Advanced Practice Dietitian

NHS Scotland; Dundee; Hybrid; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Royal Victoria Hospital in Dundee, under NHS Scotland, seeks an Advanced Practice Dietitian to work within the Frailty at Home Service. You will provide specialist dietetic assessment and intervention for people with complex nutritional needs, across community and hospital settings, improving continuity of care.

You will lead on service development, quality improvement, and data-driven planning, supporting frailty pathways and timely discharge to prevent avoidable hospital admissions.

Qualifications

• Significant post-registration experience as a specialist dietitian.
• Experience in service development, quality improvement, audit or service evaluation.
• Experience collecting, analysing and presenting outcome data to support service improvement.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist dietetic assessment and intervention for people with complex nutritional needs.
• Lead service evaluation and quality improvement activity.
• Support integrated frailty pathways with in-reach to acute services and outreach to the community.
• Influence the future delivery of frailty services and develop the model of care.

Skills

Advanced clinical practice

Frailty care

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Audit & quality improvement

Data analysis

Education

Registered Dietitian

HCPC registration

Job description

Royal Victoria Hospital

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.

Could you help transform the way care is delivered for people living with frailty in Dundee?

The Nutrition and Dietetic Service in Tayside is seeking to recruit an experienced Advanced Practice Dietitian to work within the Frailty at Home Service across the Dundee Health & Social Care Partnership area.

The Frailty at Home Service supports people living with frailty in their own homes and community settings, helping to prevent avoidable hospital admissions, reduce deconditioning and support independence. Working closely with acute hospital teams, the service promotes seamless transitions of care and ensures people receive the right care, in the right place, at the right time.

The postholder will be an integral member of the multidisciplinary Frailty at Home Team, providing specialist dietetic assessment and intervention for people with complex nutritional needs. The role requires a proactive approach to clinical care, alongside contributing to service improvement, pathway development and the ongoing development of this innovative model of care.

Working across organisational boundaries, the successful candidate will provide specialist dietetic input within community and hospital settings as required. This will include in-reach to acute services and outreach into the community to support integrated frailty pathways, timely discharge, admission avoidance and continuity of nutritional care.

Alongside advanced clinical practice, the postholder will influence the future delivery of frailty services, lead service evaluation and quality improvement activity, helping to demonstrate service impact and build the evidence base required to sustain and further develop this model of care.

Applicants should have significant post-registration experience as a specialist dietitian, including managing complex nutritional care across a range of settings. Experience in service development, quality improvement, audit or service evaluation is highly desirable. Experience of collecting, analysing and presenting outcome data to support service improvement and future service planning would be advantageous.

The Tayside Nutrition & Dietetic Service promotes collaborative working across specialties, supporting the development of innovative pathways, standards and models of care. We are committed to professional development, leadership, quality improvement and education, and provide excellent opportunities for peer support and learning.

Applicants must be registered with the Health and Care Professions Council at the time of application.

Current NHS Tayside employee's - Written approval must be sought from your line manager prior to applying for this secondment. You will be required to bring this if shortlisted for interview.

Interested applicants are encouraged to contact, Nicola Hutchinson, Service Lead, Community Dietetic Services [e-mail] or Alison Campbell, Service Lead, Hospital Dietetic Services [e-mail]

Ability to travel

Hours of work are: 36 per week

If you are a current member of staff, please ensure you update your Jobtrain profile to reflect that you are employed by NHS Tayside