Nutrition Nurse Specialist

We are looking to recruit a band 7 nurse to provide specialist nutrition nursing to patients receiving home enteral tube feeding in Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan. This role will involve the leadership and development of our Community Nutrition Nurse Service. You will provide clinical leadership to a band 6 Nutrition Nurse. You will have experience of working as a Nutrition Nurse, and have excellent communication and time management skills.
The successful applicant will need to have a good knowledge of community services and be able to demonstrate the leadership qualities required to succeed. Excellent organisational skills will be essential to meet the demands of this role. The successful applicant will have extensive knowledge and experience of tube feeding. The role will involve training and education to patients, carers and HCPs.
You will work closely with dietetic colleagues to ensure a patient-centred service is delivered to patients in their homes. The post holder will be required to provide support across the geographical area of Cardiff and Vale., You will be responsible for the efficient delivery of the community nutrition nurse service, ensuring effective patient centred service delivery within the financial and workforce resource. This will include:
Co-ordination of the Community Nutrition Nurse Service
Highly specialist nursing, including visits to patient's homes and nursing homes.
Clinical supervision and leadership
Service Development and Improvement.
You will work within a friendly and highly skilled department and have opportunities for professional and personal development. You will be actively involved in the research, audit and the Quality and Safety agenda of the department and Cardiff and Vale UHB.
The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate that they share our organisational values in line with Caring for People, Keeping People Well.
Post holders will be expected at all times to behave in accordance with our values demonstrating commitment to the delivery of high quality services to patients, which are:
+ We care about the people we serve and the people we work with
+ We trust one another
+ We respect each other
+ We take personal responsibility
+ We treat people with kindness
+ We act with integrity, Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh. Any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.
The UHB reserves the right to close this vacancy after 24 hours if a large number of suitable applications are received. Therefore, we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post.
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To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa, unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK. If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 17,000 staff and providing over 100 specialist services. Serving a population of around 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, we are focussed on the health
and care needs of our local population whilst also working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone and to delivering excellent care and support.
Our mission is "Living Well, Caring Well, Working Together". We have recently refreshed our strategy, Shaping Our Future Wellbeing, which sets out the Health Board's Vision for improving the health and wellbeing of the populations we serve by 2035 through the delivery of our strategic
objectives; Putting People First, Providing Outstanding Quality, Delivering in the Right Places, and Acting for the Future. We have challenging times ahead, but we are confident that by tackling these challenges together, we can support people to live healthier lives and reduce the unfair differences in
the prevalence of illness and health outcomes we see in our communities today. We aspire to deliver outstanding care and treatment for people when they need it, where they need it; care that compares well with the best in the world, but to do so, we need to transform how we deliver services over the
next decade and beyond.
We are a values-driven organisation and out goals will only be realised if our values are at the heart of everything we do. Created by colleagues, patients and their families and carers, our values are:
+ We are kind and caring
+ We are respectful
+ We have trust and integrity
+ We take personal responsibility
As an organisation we strongly believe that it is vital our leaders exhibit the behaviours and values that we expect from all our staff.
We are a teaching Health Board with close links to the university sector, and together we are training the next generation of healthcare professionals, while working on research that will hopefully unlock the cures for today's illnesses
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 1,2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12 per hour - £23,465 per annum. This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2024/25 is confirmed, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 17,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving over 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services. Together we are committed to improving health outcomes for everyone, delivering excellent care and support.