Job overview

An exciting opportunity has become available for a Children's Nutrition Nurse Specialist at Staffordshire Children's Hospital at Royal Stoke. The post will be for a fixed term for 14 months. 

This is an exciting opportunity for someone with the knowledge and experience to further expand/develop a comprehensive highly specialised service which delivers nursing care, support and expert advice to children and their families requiring nutritional support and gastroenterology services. 

Main duties of the job

The post holder will act as the key worker and will liaise with other healthcare professionals to provide the best possible specialist care for their patients. Ensuring seamless, quality service is developed for patient requiring nutritional support in the hospital and the community. They will be responsible for the clinical care of patients on enteral and parenteral nutrition and also the educational development of nursing colleagues. 

The post holder will act as an expert resource and will take an active part in providing training, counselling and support to patient and their families receiving nutritional therapy. 

The post holder will  have their own caseload and take the lead role in coordinating care, providing training and support. The post holder may be required to undertake visits to children in the community and to other areas as required. 

The post holder will run nurse led clinics for patient requiring nutritional support. 

Working for our organisation

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential. 

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.