Senior Dietitian - Nutrition Support Rehab & Community

Job description

Job summary

We are looking for an experienced Registered Dietitian to join our team of 30 clinical staff and an excellent support team providing the Dietetics Service to Wolverhampton and Cannock.

This vacancy is in our community team, and the successful candidate will work across Wolverhampton and Cannock Chase Hospital, predominantly in the field of nutrition support for stroke rehabilitation.

We are a friendly, supportive and dynamic team . We take students on placement from BCU and Coventry and value CPD, development and excellence in practice.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will work in inpatient rehabilitation, outpatients and community settings to deliver a high quality dietetics service for patients requiring nutrition support.

About us

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We're passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as "Good" by CQC. We have achievednumerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Assess diagnose and treat nutrition related problems in a variety of settings (eg rehab hospitals, patient homes, care homes, outpatients).

Devise and monitor enteral feeding regimens.

Work with outpatients & care homes promoting Food First as nutritional management.

Work closely with the wider MDT to optimise patient care and outcome post stroke.

Provide training to community colleagues on nutrition support and enteral feeding.

Contribute to the training & development of students on clinical placement, apprentice dietitians and junior colleagues.

Undertake audit and projects to promote service quality and development.

Job description
Job responsibilities

Assess diagnose and treat nutrition related problems in a variety of settings (eg rehab hospitals, patient homes, care homes, outpatients).

Devise and monitor enteral feeding regimens.

Work with outpatients & care homes promoting Food First as nutritional management.

Work closely with the wider MDT to optimise patient care and outcome post stroke.

Provide training to community colleagues on nutrition support and enteral feeding.

Contribute to the training & development of students on clinical placement, apprentice dietitians and junior colleagues.

Undertake audit and projects to promote service quality and development.

Person Specification

Qualifications & registration

Essential

• HCPC Registration in Dietetics

Desirable

• Clinical Educators Course
• PENG Clinical Update

Experience and learning

Essential

• Experience in nutrition nutrition support and enteral feeding
• Evidence of continued professional development
• Experience in a range of clinical specialties within the NHS

Desirable

• Post registration experience working in rehabilitation and/or stroke services

Communication Skills

Essential

• Excellent written & spoken English

Other

Essential

• Ability to travel efficiently between community sites

Experience and learning

Essential

• Experience delivering nutritional interventions in care homes and/or rehab

Person Specification
Qualifications & registration

Essential

• HCPC Registration in Dietetics

Desirable

• Clinical Educators Course
• PENG Clinical Update

Experience and learning

Essential

• Experience in nutrition nutrition support and enteral feeding
• Evidence of continued professional development
• Experience in a range of clinical specialties within the NHS

Desirable

• Post registration experience working in rehabilitation and/or stroke services

Communication Skills

Essential

• Excellent written & spoken English

Other

Essential

• Ability to travel efficiently between community sites

Experience and learning

Essential

• Experience delivering nutritional interventions in care homes and/or rehab

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.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Additional information
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .
UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see

Employer details

Employer name

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
Address

New Cross Hospital

Wolverhampton

WV10 0QP

United Kingdom

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