Job summary
We are recruiting for a Nutrition Clinical Nurse Specialist who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients

This post is designed to perform a key role in the delivery of a high-quality patient nutrition service based at Lister Hospital. The appointee will be an integral member of the team and will have a key role in overseeing the strategy and implementation of best nutritional care for the patients within the Trust. Clinically this post is integrated with the nutrition team consisting of a consultant gastroenterologist, dietician and nutrition clinical nurse specialist. The service aims to identify patients with nutritional problems, in particular those who need enteral or parenteral feeding support.

The post holder will provide an important link between other services and departments, including the cancer services, stroke unit, ENT team, community eating disorders unit, general surgery and radiology, this is not an exclusive list.

The post holder will be offered training and be required to work independently with the support of the nutritional Lead.

This is a 12 month contract to cover maternity leave.

At the heart of everything we do are our core values: Include, Respect, and Improve. We encourage you to embrace these values throughout the recruitment process and in your role with us.

Main duties of the job

• Be a clinical expert in assessment of nutritional needs and delivery of treatment.
• Coordinate the Nutrition Support Team (NST) with nursing care in general.
• Provide advanced technical skills in relation to NG/NJ feeding and percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG); liaising with services for radiological inserted gastrostomy (RIG)
• Provide training for nurses, patient and carers.
• Outpatient liaison with community nurses, patient and carers.

About us
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

The Lister Hospital, Stevenage

New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City

Hertford County, Hertford

Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Details
Date posted 28 August 2026
Pay scheme Agenda for change
Band Band 7
Salary £49,387 to £56,515 a year pa
Contract Fixed term
Duration 12 months
Working pattern Full-time
Reference number 361-8090677-A
Job locations Lister Hospital, Coreys mill, Stevenage, SG1 4AB, United Kingdom

Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification applicant pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

Person Specification
Previous Experience
Essential

• Demonstrate expert nursing skills
• Evidence of mentorship / preceptorship roles
• Ability to work autonomously and as part of a team
• Accept personal accountability for own practice
• Understanding of evidence based practice
• Understanding of Clinical Governance
• Understanding and knowledge of patient pathways and its complexities and how to support patient through this
• Previous gastroenterology surgical or intensive ward experience

Desirable

• Experience of formal/informal teaching

Other Requirements
Essential

• To act in a professional manner at all times in accordance with the NMC Code of conduct
• Capable of developing liaisons with other practice areas/academic institutions
• The ability to understand and behave at all times towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of Include, respect and Improve
• Experience and evidence of engagement around equality, diversity and inclusion issues in relation to policy, service development and service delivery in respect of both services to users and the management of staff
• Role model our Trust values every day

Qualifications / Training
Essential

• NMC Registered Nurse
• First level degree or equivalent experience / knowledge
• Evidence of continuous professional development
• Teaching or mentoring qualification

Desirable

• Graduate diploma or MSC in nursing or equivalent higher professional qualifications in nursing/Specialist area
• Post registration qualification in specialty or willingness to complete
• Advanced communication course /or willingness to be trained
• IT / Excel experience

Skills
Essential

• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Capable of working as an integral member of a small team
• Ability to undertake teaching of staff and patients
• Ability to work unsupervised and manage own workload
• Effective time management.
• Effective interpersonal skills
• Commitment to multidisciplinary working.
• Demonstrate analytical and judgmental skills
• Ability to quickly appraise situations and act accordingly

Desirable

• Flexible and adaptable to changing situations due to both workload and colleagues needs
• Completion of Audits
• NG insertion and be a super user
• Familiar with excel and data input

Knowledge
Essential

• Standard setting and audit
• Understanding of patient pathway and how to support patients through it

Desirable

• Basic understanding of Endoscopic procedures.
• Health promotion
• Understanding of resource management

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.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
Address Lister Hospital, Coreys mill, Stevenage, SG1 4AB, United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Lead UGI CNS Clinical Endoscopist, kim shaw, kim.shaw@nhs.net, 01438286430

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.
Applicants must have current UK professional registration.