Job summary
An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced, enthusiastic and highly motivated nurse with excellent interpersonal skills to join our highly innovative Gastroenterology Team. The role is to provide specialist advice and support for patients who need enteral feeding and will cover working over both hospital sites in this Trust.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team including a clinical endoscopist, SALT, dietetic teams within secondary care and the community and the community enteral nutritional team to ensure patients receive the highest standard of care. The post holder will manage referrals, perform pre assessment for PEG/RIG insertion, deliver counselling and risk v benefits discussions, arrange placements and monitor progress whilst patient on ward.
The role also includes feeding tube and site care, changing feeding tubes as appropriate and manage any issues that arise and that cannot be managed by the community enteral nutritional team once discharged.
Education and training to various wards and departments will also be an important element of this role.
About us
At North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust our main priority is, and always will be, to provide safe and high quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. We want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience.
We will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development. Staff recognition is very important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Star and Team of the month, colleague recognition - a note of thanks, Managers Awards, Shining Stars and Service Awards.
We support the Making Every Contact Count approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.
We recruit for values and "Together we are North Tees & Hartlepool"
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team including a clinical endoscopist, SALT, dietetic teams within secondary care and the community and the community enteral nutritional team to ensure patients receive the highest standard of care. The post holder will manage referrals, perform pre assessment for PEG/RIG insertion, deliver counselling and risk v benefits discussions, arrange placements and monitor progress whilst patient on ward.
The role also includes feeding tube and site care, changing feeding tubes as appropriate and manage any issues that arise and that cannot be managed by the community enteral nutritional team once discharged.
Education and training to various wards and departments will also be an important element of this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team including a clinical endoscopist, SALT, dietetic teams within secondary care and the community and the community enteral nutritional team to ensure patients receive the highest standard of care. The post holder will manage referrals, perform pre assessment for PEG/RIG insertion, deliver counselling and risk v benefits discussions, arrange placements and monitor progress whilst patient on ward.
The role also includes feeding tube and site care, changing feeding tubes as appropriate and manage any issues that arise and that cannot be managed by the community enteral nutritional team once discharged.
Education and training to various wards and departments will also be an important element of this role.
Person Specification
essential
Essential
- Registered General nurse educated to degree level or equivalent
- Minimum two years post graduation experience
- can demonstrate excellent communication skills
- teaching certificate or equivalent evidence of mentoring staff
- demonstrates experience in clinical care of supporting patients with nutritional needs
Desirable
- Experience in Enteral feeding tube replacement
- evidence of post registration development
- non medical prescibing and or clinical assessment certification
Person Specification
essential
Essential
- Registered General nurse educated to degree level or equivalent
- Minimum two years post graduation experience
- can demonstrate excellent communication skills
- teaching certificate or equivalent evidence of mentoring staff
- demonstrates experience in clinical care of supporting patients with nutritional needs
Desirable
- Experience in Enteral feeding tube replacement
- evidence of post registration development
- non medical prescibing and or clinical assessment certification
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).
