Specialist Dietitian

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust; Knowsley; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare trust in the UK is seeking skilled dietitians to join their collaborative team focused on nutrition-related prescribing interventions. The role involves optimising malnutrition management, delivering education, and conducting patient assessments across the Cheshire and Merseyside area. Successful candidates will also contribute to workforce development and adapt to a changing healthcare environment. Hybrid working options are available. This position offers a unique opportunity to be part of a large organisation committed to delivering high-quality, safe healthcare.

Qualifications

• Experience in nutrition related prescribing.
• Ability to conduct individual patient assessments.
• Proven skills in data analysis for clinical and prescribing functions.

Responsibilities

• Support analysis of clinical and prescribing data.
• Deliver education sessions to various stakeholders.
• Conduct individual patient assessments within your scope.
• Work closely with partner stakeholders.
• Show flexibility in a rapidly changing healthcare environment.
• Educate future healthcare professionals.

Job description

We are excited to offer opportunities for highly skilled dietitians to join our collaborative team, leading nutrition related prescribing interventions and pathway optimisation across primary, community and secondary care.

The initial focus will be on optimising malnutrition management across the ICB, with plans to expand into other areas of nutrition related prescribing.

This post will cover the Cheshire and Merseyside area.

Hub Locations

• Liverpool, Sefton and Wirral
• East and West Cheshire
• Halton, Warrington, St Helens and Knowsley

Successful applicants will have the opportunity to preference which hub they would like to be based in. However, remote/hybrid working will mean staff will be expected to support across all areas,

Key Responsibilities

• Data awareness: Support analysis of clinical and prescribing data to identify drivers of high costs in nutrition related products.
• Education and training: Deliver education sessions to stakeholders - dietetic teams, medicines optimisation teams, GP practices, care homes and patients to implement best practices for nutritional care.
• Patient care: Conduct individual patient assessments within your scope of practice.
• Collaboration: Work closely with stakeholders across the care interface, linking with dietetic teams, medicines optimisation teams and other partners.
• Adaptability: Thrive in a rapidly changing health care environment, demonstrating flexibility and a proactive approach.
• Workforce development: Play a key role in educating future health care professionals, including dietetic and other health care students.

About Mersey Care

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.