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Main area
Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 8a
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
193-8285565PCG
Employer
Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Royal Berkshire Hospital
Town
Reading
Salary
£57,528 - £64,750 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
27/10/2026 23:59

Employer heading

Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust logo

Lead Nurse for Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition

NHS AfC: Band 8a

At the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust we put our patients at the heart of every element of health and care that we provide. The Trust works together as a community to deliver its vision which is “Working together to provide outstanding care for our community.”

Royal Berkshire Hospital are pleased to announce that following our CQC inspection we have been rated ‘Good’ with inspectors reporting that we have made significant improvements.  The Trust’s overall rating has also improved to ‘good’.  

We are Compassionate in our thoughts, words and actions

We are Aspirational and have a true desire to be dynamic and to innovate

We are Resourceful and responsible in the way we work and live

We are Excellent in our development, fairness and sharing best practice

At the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, we value candidates who bring their unique personalities, skills, and experiences to the Trust. When completing your application, we encourage you to highlight your individual achievements and strengths, showing us how they align with the requirements outlined in the job description and person specification. While we recognise that some applicants may use AI tools during the process, please be mindful that AI-generated responses can often lack the personal detail and relevance needed to demonstrate your suitability for the role. AI generated content is discouraged by the Trust and may diminish the candidates chances of success.

Amazing things happen at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust; delivered by amazing people so why don’t you come and join us.  We offer a range of learning and development for all employees may you be clinical or non-clinical.  

Please note: all vacancies automatically close when 50 applications have been received.

Job overview

Band 8A Lead Nurse for Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition

PLEASE NOTE: Sponsorship is not normally available for this vacancy - applicants must have the right-to-work in the UK for this role by their proposed start date. 

To work with the multidisciplinary specialist nutrition team to ensure complex patients receive parenteral and enteral nutrition where indicated.

The Lead Nurse role will ensure line management of 2 enteral band 7 nurses and 1 parenteral nutrition nurse. Within the nutrition team there are 2 Gastroenterology Consultants a pharmacist and a dietician.

Main duties of the job

  • Supporting approximately 60 home patients on IV fluids and Home Parenteral Nutrition including prescriptions.
  • Involves liaising with commercial home care companies (x 4) for home patient reviews and service review meetings.
  • Managing the enteral nursing team.
  • Supporting complex nutrition patient MDT's.
  • Liaising with other HPN centres (RBH is one of 22 HPN centres).
  • Managing IF Database and supporting national data submissions.
  • Supporting other local hospitals e.g.RSCH, Basingstoke, Frimley, with HPN remote discharges.
  • Daily inpatient PN ward rounds (leading the team during Consultant absence).
  • Supporting general nutrition within the hospital e.g. Nutrition Steering Committee (NSC); dietitians and MUST scoring; fluid balance, etc.

Working for our organisation

Reading sits on the river Thames and is served by great road and rail links to London, Oxford and Southampton. With excellent leisure and shopping facilities, and a thriving cultural scene, Reading is a wonderful place to live, work and play and provides excellent facilities for families, including some of the best state and private schools in the UK.

The CQC rated the care provided by the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust as Good.

Our Trust "CARE" values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Resourceful, Excellent, reflect the type of Trust we aspire to be and you can join our dedicated and talented staff to make this happen.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details of the job role.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Registered Nurse (Pt 1/12) ((RSCN (Pt 8) if appropriate)) educated to a minimum of 1st degree level, or able to demonstrate evidence that working towards
  • ENB 998/Slice, C&G 730, or equivalent
  • Demonstrable management experience / Leadership and/or specialist knowledge
Desirable criteria
  • Postgraduate management/further study qualification i.e. MSc or MA
  • Advanced Assessment Skills of the patient; Non-medical prescriber; MSc Clinical Nutrition

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Significant post-qualification with recent clinical, leadership and managerial experience at minimum of band 7 AfC
  • Evidence of highly developed specialist knowledge and formal training in field
  • Experienced in meeting requirements of Quality Assurance Framework for the Service
  • Experience in facilitation, teaching, assessing, and coaching
  • Experienced in Audit Process
  • Understanding and experience of challenges and solutions to meeting access targets

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Apprenticeships logoNo smoking policyCare quality commission - GoodArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.Florence Nightingale FoundationNational Preceptorship for Nursing Quality Mark 2024

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.

Application numbers

This vacancy will automatically close when 50 applications have been received.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Julie Boxley
Job title
Matron in Abdominal Surgery
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
0118 322 8792
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