Highly Specialist Critical Care Dietitian

NUH; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 49,000 - 57,000; Part time

Job summary

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a Highly Specialist Critical Care Dietitian (Band 7) to join the team at Queens Medical Centre and City Hospital on a part-time basis. You will deliver high-quality patient-centred dietetic care in a multidisciplinary environment with leadership and training responsibilities.

The role focuses on complex nutritional interventions, nutrition support and education for junior staff within critical care, with opportunities to lead service

Qualifications

• Health and Care Professions Council registration.
• Evidence of CPD portfolio and ongoing professional development.
• Post-registration education in specialist clinical areas.

Responsibilities

• Support complex nutritional interventions including nutrition support and enteral feeding.
• Lead and train rotational Band 6 dietitians in critical care and contribute to service development.
• Deliver high-quality patient-centred dietetic care within a multidisciplinary team.
• Lead on audits and improvements to nutritional care and practice.
• Communicate effectively with patients, carers and MDT colleagues.

Skills

Excellent communication

Leadership

Teamwork/MDT collaboration

Critical care nutrition

Training/mentorship

Education

HCPC registration

Post-registration specialist education

Job description

Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) is the biggest employer in Nottingham with over 19,000 staff

Highly Specialist Critical Care Dietitian

Band 7

Main area Dietetics Grade Band 7 Contract Permanent Hours Part time - 28.5 hours per week Job ref 164-8285778

Site Queens Medical Centre Town Nottingham Salary £49,387 - £56,515 Per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 15/11/2026 23:59

Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a dietitian to enhance their clinical and leadership skills in critical care as part of our team at Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) NHS Trust. This role will be a split role between QMC and City Hospital.

We are looking for a forward thinking dietitian to join our team of dietitians, based at Queens Medical Centre and City Hospital. You will become an integral member of our multidisciplinary team delivering high quality patient-centred dietetic care. We are an exceptional, dynamic and supportive team with a strong MDT ethos.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will support complex nutritional interventions as well as nutrition support and enteral feeding so some experience in these would be beneficial. You be involved in supporting the rotational Band 6 dietitians within critical care, helping with training and development. We actively encourage service improvement and audit and the successful candidate would have the opportunity to lead development work to improve nutritional care of our patients.

You’ll need to have excellent communication and leadership skills, a flexible approach and the ability to manage your own time and workload and that of other members of staff within a supportive team. Experience of nutritional support and evidence of a varied clinical experience is desirable.

Working for our organisation

With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the job description and person specification attached to the advert for the full details of the vacancy.

Person specification

Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours

• Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust’s “We are here for you” behavioural standards

Training & Qualifications

• Health and Care Professional Council registration
• Able to maintain a professional portfolio for CPD, recording learning outcomes through participation in internal and external development opportunities
• Evidence of post registration education in specialist clinical areas

Experience

• Wide ranging and extensive experience of working within specialist area
• Knowledge of management processes to be able to provide 1st line management
• Experience of delegating to and supervising other members of the team
• Able to plan and deliver clinical education about theory and practice to individuals, team and the wider MDT (including students)
• Knowledge of current best practice within a clinical specialty
• Knowledge of national and local standards and national guidelines
• Basic IT and computer skills and have the ability to learn how to use specific software
• Able to undertake evidence based audit of own practice and the practice of other staff within a specific clinical area
• Able to evaluate current research and make recommendations for change in practice and implement these changes

Communication and Relationship Skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Able to discuss treatment options and recommend best course of intervention to patients and carers using negotiating, persuasive, motivational and reassurance skills
• Be able to effectively use a range of communication skills with patients to progress treatment plans.
• Able to adapt approach in order to respect individuality, values, cultural and religious diversity of patients
• Able to understand team dynamics and adapt approach to achieve the best outcome for patients
• Able to handle confidential information from colleagues, patient and carers with sensitivity
• Communicate complex patient related information effectively to ensure collaborative working with MDT colleagues across health & social care sectors
• Able to present clinical information to health professions at National Conference level or equivalent

Analytical and Judgement Skills

• Able to reflect and critically appraise own performance and the performance of other staff
• Risk assessment skills for the safe management and discharge of very complex patients
• Analyse information from clinical assessments and make judgements about appropriate interventions for highly complex patients
• Use reasoning skills and knowledge of a range of treatment options to formulate and deliver specialist treatment programmes
• Able to make decisions about the treatment needs of highly complex patients
• Able to make decisions about the allocation of a caseload to a team of staff
• Able to make judgements about the prioritising of caseloads when demand exceeds capacity and to re-allocate staffing resources
• Lead on the development of improvements in service delivery and clinical practice using evidence based practice to recommend changes
• Understands responsibility of self and others for clinical and cost effective use of resources
• Able to record and use relevant information in daily work including computer data entry of patient and other information and support other member so the team in doing so

Planning and Organisation Skills

• Able to plan the delivery of a service for a specialist area where there is variable capacity and fluctuating demand
• Able to organise and plan the activity of staff and self
• Able to organise, plan and chair meetings
• Able to lead in the development, review and implementation of relevant polices and service development, recognising and responding to wider strategic concerns

Physical Skills

• Able to use and/or manoeuvre a range of medical devices including, for example, handling/assistive and anthropometric equipment if applicable.

Other requirements specific to the role (eg be able to drive or work shifts)

• Undertake out of hours duties as required.
• Able to travel to required areas within and beyond the Trust

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at the NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Applicants are kindly requested to refrain from using AI at any stage during the recruitment process.

Salary: The quoted salary will be on a pro rata basis for part time workers.

Disability Confidence: All applicants who have declared a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted.

At Risk of redundancy: NHS employees within the East Midlands who are ‘at risk’ of redundancy will be given a preferential interview where they meet the essential criteria of the person specification.

ID and Right to work checks : NUH authenticate ID and right to work documentation including passports and driving licences through a system called Trust ID. NUH will scan your ID and right to work documentation in to the Trust ID system at your face to face ID appointment. The system will run a check against the key security features within your documentation. The system will provide us with an outcome of your check which will be stored securely on your personal file along with all other pre-employment check documentation.

Consent:

• Transfer of information: If I have previous NHS service - I consent to the Occupational Health Department confidentially accessing my occupational health records from my current or previous employer in order to check the status of my vaccinations, immunisations s and screening tests as relevant to the post. I understand this is an automated process and the information will only be used for these purposes prior to me taking up the position at NUH.
• Disclosure and Barring Service: Your post maybe subject to a DBS check which incur a cost dependent on the level of check required (£41 for enhanced and £20 for standard). I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check if it is required (by deduction from first month’s pay). Should I decide to withdraw from my job offer, I agree to reimburse Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust the cost of the DBS check undertaken by cheque or other agreed method.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Name Karen Collumbell Job title Highly Specialist Critical Care Dietitian Email address [e-mail]