Band 6 Clinical Nurse Specialist – Nutrition
The closing date is 26 October 2025
37.5 hours per week – Full‑time (Secondment/fixed term)
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated and enthusiastic individual to work in this dynamic and forward‑thinking specialist team. The Nutrition Nursing Service is looking for a committed, enthusiastic Nurse with an interest in artificial nutrition support to join their small, friendly team at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, based at BHH & SH.
Are you an experienced, innovative, motivated, hardworking, and enthusiastic registered nurse with excellent communication skills who has a passion and drive for delivering patient‑centred care and services? If so, this could be the role for you.
Your role will be to join the established Nutrition Nursing Service within Gastroenterology. This will involve providing specialist nursing advice to a cohort of patients, both inpatients and outpatients, referred for expert intervention, care and support within the services, serving as the point of contact for assessment, information and advice for the patient, family and carers, and all staff involved in the care of the patients. You will be expected to act as a role model, promote best practice, identify areas for improvement, and provide training to healthcare professionals, patients, and carers.
Main duties of the job
There is likely to be a substantive post advertised in the near future and this opportunity will enable the post holder to gain valuable experience and knowledge to prepare them if they would like to apply for a substantive post in the future.
About us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. For those staff with a disability, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Qualifications
* Registered Nurse with valid NMC registration
* Educated to degree level or equivalent experience
* Portfolio of certified / accredited post‑registration professional development
* Health assessment post‑graduate qualification or willingness to work towards one
* Evidence of structured self‑study or professional development in a nutrition‑related subject
Experience
* Post‑registration experience with evidence of knowledge and development for the associated area of specialist practice
* In‑depth knowledge of specialist procedures required for the role, with willingness to undertake further training/education to achieve an agreed level of competence
* Knowledge of standards and policies associated with the role
* Experience of working in a multi‑disciplinary and cross‑agency work environment
* Demonstrable understanding of the national expectations / strategy / alerts around nutritional services and ability to relate this to the role
* Demonstrable understanding of clinical governance / patient safety processes and ability to relate this to personal/professional accountability
* Experience of working with patients with a range of medical conditions
* Knowledge and development of educational programmes specific to the Nutrition Nurse Service
* Evidence of implementing research‑based practice
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
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