Senior Dietitian UGI and HPB

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Job summary

An exciting opportunity for a Senior Dietitian in Hepato-pancreatic-biliary and upper gastrointestinal services at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals. Join a supportive team focused on professional development and patient care. Ideal for HCPC registered Dietitians looking for growth in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Career development opportunities

Flexible working

Good annual leave

Health and wellbeing packages

Pension schemes

Qualifications

• HCPC registered Dietitian with substantial dietetic experience.
• Experience in various clinical specialities, especially Nutrition Support.
• Competent in teaching and training healthcare professionals.

Responsibilities

• Deliver nutrition teaching within training programs.
• Provide high-quality Dietetic service to clinical caseload.
• Contribute to evidence-based clinical practice and governance.

Skills

Communication

Team Work

Nutrition Support

Teaching

Research

Education

BSc Nutrition and Dietetics

Current HCPC registration

BDA accredited clinical supervisory skills course

BDA accredited Behavioural change skills course

Tools

Dietary Analysis Software

Job description

Employer Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Northern General Hospital Town Sheffield Salary £37,338 - £44,962 pa/pro rata for part time staff Salary period Yearly Closing 22/06/2025 23:59 Interview date 01/07/2025

Senior Dietitian UGI and HPB

NHS AfC: Band 6

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.

Job overview

This is an exciting opportunity for enthusiastic and motivated Dietitians to join our Dietetic Team at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals.

We are pleased to be able to offer a permanent band 6 role within Hepato-pancreatic-biliary and upper gastrointestinal (UGI and HPB)

We are looking for HCPC registered Dietitians with strong communication and team working skills with a desire to develop their clinical knowledge. You will be supported by our Dietetic Team Lead’s, and you will have excellent opportunities for professional and personal development within our department. This includes involvement in audit, service development, evaluation and research within your clinical specialty and secondment opportunities across the department.

If you are a Band 5 Dietitian interested in developing your skills in any of these areas, we would also welcome your application.

Main duties of the job

Deliver nutrition teaching within a number of training programs and provide training to A, B & C placement students which you will be actively involved in.

Be responsible for the provision of high quality Dietetic service to a clinical caseload in a designated speciality, using a high level of skills and knowledge as an independent practitioner.

To contribute to the development and implementation of evidence based clinical and teaching practice. Providing specialist advice and education in the designated speciality.

To work within the Dietetic team in assisting in the operational management of the department.

To assist the Dietetic management team to ensure the overall service provides high quality patient care, and in the management of clinical governance, resources and equipment.

Working for our organisation

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.

We are a friendly, supportive and innovative department of around 60 Dietitians, plus Dietetic assistants across three hospital sites and the community. If this sounds like an exciting step for your career, then we would love to read your application.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.

When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.

Person specification

Education and Qualifications

• BSc Nutrition and Dietetics or Post Graduate Diploma in Dietetics
• Current HCPC registration
• BDA accredited clinical supervisory skills course for training students
• BDA accredited Behavioural change, counselling, motivational and cognitive behavioural skills course

Personal Qualities

• Positive and proactive
• Flexible
• Able to deal with conflict, aggression (infrequently
• Able to deal with distressed patients and carers
• The post holder is required to be either a car driver with a valid driving licence, or have access to an alternative means of transport.

Skills and Knowledge

• Able to document and record accurately in line with national standards
• Familiar with and able to operate all necessary IT packages e.g. email, word, dietary analysis, power point
• Able to record activity and other data manually and electronically
• Able to develop educational resources to meet the varying needs of clients and carers which are evidence based
• Awareness of clinical governance and its implications for dietetics including importance of audit projects
• Able to use literature review search methods and can critically appraise evidence
• Aware of regulatory bodies and professional bodies codes of practice and professional guidelines
• Competent skills in teaching and training other health care professionals and student Dietitian’s
• Able to manage a caseload with frequently changing priorities and deal with interruptions.
• Ability to work as an integral member of MDT and as an autonomous practitioner
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and team working skills
• Able to relate and communicate clearly at all levels with patients colleagues and members of the MDT

Experience

• Substantial dietetic experience in a variety of clinical specialities
• Evidence of independent working
• High level of knowledge of a range of clinical conditions and current best practice for dietetic management, especially Nutrition Support.
• Competent in behavioural change skills.
• Evidence of continuing professional and personal development and commitment to continue through department appraisal system
• Willing to undergo further training at post registration level
• Experience of working in an acute hospital setting.

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If you are offered employment at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals your information will be transferred from the Trac recruitment system into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system. In addition, in submitting an application form, you authorise our Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the ESR IAT process should you be appointed.

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The Trust is committed to its obligations in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, and we positively encourage applications from all sections of the community. Should you require any assistance in applying for the position please contact the General or Medical Human Resources Departments on the number identified on the NHS Jobs page for the organisation.

Job Share applicants are welcome for all full time posts unless indicated but cannot be guaranteed. In addition for Fixed Term Contracts, internal secondments may be considered, please seek the approval of your current line manager before applying for the position.

All employment with the Trust is subject to a number of NHS Employment Checks being met to a satisfactory standard including verification of identity, eligibility to work in the United Kingdom, references and qualifications in addition to professional registration, a disclosure and barring records check and occupational health check if these are deemed to be a requirement for the position to be undertaken.

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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.