St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
About
With nearly 9,900 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, they are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London. Their main site, St George’s Hospital in Tooting – one of the country’s principal teaching hospitals – is shared with St George’s, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research.
St George’s Hospital also hosts the St George’s, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region. As well as acute hospital services, they provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2010.
St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people.
Key details
Location
Site: Epsom and St Heliers Hospital
Town: Sutton and Epsom
Postcode: SM5 1AA
Major / Minor Region: London
Contract type & working pattern
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary
Salary: £42,939 - £50,697 per annum inc HCAS (pro-rata)
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (Band 6)
Specialty
Main area: Developmental Specialist Nurse for Nutrition
Interview date: 03/04/2025
Job overview
* We are looking for an experienced, motivated nurse with a passion for Nutrition and Patient Safety to join our Group Fundamental’s of Care Service. You will be employed by St Georges University Hospital however the role itself is based at both Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and you will be flexibly working across both sites.
* You will work with colleagues to shape the nursing expertise so that patients and service users receive excellent care in line with national guidelines. There is an opportunity for you to gain skills in the specialty of Nutrition with development so that you are able to work towards being a Clinical Nurse Specialist.
* The post-holder will work with the Clinical Nurse Specialist - Nutrition and other members of the multi-disciplinary team to provide a specialist Nutrition service (encompassing oral, enteral and parenteral nutrition) to patients requiring nutritional support, carers and health care professionals. This role involves patient assessment, clinical reasoning, support and training of ward staff, patients and carers, clinical audit and implementation of innovation within the field of Nutrition.
* You will need experience working in acute and/or community nursing. You will work within a team so excellent team working is an essential asset. This job involves travel between our two acute hospital sites and a free hospital shuttle bus is provided.
Working for our organisation
St George’s, Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals and Health Group cares for a population of four million people in South West London and North East Surrey. Our sites include St George’s Hospital, one of 11 major trauma centres in the UK and the largest healthcare provider and major teaching hospital in the area; St Helier Hospital, home to the South West Thames Renal and Transplantation Unit and Queen Mary's Hospital for Children; and Epsom Hospital, home to the South West London Elective Orthopaedic Centre (SWLEOC).
After years of collaboration, our two Trusts became a hospitals group in 2021. While remaining as two separate Trusts, being a hospitals group will help us to collaborate more closely on research, and the development, education, and training of our 17,000-strong workforce.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached supporting document which contains more and person specification information about the role.
We expect all our staff to share the values that are important to the trust – being excellent, kind, responsible and respectful – and behave in a way that reflects these. Please note that this vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if sufficient applicants are received. Please check your email regularly as all candidates shortlisted for interview will be contacted and informed by email.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
* Registered Nurse Degree Post registration course / diploma in relevant speciality.
* Recognised Teaching and Assessing certificate
Desirable criteria
* Nutrition Support Course / Module.
Experience
Essential criteria
* Considerable post graduate nursing experience.
* In depth knowledge and experience of working with a variety of patients including those with complex needs. Recent acute nursing / midwifery practice.
* Experience of communicating difficult or complex information to healthcare professionals / patients and relatives.
* Teaching/supervision of other Healthcare Professionals
Desirable criteria
* Clinical audit experience.
* Understanding of budgetary management
* Experience of working in primary / community care.
Knowledge
Essential criteria
* Genuine interest and good working knowledge of nutrition and nutrition support methods. Understanding of Clinical Audit and Clinical Governance.
* Ability to demonstrate expert clinical and nursing knowledge.
* Demonstrable facilitation / negotiation and change management skills.
* Recent teaching experience.
* Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
* Confident presentation skills.
Desirable criteria
* Ability to deliver training and education for patients and families.
* Transferrable experience in effectively managing a clinical caseload.
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
* Self-motivated and able to manage a dynamic workload.
* Able to demonstrate that you are honest, reliable, and trustworthy. Treat patients, visitors, and colleagues with respect.
* Ability to travel between Trust sites and fully cross site work. Ability to be flexible and responsive to meet the needs of the service.
* Time management skills.
Further details / informal visits contact
Name: Noor Wahidi
Job title: gesh Clinical Nurse Specialist
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 0738 424 1615
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