Highly Specialist Stroke and HCOP Dietitian

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Nottingham seeks a Highly Specialist Lead Dietitian to provide clinical leadership for Stroke, Health Care of the Older Person, and General Medicine. The successful candidate will lead the development and delivery of nutritional care across various pathways, mentor junior staff, and contribute to the wider nutrition strategy. This role is integral to a collaborative approach in enhancing dietetic services across the trust.

Qualifications

• Registered Dietitian with significant experience in clinical nutrition.
• Strong leadership and mentorship capabilities.
• Ability to collaboratively work with multidisciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership as a Highly Specialist Dietitian for Stroke, Health Care of the Older Person, and General Medicine.
• Collaborate with other dietitians and AHPs to deliver an effective dietetic service across NUH.
• Develop strategies to support growing services, participate in audits, develop referral criteria, and implement nutritional service developments.

Job description

Overview

Are you a Dietitian with genuine interest in helping support the prevention and treatment of malnutrition through service improvement? This post is the Highly Specialist Lead Dietitian for Stroke and Health Care of the Older Person at NUH. You will play a crucial role in leading, developing and delivering high-quality nutritional care to patients within the Hyper-Acute, Acute and Stroke Rehabilitation pathways. You will also contribute to the dietetic management of the Health Care of the Older person service. The post holder contributes to the work of the Department of Nutrition and Dietetics and wider Nutrition and Hydration strategy work at NUH.

You will work as a Highly Specialised Dietitian providing clinical leadership for Stroke, Health Care of the Older Person & General Medicine. You will work closely with other dietitians & AHPs to collaboratively provide an effective dietetic service across NUH. You will share a caseload with new registrants & specialist dietitians, providing supervision & mentorship, whilst also working with the wider Medicine team to continue to promote & develop the role of a dietitian in their specialist area.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical leadership as a Highly Specialist Dietitian for Stroke, Health Care of the Older Person, and General Medicine.
• Collaborate with other dietitians and AHPs to deliver an effective dietetic service across NUH.
• Share caseload with new registrants and specialist dietitians, providing supervision and mentorship.
• Work with the wider Medicine team to promote and develop the role of dietitians in their specialist areas.
• Develop strategies to support growing services, participate in audits, develop referral criteria, training, and implement nutritional service developments.
• Support other members of the general medical team including rotational dietitians and support staff, alongside Team Leaders.
• Support internal steering groups, governance groups, and wider NUH nutritional governance groups; participate in audits, service improvement/evaluation, and student training for Dietitians.
• Involved in training and development of NUH Nutrition Excellence Leads, planning and organising study days and contributing to nutrition training initiatives across the trust.

About NUH and our team

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. We are diverse in our pathways of AHPs and support staff, employing over 600 staff who work together to deliver high-quality care. Our HCPC registered AHP professionals include Physiotherapists, Dietitians, Occupational Therapists, Orthotists, Prosthetists and Speech and Language Therapists. We have a Chief AHP who leads strategic direction and Practice Development Therapists to support career development. We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled.