Registered Dietitian

Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust; Wolverhampton; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A large NHS Trust in the West Midlands is seeking a Registered Dietitian to join their team. In this rotational role, you will gain experience in various specialties such as renal and diabetes while working with both inpatient and outpatient populations. This position not only focuses on clinical responsibilities but also offers the chance to engage in training student dietitians and participate in community education initiatives. The Trust is committed to flexible working arrangements to support a healthy work-life balance.

Benefits

Supportive working environment

Flexible working arrangements

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Registered Dietitian with knowledge of general dietetics.
• Ability to plan and implement dietetic care across multiple settings.
• Experience in working with diverse populations is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Plan and implement dietetic care for patients.
• Participate in training of student dietitians.
• Contribute to quality improvement projects.

Skills

Clinical dietetic care

Team collaboration

Training and education

Education

Relevant degree in dietetics

Job description

This is a fabulous opportunity to start or further your career as a Registered Dietitian. This rotational post will provide you with excellent experience in general dietetics, working with a variety of patients in an inpatient and outpatient setting. Rotations include opportunities to work along specialist colleagues in renal, general medicine, diabetes, nutrition support, community & paediatrics. We provide a supportive environment for new graduates to develop skills, knowledge and confidence through our AHP preceptorship programme.

Our Nutrition & Dietetic Service has excellent relationships with our MDT colleagues and our well respected team of 40 provide a service to the ethnically diverse populations of Wolverhampton & Cannock. We provide clinical placements for dietetics students throughout the year. The Trust also has a multi-disciplinary preceptorship programme to support your development as a new Graduate Dietitian. You will be responsible for planning and implementing dietetic care for patients in ward, clinic and community environments.

You will also have an educational role, participating in training of student dietitians and other health care professionals as well as delivering group education to patients and to community groups. The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We're passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as "Good" by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly. You will be responsible for a clinical caseload, and work with patients and carers, MDT colleagues and other agencies to deliver effective evidence based care in a variety of settings. In addition to your clinical role you will contribute to a variety of audit and quality improvement projects undertaken by the team.

Please see the full job description and person specification attached to the vacancy on the Trust website.

Flexible Working - As a major employer in the Black Country and West Birmingham region we are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance. We want the Black Country and West Birmingham region to be the best place to work and as such will consider all requests to work flexibly taking into account personal and individual circumstances alongside the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the Recruiting Manager as part of the on-boarding process.