Nutrition Nurse

Job overview

As the band 7 Nutrition Nurse for the trust you will work closely in conjunction with the dietetic department to improve patient nutrition throughout the trust. Providing the education required for the teams in the trust. You will oversee the assessment and management of patients with complex nutritional requirements. Assisting with the staff in delivering high standards of nutrition care for our patients.

Having good communication with both internal and external stakeholders is a must. As a tertiary centre you will need to discuss directly with colleagues from other trusts.

Main duties of the job

This role will encompass both the surgical head and neck complex patients, all patients with nutritional needs, leading on protected mealtimes and any further NHS initiatives.

Education and learning for all nursing staff within the trust. To ensure that all members of staff remain competent with mealtime food distribution, and the more complex side of caring for head and neck patients and their nutritional requirements.

Assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care jointly with the dietetic team for patients requiring enteral nutrition. Ensuring that the care delivered is evidence based.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The job description will be reviewed in the future as part of the national job profiling work that is ongoing, this means that the job description may change.

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.