Nutrition Specialist Support Nurse
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 11/09/2026
- Closes
- 25/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
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Role summary
This role involves the ongoing management of patients receiving nutrition support, both inpatients and outpatients. The post holder will support the lead nurse with the care of inpatients on parenteral and enteral nutrition. Key duties include delivering and caring for home parenteral nutrition and high output stoma clinics. The nurse will also assess and educate patients in these clinics and conduct follow-up calls to reduce readmissions.
Essential criteria
- Strong communication skills (Written and Verbal)
- Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training
- 1 st Level Registered Nurse
- Evidence of professional development
- Qualified Mentor /Assessor/ Preceptor
Desirable criteria
- Completion of non-medical prescribing module
- Experience working within both a ward and acute outpatient environment
- Knowledge & Skills
- Relevant Clinical knowledge/experience of the speciality
- Personal Attributes
- Strong communication skills (Written and Verbal)
- Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training
- 1 st Level Registered Nurse
- Evidence of professional development
- Qualified Mentor /Assessor/ Preceptor
- Completion of non-medical prescribing module
- Experience working within both a ward and acute outpatient environment
- Knowledge & Skills
- Relevant Clinical knowledge/experience of the speciality
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Wirral University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Nutrition Specialist Support Nurse
The closing date is 25 September 2026
Job summary
This post holder will be responsible for ongoing management of patients receiving nutrition support both inpatients and outpatients.
The main duties are supporting the lead nurse with the care of inpatients receiving parenteral and enteral nutrition, and for the ongoing delivery and care of home parenteral nutrition and high output stoma clinics.
Main duties of the job
Support ward staff with the management of intestinal failure, parenteral nutrition, and high output stoma on the Colorectal Unit.
Assess and educate patients in the home nutrition and high output stoma clinicwhich runs 5 sessions per week.
Conduct telephone and attendance clinics for patients discharged with nutrition support and facilitate access to the Colorectal Unit and Surgical Emergency Unit to support a reduction in readmissions and improve patient experience
About us
All new colleagues can expect to receive a warm and friendly Wirral welcome from the very first time they make contact with us. We are described as "competent and caring staff" by our patients.
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is situated on The Wirral peninsula which has a stunning coastline and beautiful countryside surroundings, with great activities for its
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