Job summary
Employer heading
Clinical Nurse Specialist in Nutrition
NHS AfC: Band 7
Royal Berkshire Hospital are pleased to announce that following our CQC inspection we have been rated ‘Good’ with inspectors reporting that we have made significant improvements. The Trust’s overall rating has also improved to ‘good’. This is a great opportunity to join our clinical or non-clinical teams to create a positive and motivating environment within our trust. Come and join our team in this exciting time of change as we pride ourselves, our staff and our services on excellence.
At the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust we put our patients at the heart of every element of health and care that we provide. The Trust works together as a community to deliver its vision which is “Working together to provide outstanding care for our community.”
We are Compassionate in our thoughts, words and actions
We are Aspirational and have a true desire to be dynamic and to innovate
We are Resourceful and responsible in the way we work and live
We are Excellent in our development, fairness and sharing best practice
Amazing things happen at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust; delivered by amazing people so why don’t you come and join us. We offer a range of learning and development for all employees may you be clinical or non-clinical.
Job overview
Band 7 Clinical Nurse Specialist in Nutrition
An exciting opportunity has been created for a band 7 nurse to join the nutritional support team involved in the care of patients requiring intravenous nutrition both whilst in hospital and at home.
This is an established team with a great track record of providing quality care.
Whilst experience in this field would be an advantage, this position could also be a developmental role which will include support for skills development which may include drug prescribing (consequently initial banding may reflect this).
This is a full-time post that will cover clinics in the Royal Berkshire Hospital, ward rounds and telephone support to patients and liaising with hospital and community multidisciplinary teams.
You will be working with a diverse patient group which will require a flexible approach to work.
You will need to bring motivation and commitment to this role and you will receive the opportunity to develop a specialised career pathway in a leading clinical service.
Main duties of the job
- Assessing patient's requiring nutrition support.
- Participate with ward rounds Monday to Friday.
- Preparing and assisting Clinical Lead with reviewing home patients for clinic.
- Assist with the monitoring of our home patients and liaising with the home care companies as required.
- Assist the ward with any required training.
- Preparing patients for discharge.
- Assessing patient via referrals from other hospitals.
- Liaising with wider MDT.
- Managing our patient database and ensuring our data is kept up-to-date.
- Participate with patient audits.
Working for our organisation
Reading sits on the river Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.
The CQC recently rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.
Our values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Resourceful, Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Works across acute Trust providing an autonomous nutrition support service, as an expert in clinical field to deliver specialist clinical services to defined patient/ client group.
- Provides specialist, interdisciplinary education, training and advice (formal and informal) to patients, staff and students.
- Works strategically to influences the development of the service both locally and nationally.
- Leads clinical audits in own area.
- Participates in /facilitates/ undertakes research in specialist field.
- Leads and innovates nursing practice within nutrition support both within the Trust and through local networks.
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details of the post.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Nurse
- Evidence of recent clinical practice in specialist area/ evidence of recent appropriate experience.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Minimum 2 years post registration experience
Desirable criteria
- Mentorship experience managing junior nurses
- Experience working with patients with complex nutritional needs, i.e. enteral and/or parenteral
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Jo Wakeling
- Job title
- Lead Nurse Nutrition
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0118 322 8342
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