Lead Dietitian for Acute Adult Services

Job description

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To provide advanced dietetic clinical services across adult specialties, this will include highly complex patients.

To operationally and clinically lead dietitians and dietetic assistants within acute adult services

Act as deputy to UHNM Chief Dietitian.

Support and deliver initiatives in Nutrition and Hydration harm free care.

See attached job description for full details

Person specification

Knowledge, Skills, Training and Experience

Essential criteria

• Demonstrate relevant work experience at an advance level of working with acute patients with nutrition support requirements including Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition.
• Experience of team leader within a dietetic setting
• Demonstrate excellent organisational, time management, planning, leadership and supervisory skills

Essential Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Registered Dietitian (with relevant BSc, postgraduate diploma or Masters
• Health Care Professions Council registration

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of Leadership Training
• Evidence of clinical supervisory skills training

Personal Qualities

Essential criteria

• Demonstrate an ability to adapt and respond to an unpredictable work pattern and frequent interruptions
• Demonstrate an ability to be flexible self-motivated, adaptive, creative, innovative and open to change and modernisation

Desirable criteria

• Keen to promote and publish work in collaboration with lead Dietitians and consultants.

Important information about your application

1. All correspondence will be sent to you via the email address you applied from. Please ensure you check your emails regularly.
2. References - please ensure you provide email addresses for all referees for the last three years of employment.
3. We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from everyone regardless of ethnicity, disability, gender, age, faith or sexual orientation. Appointment will be based on merit alone.
4. Flexible working will be considered in line with Trust policies
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