Nutrition Specialist Nurse (Annex 21) | Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust


Company:	St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Salary:	£49,387 - £56,515 per annum
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Prescot, L35 5DR
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	2 Jul 2026
Closing date:	2 Aug 2026

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Summary

This post is an exciting opportunity to help expand, strengthen and develop the current nutrition service. The post holder will take on the role of Nutrition Specialist Nurse at St Helens and Whiston sites of Mersey West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. He/she will be working as part of the Nutrition Support Team alongside another Nutrition Specialist Nurse and provide specialist care and support for patients receiving artificial nutrition support. The post holder will assist in the delivery of nutritional services throughout the Trust, working within the multidisciplinary team supporting medical, nursing and other clinical colleagues to ensure the quality of nutritional care to patients is maximised.

This post may be offered under Annex 21 AfC Terms & Conditions, subject to experience, competency and suitability.

We are seeking a registered nurse who is enthusiastic, self-motivated and a great team player with a drive and commitment to this specialised area. The post will further improve multi-professional work by being involved in staff education and disseminating national and local nutritional practice guidelines and policies.

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 10,500 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

Our services:

Acute Care

Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.

Primary Care

Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.

Community Services

Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.

Specialist Regional Services

We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

Achievements:

• Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018

• Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)

• National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme.

Please see attached job description and person specification for main responsibilities and requirements.

This advert closes on Friday 10 Jul 2026

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