Dietitian

STOCKPORT NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; Stockport; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 35,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

NHS pension scheme membership

Cycle to work scheme

Salary sacrifice schemes

NHS Staff discounts

Salary finance

Stockport Credit Union

Job summary

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 5 Dietitian to join the Integrated Nutrition and Dietetic Service on a fixed term basis (12 months), 37.5 hours per week. The inpatient department comprises 16 WTE dietitians and works with community colleagues and the wider therapy directorate.

Newly qualified staff start with a Preceptorship and ongoing professional development is supported through supervision and CPD.

Qualifications

• Newly qualified staff are required to complete a Preceptorship programme.
• Professional development encouraged through supervision, appraisal, mandatory training and CPD activities.

Responsibilities

• Provide high standard of dietetic care to inpatients requiring nutritional support across designated wards and clinics.
• Support integration with community dietetics and wider therapy teams, contributing to service development.

Job description

Dietitian: Fixed Term (12 months) 37.5 hours

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated Band 5 Dietitian to join our Integrated Nutrition and Dietetic service at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. The Inpatient Dietitian department has 16 WTE Dietitians. The team comprises of an Integrated Nutrition and Dietetic Service Lead, Team leader, band 7, band 6 and band 5 Dietitians, Dietetic Support Workers and Secretary. We are integrated service with community dietetic and patient education colleagues, as well as with the wider inpatient Therapy directorate.

The role will be focused on providing a high standard of dietetic care to inpatients requiring nutritional support. There will be opportunities to cover a variety of ward allocations and rotations, working alongside senior dietitians in their specialist areas. You will have involvement with general outpatient clinics.

Newly qualified staff are required to complete a Preceptorship programme. Professional development is encouraged through supervision, appraisal, mandatory training and CPD activities. Supervision is provided by senior clinical staff., Optimise the clinical progress and quality of life of patients by providing individualised nutritional assessments, evidence-based recommendations and care plans across designated wards and clinics.

Work as a committed member of both the Inpatient Dietetic team and the Integrated Nutrition and Dietetic service, contributing to the achievement of Departmental, Team and Trust goals.

Provide relevant advice and training to other health care professionals.

Participate in service development.

Provide specialist knowledge across a range of procedures underpinned by theory

We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

Benefits we offer to you:

• Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• NHS pension scheme membership
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
• NHS Staff discounts
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
• Stockport Credit Union- for local financial advice