Senior Dietitian - Critical Care & Surgery | The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
Our ICU & Surgical Dietitians are well recognised for their excellent clinical skills and track record in research, audit and service development. We pride ourselves on excellent staff development, and appropriate training will be provided. 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.
The successful candidate will work with MDT colleagues in surgical and intensive care settings to deliver a high quality dietetics service for patients requiring dietetic intervention and nutrition support. You will also be responsible for undertaking ward rounds with the wider MDT and undertaking project work.
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 achieved numerous 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.
Assess diagnose and treat nutrition related problems for patients undergoing surgery and/or requiring intensive care.
Devise and monitor enteral & parenteral feeding regimens.
Work closely with the wider MDT to optimise patient care and outcome.
Provide training to ICU & surgical colleagues on nutrition screening, management & support.
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.
This advert closes on Tuesday 22 Oct 2024