Advanced Specialist Acute Dietitian for Critical Care

NHS; Harlow; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Harlow is seeking a motivated Advanced Specialist Acute Dietitian for Critical Care. This part-time role involves managing a critical care caseload and leading dietary services. The ideal candidate should have a relevant degree, HCPC registration, and experience in critical care settings. This position offers competitive compensation and opportunities for professional development.

Qualifications

• Experience managing a specialist Dietetic caseload within an acute setting.
• Experience managing and developing junior staff.
• Experience within critical care.
• Experience with delivering significant projects or service improvements.

Responsibilities

• Lead dietitian for the critical care unit, improve service.
• Cover TPN rounds and attend Nutrition Steering Group meetings.
• Organise in-service training for department meetings.
• Support dietetic students and manage work experience requests.

Skills

Strong organisational skills

Ability to manage unpredictability

Education

Degree in Nutrition & Dietetics

Registered as a Dietitian with the HCPC

Additional courses in critical care or parenteral nutrition

Additional courses in management and leadership

Job description

Advanced Specialist Acute Dietitian for Critical Care

The closing date is 25 September 2025.

The acute adult dietetic team at the Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust are seeking a motivated and passionate band 7 dietitian to lead the service to our critical care unit. We have a 7 bedded ICU and a 6 bedded HDU.

The post holder will have clinical responsibility for a designated caseload on critical care and will organise this effectively and efficiently, being flexible according to clinical and service priorities. They will have the ability to conduct nutritional assessments, including calculating nutritional requirements and interpreting medical information, to implement individualised, evidence-based treatment plans.

This post is highly complex and will include ethical decision-making as part of a team.

This is a part time post of 22.5 hours per week. Days and times can be negotiated.

Main duties of the job

• To be the lead dietitian for the critical care unit, reviewing and improving the service provided to the hospital and provide expert advice for other members of the team. You will also cover other general wards
• To cover TPN rounds, attend Nutrition Steering Group meetings as required
• To organise the in-service training aspect of our monthly department meetings
• To work with the other band 7 dietitians in the running of the department, helping to organise workload to cover sickness and annual leave
• To oversee our requests for work experience and volunteering within the dietetic department and also to take an active role in supporting dietetic students from our local university.

About us

Our Organisation

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop's Stortford, and St Margaret's Hospital in Epping.

We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop's Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.

Our Values

The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:

• Patient at heart - Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts
• Everyday excellence - Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both
• Creative collaboration - Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care

The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and personal specification for further details on the role. If you would like a informal conversation regarding the role, please contact Adele Ward.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Degree in Nutrition & Dietetics, or equivalent postgraduate qualification
• Registered as a Dietitian with the HCPC
• Additional courses/training in relevant clinical areas such as critical care or parenteral nutrition
• Additional courses/training in management and leadership

Experience

• Experience managing a specialist Dietetic caseload within an acute setting.
• Experience managing and developing junior staff
• Experience within critical care
• Experience with delivering significant projects or service improvements

Skills

• Strong organisational skills
• Able to manage unpredictability and reprioritise tasks flexibly and calmly, in a fast-paced environment

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.

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

£47,810 to £54,710 a year per annum pro rata plus 5% high cost area supplement