The nutrition support nurse plays a vital role within the multidisciplinary Nutrition Support Team, at St Mark's hospital. This post provides support to the Clinical Nurse Specialists and Nurse Consultant in providing specialist knowledge and input surrounding the safe and effective delivery of nutrition support (oral, enteral and parenteral nutrition) for inpatients, and outpatients receiving home parenteral and enteral nutrition. There is a large patient teaching component training patients to administer their home parenteral nutrition and care for their central venous catheter.
Under the guidance of the Clinical Nurse Specialists/Nurse Consultant the support nurse will;
- Facilitate nursing practice, education and advice within the speciality of nutrition support.
- Promote and monitor the implementation of clinical guidelines relating to nutrition support.
- Review inpatients receiving enteral and parenteral nutrition
- Train patients for home enteral and parenteral nutrition.
- Review home enteral and parenteral nutrition patients in the nurse led rapid access clinic
- Co-ordinate the safe discharge of patients on home enteral and parenteral nutrition.
- Ensure the safe aftercare of devices used for artificial nutrition support (enteral and parenteral nutrition).
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.
Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.
We run major acute services at:
Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.
We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.
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Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information on the key responsibilities and person requirements for this role.
