Lead Nutrition Specialist Nurse

Employer Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Whiston Hospital Town Rainhill, Prescot Salary £55,690 - £62,682 Per Annum Salary period Yearly Closing 21/10/2025 23:59

NHS AfC: Band 8a

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Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and knowledgeable Nutrition Nurse to join and lead our established nutrition service across MWL but based at the Whiston Hospital site.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, caring and compassionate individual, who has a keen interest in managing patients requiring artificial nutrition support and who is ready to work towards expanding, strengthening and developing the current service.

The post holder will support the delivery of nutritional services within the Trust, working with the multidisciplinary team supporting medical, nursing and other clinical colleagues to ensure the quality of nutritional care to patients is maximised.

The applicant should have experience in providing in and outpatient care to patients with nutritional problems; they should be familiar with parenteral and enteral nutrition support and can plan, assess, implement and evaluate patients’ nutritional care.

Main duties of the job

  • The Lead Nutrition Nurse Specialist will be an integral part of the clinical management team supporting the Gastroenterology department during the work week.
  • The Lead Nutrition Nurse Specialist will demonstrate advanced autonomous clinical practice working across traditional boundaries and augmenting the medical role, utilising assessment, decision making and diagnostic skills.
  • By independently ordering and interpreting investigations, the Lead Nutrition Nurse Specialist demonstrates the ability to safely manage his/her own caseload, identifying the need to involve other members of the MDT, ensuring high quality, effective management of patients.
  • The Lead Nutrition Nurse Specialist will take the lead, participate in educational sessions; clinical supervision; research, audit as well as quality and service improvement, ensuring high quality, effective management of patients.
  • The post holder will abide by legal requirements and statutory rules relating to their practice maintaining standards of professional practice in accordance with the NMC guidelines

Working for our organisation

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.

Person specification

Qualifications

  • Registered Nurse Diploma/Degree
  • Masters level qualification relevant to specialty (or working towards)
  • Evidence of continuing professional development
  • Post-registration qualification in specialist areas
  • Teaching and assessing qualification – Level 6
  • Current ALS/ILS certification
  • Clinical Examination Skills Course - Level 6 or above
  • Independent Nurse Prescriber - Level 6 or above
  • Relevant counselling qualification to specialism – Level 3

Knowledge & Experience

  • Post registration experience in an area exposed to Nutrition patients
  • Significant experience as Band 6 or above
  • Proven track record in service development and implementation of change
  • Experience of teaching and assessing students/staff in the clinical area
  • Demonstrate evidence of effective leadership qualities
  • Previous management experience (i.e. case load, ward management)

Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion

We actively cultivate a professional environment of fairness, equality, dignity, and respect for all individuals.

As a Disability Confident Leader, we commit to offering an interview to all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job.

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