Lead Nurse for Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition

• Supporting approximately 60 home patients on IV fluids and Home Parenteral Nutrition including prescriptions.
• Involves liaising with commercial home care companies (x 4) for home patient reviews and service review meetings.
• Managing the enteral nursing team.
• Supporting complex nutrition patient MDT's.
• Liaising with other HPN centres (RBH is one of 22 HPN centres).
• Managing IF Database and supporting national data submissions.
• Supporting other local hospitals e.g.RSCH, Basingstoke, Frimley, with HPN remote discharges.
• Daily inpatient PN ward rounds (leading the team during Consultant absence).
• Supporting general nutrition within the hospital e.g. Nutrition Steering Committee (NSC); dietitians and MUST scoring; fluid balance, etc.

Essential

• Registered Nurse (Pt 1/12) ((RSCN (Pt 8) if appropriate)) educated to a minimum of 1st degree level, or able to demonstrate evidence that working towards
• ENB 998/Slice, C&G 730, or equivalent
• Demonstrable management experience / Leadership and/or specialist knowledge

Desirable

• Postgraduate management/further study qualification i.e. MSc or MA
• Advanced Assessment Skills of the patient; Non-medical prescriber; MSc Clinical Nutrition

Essential

• Significant post-qualification with recent clinical, leadership and managerial experience at minimum of band 7 AfC
• Evidence of highly developed specialist knowledge and formal training in field
• Experienced in meeting requirements of Quality Assurance Framework for the Service
• Experience in facilitation, teaching, assessing, and coaching
• Experienced in Audit Process
• Understanding and experience of challenges and solutions to meeting access targets