Dietetic Clinical Lead for Care Homes | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust; Wokingham; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization is seeking a Dietetic Clinical Lead for Care Homes in Berkshire. This role focuses on improving nutritional support for care home residents and includes delivering training to healthcare professionals. Candidates should have a degree in Nutrition and Dietetics along with clinical leadership experience. The position offers flexible working options and various employee benefits, including generous annual leave and career development opportunities.

Benefits

Flexible working options to support work-life balance

27 days’ annual leave

Generous NHS pension scheme

Excellent learning and career development opportunities

Discounts at popular retailers and restaurants

Free parking across Trust sites

Qualifications

• Registered with Health Care Professionals Council and full BDA membership.
• Clinical leadership experience in a multidisciplinary team setting.
• Valid UK licence and access to a car for travel across Berkshire.

Responsibilities

• Deliver training on optimal nutrition for care home residents.
• Develop educational programmes on nutritional care.
• Support colleagues with complex dietetic scenarios.

Skills

Expert clinical knowledge with older adults

Clinical leadership skills

Organisational and prioritisation skills

Education

Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics

Job description

Overview

Dietetic Clinical Lead for Care Homes – Band 7 – 18.75 hours per week.

Contract: Fixed term – 1 year

Base: Wokingham Hospital

Location: Berkshire-wide

This exciting new post will work as part of the Care Home Support Team to sustain and improve the quality of patient care by supporting care home staff across Berkshire. You will help raise awareness and understanding of supporting residents with their nutritional needs and reduce attendances and admissions to hospital. You will have access to IT equipment to enable you to work remotely from home and a range of office bases across Berkshire, as well as working face to face within the care homes.

Responsibilities

• To ensure care home residents are receiving optimal nutrition and hydration care by delivering a locally developed training programme to healthcare professionals in Nursing Homes and Residential Homes within Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
• To lead on the development and delivery of dietetic educational programmes on nutritional care for care home staff, GPs, other health care professionals and members of the Care Homes MDT.
• To lead on development of dietary protocols and guidelines for the service and contribute to the policies for the team as a whole.
• To take an active role within the general functioning of the Dietetic Department, including contributing to student training.
• To support community colleagues and Care Home staff in the management of complex dietetic scenarios including dysphagia and dementia.

Qualifications

• A degree in Nutrition and Dietetics and registered with Health Care Professionals Council and full BDA membership.
• Expert clinical knowledge and experience with an older adult client group to deliver high quality intervention within community settings.
• Clinical leadership skills within the multidisciplinary team setting.
• Flexibility, good organisational and prioritisation skills.
• A valid UK licence and access to a car or ability to travel to multiple locations across Berkshire West.

Benefits

• Flexible working options to support work-life balance
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
• Free parking across Trust sites

About Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.

Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:

• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions

Equal opportunities

We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.

How to apply / Contact

We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please call: Joseph Took on 0118 904 3250 or email: [e-mail] who’ll be delighted to help.

Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.

This advert closes on Thursday 25 Sep 2025