Clinical Nurse Specialist/ Senior Dietician Complex Nutrition

Job overview

Due to the success of the multi award winning complex nutrition team and the establishment of the first national complex nutrition virtual ward we have an exciting opportunity for a band 8a clinical nurse specialist or senior dietician position  for a 7-day service.

This position would be suited to someone that currently in a CNS/senior dietetic role and would like to expand their autonomous specialist practice as the lead of the virtual ward and a key member of the complex nutrition service.  The environment is ever evolving, expands across medicine and surgery, within a friendly and supportive multidisciplinary team. Essential skills require being eager to learn and expertise in complex nutrition.

Main duties of the job

Please refer to the attached job description for full details of the main duties and responsibilities with some being outlined below:

• Lead on the the operational and clinical effectiveness of the complex nutrition virtual ward
• To provide expert enteral and parenteral nutritional management to all patients within the Dudley Group.
• To expertly assess and manage patients with malabsorption syndromes.
• Be an independent non-medical prescriber
• To drive patients progress along agreed nutrition pathways, which are supported by the assessment and implementation of evidence based practice.
• Plan, evaluate and implement care, problem solve and ensure that nutritional support is delivered safely, effectively and appropriately.
• To lead on the implementation of national standards and guidelines relating to nutrition support and virtual wards and evaluate their effectiveness.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description for full details of the main duties and responsibilities.