Job summary
- Main area
- Nutrition
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 372-MED2459
- Employer
- Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Huddersfield and Halifax
- Town
- Halifax
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 13/07/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 21/07/2025
Employer heading
Senior Clinical Nurse Specialist in Nutrition
NHS AfC: Band 7
Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT) are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics.
We are committed to recruiting to our values. Leading One Culture of Care underpins our values by creating an environment, tone and behaviours across all parts of the Trust that are fundamentally rooted in compassionate care.
We are open to considering a wide range of flexible working arrangements. There are opportunities to flex the days of the week, hours and times of work and place of work including: part-time, job-share, flexible working hours and the possibility to work from home when appropriate. Please talk to us during the interview process to discuss any flexibility that you may require.
We received our Silver Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britain’s Reservists and Employers. This means that we provided its statement of intent to support all Defence personnel and we welcome application to work for us. Find out more - Why Choose CHFT?
Our Future Plans
The Department of Health and Social Care has awarded capital funding to invest in local health services at both Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary. This is a significant investment and an opportunity to enhance services for our populations in Calderdale and Huddersfield and West Yorkshire for generations to come. To find out more, please visit https://future.cht.nhs.uk/
Job overview
This post is to support patients who require enteral/parenteral nutrition, their relatives and carers from diagnosis throughout their journey across the acute setting. The post holder will act as a key Worker and a specialist resource of current clinical information addressing the specific needs of individual patients through direct/indirect interventions.
Main duties of the job
• To lead on the development of nursing standards for nutritional care.
• To effectively manage own caseload, co-ordinating the care and treatment of patients receiving nutritional support (both enteral and parenteral) in the acute setting
• Working within the multidisciplinary team to ensure that patients who require enteral and parenteral nutritional support receive the highest standards of care.
• Attending weekly MDT clinics for patients who require enteral and parenteral nutrition
• Assess patients requiring long term enteral tube feeding for inpatients
• Facilitate insertions of complex nasogastric tubes, nasojejunal tubes, nasal bridles and PEG tubes where needed.
• Contribute and participate in core clinical policies relating to nutritional support
Working for our organisation
We employ more than 6,500 staff who deliver compassionate care from our two main hospitals, Calderdale Royal Hospital and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary as well as in community sites, health centres and in patients’ homes. We also are incredibly proud to have almost 150 volunteers here at CHFT.
We provide a range of services including urgent and emergency care; medical; surgical; maternity; gynaecology; critical care; children’s and young people’s services; end of life care and outpatient and diagnostic imaging services.
We provide community health services, including sexual health services in Calderdale from Calderdale Royal and local health centres. These include Todmorden Health Centre and Broad Street Plaza.
We continue to modernise and invest in our health services to build on our strong reputation. Foundation trusts are public leaders in improving quality in health services. They are part of the NHS – yet decisions about what they do and how they do it are driven by independent boards. Boards listen to their Council of Governors and respond to the needs of their members – patients, staff and the local community.
Foundation trusts provide what the health service wants, yet are also free to invest quickly in the changes to the local community needs, in striving to be the best, and in putting their patients first.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post holder will possess a critical understanding of detailed theoretical and practical knowledge in nutrition. As well as being a clinical lead for nutritional treatment you will be involved in nutrition policy writing and audit, development, and delivery of nutrition training programmes, represent at the nutrition and hydration steering groups and lead on quality and service improvement projects, working towards optimising patient flow, safety and nutrition care standards for all patients. You will need to demonstrate a high level of professionalism and knowledge demanded by this grade, have several years post registration and demonstrate leadership, advanced communication skills and engagement in leading change.
Person specification
QUALIFICATIONS AND TRAINING
Essential criteria
- RN/RSCN Diploma or Degree
- NMC Registered
- Relevant specialty related qualification/module
- Continuous professional development
- Non-Medical prescribing or working towards
Desirable criteria
- Trained in Advanced Life support
- Management qualification or equivalent
KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE
Essential criteria
- Speciality knowledge and experience
- Basic knowledge of financial management within the clinical setting
- Knowledge of professional and NHS issues and an understanding of corporate objectives
- Relevant post registration clinical experience
- Initiation an implementation of change
COMMUNICATION AND RELATIONSHIPS (INCLUDING MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITIES)
Essential criteria
- Able to manage own workload and co-ordinate that of others
- Basic IT skills in word processing/EXCEL and hospital systems
- Able to present written information in a logical manner
- Ability to communicate in a variety of settings with patients of varying levels of understanding
- Ability to communicate sensitive information
- Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues at all levels of the organisation
Desirable criteria
- Presentation and teaching skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Vanessa Dickinson
- Job title
- Head Nurse Medicine
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07789652926
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