Clinical Specialist Dietitian

Job overview

Are you an experienced dietitian looking to work in the in-patient setting? An exciting opportunity has risen for an experienced dietitian looking to work within the acute adult team at Fairfield Hospital.

This post provides an opportunity to work within specialist areas including stroke, parenteral nutrition, and critical care. Also, an opportunity to work with in-patients with eating disorders and disordered eating admitted for acute medical intervention.

You will have opportunities to expand your knowledge and skills. You will also be able to develop and take part in staff teaching and training and maintain your own professional development.

You will have a key role in the development of the dietetic service, with the opportunity to audit clinical practise and improve patient care.

You will support and supervise student placements and Dietetic Assistants, as well as playing a key role in raising the profile of dietetics.

You will be key in the development, implementation and audit of patient care practices as part of Clinical Governance.

Development posts will be considered.

Main duties of the job

You will be the clinical lead for dietetics working alongside senior colleagues to provide quality nutritional assessment and intervention for our patients. You will ensure we provide evidence based intervention and support service development.

Working for our organisation

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

Person specification

Qualifications

• BSC/MSc Nutrition & Dietetics

Registration

• HCPC Registration

• Member of the BDA
• Member of specialist groups

Knowledge

• Extensive clinical experience of nutritional support including enteral feeding
• Extensive experience of parenteral nutrition and critical care

• Advanced clinical supervisory skills

Skills

• Demonstrates good written communication skills without the use of Artificial Intelligence applications for example ChatGPT.
• Ability to work in stressful and unpredictable environment

• Evidence of training others

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We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to supporting flexible working for our people wherever possible and all our colleagues are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) serves a diverse population, and each Care Organisation works hard to ensure all services are accessible and fair.

We respect the value of difference. So, our aim is to employ a workforce representative of the communities we serve. Regardless of age, disability, gender, marital status, trans status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, religion or belief, all are welcome.

As a Disability Confident Employer, guaranteed interviews are also available to disabled applicants when essential role requirements have been met.

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For posts advertised on a fixed term contract basis, we will offer secondments only for NHS appointments. Fixed term contracts will be only be offered for external non-NHS appointments.

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Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should we receive sufficient applications or if it is filled via the internal redeployment process.

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