Job summary
- Main area
- Gastro-enterology
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent: 0.8 WTE post
- Hours
- Part time - 30 hours per week
- Job ref
- 190-0312-DIR
- Employer
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Cross Site
- Town
- Sheffield
- Salary
- £46,148 - £52,809 pa/pro rata for part time staff
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 25/05/2025 23:59
- Interview date
- 04/06/2025
Employer heading

Enteral Nutrition Practitioner
NHS AfC: Band 7
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.
Job overview
The enteral nutrition practitioner role is a non medical role, supporting the Enteral Nutrition Service at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHSFT.
This role will utilise a competency based training programme with the aim of developing competence across the following areas:
- Function as a non-medical practitioner, undertaking diagnostic and therapeutic procedures relating to Enteral Nutrition
- To demonstrate a high level of clinical decision-making and an ability to monitor and improve standards of care. To work within his/her own scope of professional practice
- To develop and demonstrate autonomous practice with minimal supervision
- Provide education for patients, carers and other healthcare professionals
- Undertake Outpatient Clinics
- Contribute to provision of clinical data and service developments to improve patient outcomes
Main duties of the job
The post holder will:
- Perform advanced and specialised clinical skills in assessment, diagnosis and treatment of enteral nutrition service patients including invasive procedures within the GI tract
- Work with the Gastrointestinal MDT to support optimal service provision delivering care to patients undergoing diagnostic and therapeutic procedures. Also undertaking relevant procedures within defined protocols
- Provide expert advice, education and support to patients, relatives and other healthcare professionals within this specialist field
- Be allocated their own work stream, and working flexibly in support of optimal service provision, will regularly back fill sessions of other practitioners
- Work with the senior team to undertake and maintain National, Trust and departmental clinical audit to support quality assurance, patient safety and clinical governance
- Working in collaboration with the MDT to support the development of a high quality sustainable service. Providing a service to uphold patient safety and compliance, reducing incidence of complications and cancellation.
- Work collaboratively to support the Enteral Nutrition Team and the MDT to provide, evaluate and audit the relevant pathways in accordance with National guidelines
- Participate in training relevant clinical teams
Working for our organisation
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals is a large NHS Foundation Trust and the second largest employer in Sheffield. You will be joining the Enteral Nutrition Team in the GRaDE care group. The Enteral Nutrition Team is a small, three person team providing enteral nutrition support for the whole Trust.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
AHP or registered Nurses are welcome to apply.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Registered Allied Health Professional (AHP) or Nurse (NMC) or Physician Associate (PA)
- Undergraduate degree or equivalent qualification in relevant subject
- Recognised teaching qualification or demonstrable experience of teaching and clinical supervision
- Willing to undertake Non-medical prescribing qualification and advanced physical assessment at MSc level 7
Desirable criteria
- Hold or be working towards a MSc (level 7) degree
- Non-medical prescribing qualification
- Advanced physical assessment qualification
Other Factors
Essential criteria
- Ability to work under pressure
- Excellent organisational and IT skills
Desirable criteria
- Excellent leadership ability
Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable significant post registration experience in relevant clinical speciality
- Awareness of disease-related malnutrition and/or enteral feeding tubes
- Knowledge of anatomy and physiology of the GI tract
- Experience of providing high quality patient centred care
Desirable criteria
- Substantial experience of disease-related malnutrition and/or enteral feeding tubes
- Evidence of training on GI diagnostic and therapeutic intervention
Further Training
Essential criteria
- Willing to undertake training relating to advanced nutritional procedures in a variety of settings i.e. Radiologically, endoscopically, and ward based (invasive procedures)
- Ability to critically analyse literature and evidence-based practice
- Critical thinking and reasoning skills in decision-making
- Evidence of continued personal and professional development
- Ability to attain additional clinical skills
Desirable criteria
- Experience performing advanced nutritional procedures in a variety of settings i.e. Radiologically, endoscopically, and ward based
- Ascertain diagnosis through advanced clinical assessment, history, examination and investigations and action appropriate on-going care
Special Skills/Aptitudes
Essential criteria
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Demonstrate skilled written and verbal communication
- Evidence of independent working
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Tom Welbank
- Job title
- Enteral Nutrition Service Lead/ ACP
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0114 2269572
- Additional information
Please make contact with Tom via email with any questions about the role.
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