Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Specialist Nurse, to lead our Nutrition Specialist Nursing team in delivering safe and effective care in artificial Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition support.

By integrating the four key aspects of clinical practice, service management, research and education, the post holder will lead and collaborate with the Gastroenterology/Human Nutrition and Intestinal Failure Multidisciplinary Team, to further develop and monitor standards of nutritional care.

Experience in Nutrition Specialist Nursing with an understanding of Leadership and quality improvement is key to this role. The post holder should be an innovative and committed leader, who can inspire and lead on patient care.

Main duties of the job

Manage and lead a workforce of specialist nurses (i.e. across a Division).

Service and budget management, ensuring high quality, cost-effective healthcare.

Be responsible for implementing a clearly defined integrated approach to patient care encompassing new treatments and evidence-based care.

Responsible for the assessment, planning, diagnosis implementation and evaluation of care, as an autonomous practitioner with highly specialist skills and experience.

Contribution within The Barts Health NHS Trust and The Central London Intestinal Failure Partnership, Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition Companies, as well as policy development, co-chairing responsibilities and attendance at divisional and Trust wide Nutrition meetings.

Be involved in the strategic review of clinical services as appropriate.

The role demands the commitment to provide specialist nutritional clinical support to patients, their families/carers and health professionals throughout the Trust. The successful applicant will work closely with the Adult Nutrition Support multidisciplinary team to ensure a high quality of care is delivered to patients. There will be opportunities to work across Barts Health as the service develops.

In return for your dedication to the role, we can offer supportive working environment with opportunities to innovate care, showcase excellence and advance leadership abilities, to enable the post holder to thrive both personally and professionally.

Working for our organisation

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.  

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.  

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.  

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates as they are underrepresented within Barts Health at this band.