Senior Dietitian: Stroke Rehab & Community Nutrition (Flexible)

Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust; Wolverhampton; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is seeking a Senior Dietitian to join our nutrition support rehab and community teams. You will provide expert dietetic input across Wolverhampton and Cannock Chase Hospital, focusing on nutrition support for stroke rehabilitation, inpatient, outpatient and community settings.

You will work within a supportive MDT, contribute to training and CPD, and help develop services to improve patient outcomes and care quality.

Qualifications

• Assess, diagnose and treat nutrition related problems in a variety of settings (eg rehab hospitals, patient homes, care homes, outpatients).
• Devise and monitor enteral feeding regimens.
• Work with outpatients & care homes promoting Food First as nutritional management.
• Provide training to community colleagues on nutrition support and enteral feeding.
• Contribute to the training & development of students on clinical placement, apprentice dietitians and junior colleagues.
• Undertake audit and projects to promote service quality and development.

Responsibilities

• Assess, diagnose and treat nutrition related problems in a variety of settings (eg rehab hospitals, patient homes, care homes, outpatients).
• Devise and monitor enteral feeding regimens.
• Work with outpatients & care homes promoting Food First as nutritional management.
• Work closely with the wider MDT to optimise patient care and outcome post stroke.
• Provide training to community colleagues on nutrition support and enteral feeding.
• Contribute to the training & development of students on clinical placement, apprentice dietitians and junior colleagues.
• Undertake audit and projects to promote service quality and development.

Skills

Nutrition support

Stroke rehabilitation

Enteral feeding

Team collaboration

Job description

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is seeking a Senior Dietitian to join our nutrition support rehab and community teams. You will provide expert dietetic input across Wolverhampton and Cannock Chase Hospital, focusing on nutrition support for stroke rehabilitation, inpatient, outpatient and community settings.

You will work within a supportive MDT, contribute to training and CPD, and help develop services to improve patient outcomes and care quality.