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    Band 6 Community Nutrition Nurse Specialist - Birmingham, United Kingdom - Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS FT

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    Job summary

    An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 6 Learning Disability Nutrition Nurse to join our well established, award-winning community enteral nutrition nurses team.

    Do you thrive in a supportive and collaborative environment? Look no further - our team is seeking a talented Band 6 Learning Disability Nutrition Nurse to join us on our journey of care and compassion

    We are looking for a motivated, dynamic and enthusiastic nurse to be a new addition to our department and continue our current service.

    Main duties of the job

    The Nutrition Nurse for Learning Disabilities will work with the Learning Disability Nutrition Nurse Team to support adults with learning disabilities and enteral feeding tubes in Birmingham. Your role will involve liaising with the Learning Disability multidisciplinary team as a clinical specialist nurse in order to provide effective care for enteral feeding patients. The learning disability Nutrition Nurse Team liaises closely with acute units, enteral feeding companies, colleges, day centres, respite units, community hospitals and nursing homes in relation to home enteral feeding discharges, assessment for initiation of enteral feeding, direct patient care and staff training.

    The successful post holder should therefore have experience in enteral feeding, and as this post is specifically to support patients with learning disabilities, experience of working with this client group will also be advantageous. Joining the Learning Disability Nutrition Nurse Team, you will gain expert knowledge and support patients and their care givers to help prevent enteral feeding related admissions to hospital.

    About us

    Be Part of Our Team...

    Birmingham Community Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (BCHC) has more than 5000 staff working across Birmingham and the West Midlands in a wide range of community nursing and specialist healthcare roles. BCHC delivers over 100 clinical services, in people's homes, health centres, clinics and inpatient facilities. We deliver a wide range of services for children, young people, parents and families as well as adults and community services, two community hospitals, services for people with learning disabilities, the internationally recognised West Midlands Rehabilitation Centre and one of Europe's leading Dental Hospitals and School of Dentistry. We deliver all of this with a commitment to integrated, personalised care that is rooted in our local communities. We have an ambition to deliver outstanding, integrated care as one of the key NHS providers in the West Midlands.

    If you want to 'Be Part of Our Team' and work with a Foundation Trust which is continuously striving for best care and healthy communities, we want to hear from you.

    Job description

    Job responsibilities

    Birmingham Community Nutrition provides a comprehensive community citywide service for the Birmingham CCG and employs over 90 staff. We also support the training of dietetic students from two higher education institutions (A, B & C placements).

    Benefits of working for Birmingham Community Nutrition include free parking at all community venues, excellent access to IT equipment to work remotely, up to date office facilities and comprehensive admin support dedicated to the service.

    The department has a structured approach to Clinical Governance and your personal development via preceptorship, annual appraisals, clinical supervision and training opportunities. Career development, flexible working and staff support are given high priority in the Trust, whose goal is to be a truly inclusive organisation and a great place to work

    Person Specification

    Qualifications / training

    Essential

  • oRegistered Nurse
  • oDegree in Nursing
  • oEvidence of recent Post Basic Clinical Training
  • Desirable

  • oNursing experience with Children or those with Learning Disability
  • oENB 998/City and Guilds 730 or similar teaching qualification preferred
  • oCommunity Nurse prescribing
  • Experience

    Essential

  • oSubstantive post registration experience in clinical nursing
  • oEvidence of multidisciplinary working
  • Skills/knowledge

    Essential

  • oAbility to demonstrate sound knowledge and application of up to date evidence based clinical trends and practices
  • oKnowledge of nursing issues in relation to nutritional support and enteral feeding
  • oKnowledge of current national guidance relating to nutrition support
  • oAbility to use IT
  • oKnowledge of application of NMC Code of Conduct and scope of professional practice
  • oUnderstanding of the needs of ethnic minority clients/carers
  • oAbility to generate written communication which is relevant, concise, accurate and legible
  • Desirable

  • oAbility to demonstrate individual and team responsibility in respect to Health and Safety.
  • oUnderstanding of Project Management and evaluation
  • Personal qualities

    Essential

  • oAbility to demonstrate a commitment to team working
  • oExcellent Time management
  • oAbility to learn and apply knowledge appropriately
  • oAbility to organise oneself and others
  • oAbility to be flexible and adaptable
  • oMotivation and interest towards extending skills and knowledge in the chosen area
  • oAbility to generate written communication which is relevant, concise, accurate and legible
  • oAbility to teach relatives, clients and staff across all areas of nutritional and nursing practice
  • oAbility to participate in setting outcomes for treatment and evaluating interventions
  • Other job requirements

    Essential

  • oAbility to travel throughout the city, transporting equipment necessary to do the job.

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