Nutrition Clinical Nurse Specialist
East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
Stevenage, SG1 4AB
Salary
£49,387 to £56,515
Contract
Fixed-Term
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
11 September 2026
11 days left
Job description
We are recruiting for a Nutrition Clinical Nurse Specialist who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary...
Be a clinical expert in assessment of nutritional needs and delivery of treatment.
Coordinate the Nutrition Support Team (NST) with nursing care in general.
Provide advanced technical skills in relation to NG/NJ feeding and percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG); liaising with services for radiological inserted gastrostomy (RIG)
Provide training for nurses, patient and carers.
Outpatient liaison with community nurses, patient and carers.
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals
The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
Hertford County, Hertford
Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Previous Experience
Essential
- Demonstrate expert nursing skills
- Evidence of mentorship / preceptorship roles
- Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team
- Accept personal accountability for own practice
- Understanding of evidence based practice
- Understanding of Clinical Governance
- Understanding and knowledge of patient pathways and its complexities and how to support patient through this
- Previous gastroenterology surgical or intensive ward experience
Desirable
- Experience of formal/informal teaching
Other Requirements
Essential
- To act in a professional manner at all times in accordance with the NMC Code of conduct
- Capable of developing liaisons with other practice areas/academic institutions
- The ability to understand and behave at all times towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of Include, respect and Improve
- Experience and evidence of engagement around equality, diversity and inclusion issues in relation to policy, service development and service delivery in respect of both services to users and the management of staff
- Role model our Trust values every day
Qualifications / Training
Essential
- NMC Registered Nurse
- First level degree or equivalent experience / knowledge
- Evidence of continuous professional development
- Teaching or mentoring qualification
Desirable
- Graduate diploma or MSC in nursing or equivalent higher professional qualifications in nursing/Specialist area
- Post registration qualification in specialty or willingness to complete
- Advanced communication course /or willingness to be trained
- IT / Excel experience
Skills
Essential
- Good verbal and written communication skills
- Capable of working as an integral member of a small team
- Ability to undertake teaching of staff and patients
- Ability to work unsupervised and manage own workload
- Effective time management.
- Effective interpersonal skills
- Commitment to multidisciplinary working.
- Demonstrate analytical and judgmental skills
- Ability to quickly appraise situations and act accordingly
Desirable
- Flexible and adaptable to changing situations due to both workload and colleagues needs
- Completion of Audits
- NG insertion and be a super user
- Familiar with excel and data input
Knowledge
Essential
- Standard setting and audit
- Understanding of patient pathway and how to support patients through it
Desirable
- Basic understanding of Endoscopic procedures.
- Health promotion
- Understanding of resource management
How to apply
Applications are handled entirely by the employer on the original advert. We do not collect CVs, supporting statements or application data.
Provenance
Source
NHS Jobs
First seen
28 August 2026
Last checked
31 August 2026
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