Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Nutrition Nurse Specialist
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Band 7 Nutrition Nurse Specialist
An exciting opportunity has opened for a Band 7 Nutrition Nurse Specialist at Bedford Hospital.
Role Description
The Nutrition Nurse Specialist (Adult) is an advanced autonomous practitioner providing expert clinical leadership in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care for adult patients requiring enteral and parenteral nutrition across Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Development Opportunity
Band 6 Development Post considered for candidates meeting agreed progression criteria.
Key Responsibilities
- Act as the Trust's specialist resource for adult nutritional support.
- Deliver expert clinical care.
- Lead service development.
- Provide education and training.
- Support governance, audit and quality improvement initiatives.
- Work collaboratively with consultants, dietitians, pharmacists, speech and language therapists, community teams and regional specialist centres to ensure safe, evidence-based nutritional care throughout the patient pathway.
Scope of Work
The role supports patients across a wide range of specialties including gastroenterology, stroke, head and neck cancer, critical care, surgery and complex medical services. The post holder will provide specialist advice regarding malnutrition, enteral feeding, parenteral nutrition and intestinal failure, ensuring patients receive timely, safe and effective nutritional support.
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Additional Duties
- Manage a specialist caseload.
- Undertake nurse-led clinics and multidisciplinary ward rounds.
- Accept and make referrals autonomously.
- Contribute to the development of innovative services.
- Develop an enhanced role in the care of patients with eating disorders.
- Contribute to the development of a nurse-led coeliac disease service following appropriate training and competency assessment.
About the Trust
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Both hospital sites offer key services such as A&E, Obstetrics-led Maternity and Paediatrics. You will be joining a friendly, high performing Trust committed to ensuring the health and wellbeing of staff. As one of the largest NHS Trusts in our region you will have access to a programme of high quality training and development to help you grow your career. The Trust continues to be committed to delivering the best patient care using the best clinical knowledge and technology available.
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Our Values
We not only recruit based on qualifications and experience - we recruit individuals who demonstrate the behaviours which underpin our Trusts core values. We achieve this by using values based recruitment. We are dedicated to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone, we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and creating a culture that values differences.
Important Notes
- Please note that vacancies may close prior to the advertised closing date when sufficient number of applications have been received.
- All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering first 6 months in post.
- Travel between hospital sites may be required.
- Please review all documents attached to ensure you familiarize yourself with all requirements of the job.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Helen Power
- Job title: Clinical and Operations Manager - Endoscopy
- Email address: Helen.power@bedsft.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 01234355122
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