Main area Nutritional Nurse or AHP Grade Band 7 Contract Secondment: 12 months Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week Job
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Site Leighton Hospital Town Crewe Salary £49,387 - £56,515 per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 15/10/2026 23:59
Want to work somewhere you can really make a difference? Somewhere you’re encouraged to have ideas and empowered to create positive change?
Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership (CCICP) deliver NHS Community Services across Cheshire. With a wide range of clinical disciplines, we are a dynamic, future‑facing organisation passionate about delivering the highest quality healthcare whilst collaborating with our community partners.
We foster a culture of continuous improvement, built on compassion.
- Over 83% of staff would recommend CCICP as a place to work
- 90% of staff say the people they work with show appreciation to each other
- 88% staff say that patient care/service users are the organisations top priority
- Over 70% of staff believe there are opportunities for them to develop their career
- If a friend or relative needed treatment 81% of staff are happy with the standard of care provided
We are recognised nationally
- With over 24 Queen’s Nurses (and growing) we have one of the highest percentages proportionate to the size of our team
- Nursing Times Award winners in 2023 and finalists in 2024 for a Bladder and Bowl project. Our specialist Stoma service is currently shortlisted for a Nursing Times and British Journal of Nursing awards.
- Two Specialist clinicians have recently had their work recognised by Wounds UK
- Leighton Hospital Urgent Treatment Centre, run by CCICP, was reviewed by Care Quality Commission and awarded the highest score in the North West
We are delighted to advertise the opportunity to undertake a 12 month secondment/fixed term Specialist Practitioner Nutrition and Hydration Nurse or AHP. The Trust is looking for a clinician with significant experience working with patients with complex nutrition and hydration requirements. The postholder will support the successful implementation of the MCHFT Nutrition and Hydration strategy.
Through leadership and dedicated quality improvement initiatives the postholder will support our Nutritional Ninja Champions in promoting quality nutritional and hydration standards across the Trust.
The post holder will develop and present nutrition and hydration assessment compliance data and drive the Trust in providing assurance that patients receive quality nutrition and hydration care whilst being cared for in MCHFT.
The post holder will work collaboratively with Dieticians, Nurses, Doctors Speech and Language therapists across all divisions and departments within hospital and community settings.
The post holder will support the ongoing review of policies and procedures together with supporting the development of any new policies/SOPs and Guidance that provide good governance around nutrition and hydration care.
The post will be predominantly working within the hospital base but their will be a need to travel and support across community services
Main duties of the jobTo support in leading the multi‑professional management of patients with enteral and parenteral nutritional needs through the provision of clinical leadership and expert advice across the service and primary care settings.
To support the leadership in facilitating, enabling and supporting the development of nutrition and hydration best practice ensuring delivery of high quality, effective and efficient care across the Trust.
This role will be key to the ongoing success of our Nutritional MDT and facilitate cross divisional working to ensure quality seamless care for…
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