Job summary
Are you a passionate and patient focused Registered Nurse, with experience or a keen interest in Enteral Nutrition?
We are looking for a registered nurse who has the ability to work autonomously within the community and hospital setting supporting our patients and working in partnership with our NHS colleagues.
Come and join our expanding enteral nursing service within Fresenius Kabi:
- This role will be full-time, 35 hours per week, Monday Friday, 9am-5pm
- The role is field based across Essex
- The starting salary for this position is £36,584, plus an annual bonus of £1,126, a company car/car allowance and a London weighting allowance (dependent on postcode)
- Full training and a developmental programme are available with support from our accredited nurse educators
Our nursing service offers:
Expertise in both enteral and parenteral nutrition, allowing us to support every step of a patients nutritional care journey.
The national team of more than 350 nurses is focused on identifying and understanding the needs of our patients to provide truly human care and support.
Main duties of the job
If this is the role for you, your responsibilities will include:
- Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to aid the facilitation of a safe discharge and ongoing care of our enterally fed patients
- Directly liaising with Dietitians and Nutritional teams to manage the care and nutritional support of our patients within the community
- Responsible for the training of our enterally fed patients, families and carers
- Managing a patient caseload, providing ongoing support in the community for patients, carers and healthcare professionals
- Regular patient visits may include the care of Naso gastric tubes, gastrostomy tubes, pumps and advice
- Working within the NMC Code of Conduct and professional practice
About us
Fresenius Kabi is a global healthcare company that specialises in lifesaving medicines and technologies for infusion, transfusion and clinical nutrition. Our products and services are used worldwide to help care for critically and chronically ill patients.
The Fresenius Group employs c.400,000 high-calibre professionals across the world, with a workforce of circa.1,000 professionals across the UK & Ireland.
Job description
Job responsibilities
If this is the role for you, your responsibilities will include:
- Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team to aid the facilitation of a safe discharge and ongoing care of our enterally fed patients
- Directly liaising with Dietitians and Nutritional teams to manage the care and nutritional support of our patients within the community
- Responsible for the training of our enterally fed patients, families and carers
- Managing a patient caseload, providing ongoing support in the community for patients, carers and healthcare professionals
- Regular patient visits may include the care of Naso gastric tubes, gastrostomy tubes, pumps and advice
- Working within the NMC Code of Conduct and professional practice
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Qualifications and requirements:
- Registered Nurse with a current and valid NMC registration
- A minimum of 1-year post-registration clinical experience
- Driving licence
- Ability to work in a one-to-one patient environment and conduct interactions with confidence and professionalism
- Flexible and adaptable to the changing needs of the business
- Excellent time management skills and the ability to manage own workload
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 .
Employer details
Employer name
Fresenius Kabi Ltd
Address
2 Victoria Road
Dagenham
Essex
RM10 7XL