Registered Nurse
Location: Glasgow Scotland
Description: Equal Approach Limited is at the momment seeking for Registered Nurse right now, this position will be placed in Scotland. More complete informations about this position opportunity please read the description below. Nutritional Nurse Advisor
Glasgow
12 month Fixed Term Contract
£24500 - £28000
Our client specialises in the delivery of advanced medical nutrition for patients requ! iring disease and malnutrition management. They pride themselves in their constant innovation through products and services, a flexible approach in the way they work in partnership with their customers and the care they provide their often vulnerable patient groups. A field based Nutritional Nurse opportunity supporting home enterally fed patients via home visits /telephone support - covering the Ramsgate,Margate, Ashford and Folkstone areas.
Looking after one or more hospitals in a group or a large PCT, the patient's population may come from across a whole area.
A patient facing role - you will be required to understand the commercial aspects of the role and work alongside the Clinical Nurse Manager attending contract and Service Level Agreement review meetings.
Responsibilities:
Support families /carers to obtain the optimum nutritional state for the patient
Promote /support positive enteral feeding practices for patients and care! rs
Support the objectives of early supportive discharge an! d admission avoidance (pre & unplanned)
Develop high level expertise in Malnutrition and the universal screening tool 'MUST'
Be aware and take into consideration current legislation /nutritional trends /research
Support and to give advice to colleagues around home and community based enteral feeding issues. Deliver educational support and training, in a variety of settings,
Develop, with training /support the ability to change skin level devices (buttons), balloon gastrostomy tubes, nasogastric tubes, as appropriate Identify own training needs and limitations within the role.
Minimum Requirements
NMC Registered.
RGN Qualified or dual trained
Min of 2 years post registration nursing experience
Full UK driving licence
Competent and confident IT skills - Word, Excel, Powerpoint, e-mail
Ability to stay away from home as required.
Excellent time management skills and planning is essential
Strong communication skills - for ! patient and carer training and presentations to the account (Dieticians and Hospital and Community based Nutrition nurses)
Preferable Requirements/Experience
Oral supplement /Enteral feed therapy area
ENB 998 or equivalent.
Working independently
Working in a commercial/customer service organization
Our client is an Equal Opportunities employer and Equal Approach actively encourage candidate applications from all sections of the community. If you need to receive this information in an alternative format, please contact Equal Approach and we will take reasonable steps to arrange this for you.
Our client is an Equal Opportunities employer and we actively encourage candidate applications from all sections of the community.
The successful candidate may be required to undertake a Criminal Records Bureau Check.
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If you were eligible to this position, please email us your resume, with salary requirements and a resu! me to Equal Approach Limited.
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This position starts available on: Tue, 04 Jun 2013 10:06:35 GMT