHS issues and an understanding of corporate objectives.
- To complete the Trust toolkit competencies
- Relevant Post Registration clinical experience
- Initiation an implementation of change
Skills
Essential
- Able to manage own workload and co-ordinate that of others.
- Basic IT skills in word processing/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.
Desirable
- Presentation / teaching skills
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- RN/RSCN Diploma or Degree
- NMC Registered
- Level 7 masters or equivalent study.
- Clinical assessment & diagnostics (Level 7)
- Relevant specialty related qualification/module (Insertion of CVADs, IV access)
Desirable
- Trained in Advanced Life Support
- Management qualification or equivalent
- Continuous Professional
- V300 Non medical prescribing (Level 7)
Experience
Essential
- Speciality knowledge and experience
- Basic knowledge of financial management within the clinical setting.
- Knowledge of professional and NHS issues and an understanding of corporate objectives.
- To complete the Trust toolkit competencies
- Relevant Post Registration clinical experience
- Initiation an implementation of change
Skills
Essential
- Able to manage own workload and co-ordinate that of others.
- Basic IT skills in word processing/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.
Desirable
- Presentation / 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.
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).
