Previous experience in clinical adults and/or home enteral nutrition is desired, however, if you can demonstrate an interest in adult home enteral nutrition but do not yet have the required experience, training and development opportunities or a development position can be agreed. You will also need excellent communication skills. We operate a proactive ‘hands on’ working style with enteral feeding tubes, equipping you to work collaboratively with patients, carers, and professionals. There may be the opportunity in the future to support the adult team with community balloon tube and/of Nasogastric tube changes if desired, after suitable training has been provided, but this is not an expectation of this role.
There is also established service-wide Continuing Professional Development and close working relationship with the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust Dietitians, providing more general opportunities for development. The service has a growing involvement in research and audit, and is also involved in the pre-registration placements for student dietitians undertaking A, B and C placements.