Specialist Dietitian - Critical Care

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Part time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity awaits a forward-thinking dietitian to join a dynamic team at a leading NHS Trust. This role offers the chance to enhance clinical skills in critical care and deliver high-quality patient-centered dietetic care. As a vital member of a multidisciplinary team, you will engage in complex nutritional interventions and support service improvements. The Trust values diversity and encourages applications from underrepresented groups, ensuring a supportive and inclusive work environment. If you're passionate about making a difference in nutritional care, this role is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• HCPC registered dietitian with experience in nutritional support.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills required.

Responsibilities

• Support complex nutritional interventions and enteral feeding.
• Manage own workload and contribute to service improvement.

Skills

Nutritional support

Communication skills

Leadership skills

Time management

Clinical experience

Education

HCPC registration

Job description

Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) is the biggest employer in Nottingham with over 19,000 staff

We have an exciting opportunity for a dietitian to enhance their clinical skills in critical care as part of our team at Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) NHS Trust.

We are looking for a forward-thinking dietitian to join our team of dietitians, based at Queens Medical Centre. You will become an integral member of our multidisciplinary team delivering high-quality patient-centred dietetic care. We are an exceptional, dynamic, and supportive team with a strong MDT ethos.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will support complex nutritional interventions as well as nutrition support and enteral feeding, so some experience in these would be beneficial. We actively encourage service improvement and audit, and the successful candidate would have the opportunity to be involved in development work to improve nutritional care for our patients.

You’ll need to have excellent communication and leadership skills, a flexible approach, and the ability to manage your own time and workload and that of other members of staff within a supportive team. Experience of nutritional support and evidence of varied clinical experience is desirable.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You should have experience of working as a dietitian, excellent communication skills, self-motivation, a flexible approach, and the ability to manage your own time and workload within a supportive team. Nutritional support skills are essential, and additional training and support will be provided.

Person specification

Qualifications

• HCPC registered

Experience

• Experience in a specialist area

Analytical and judgement

• Able to interpret complex information to make decisions

Communication

• Able to communicate with a range of individuals on complex matters
• Able to work within an MDT

Planning and organisation skills

• Able to plan and organise own workload

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

Closing Dates: Please submit your application form as soon as possible to avoid disappointment; we reserve the right to close vacancies prior to the published closing date if we receive a sufficient number of completed application forms.

Salary: The quoted salary will be on a pro-rata basis for part-time workers.

Disability Confidence: All applicants who have declared a disability and who meet the essential criteria for the post will be shortlisted.

At Risk of redundancy: NHS employees within the East Midlands who are ‘at risk’ of redundancy will be given a preferential interview where they meet the essential criteria of the person specification.

Consent:

• Transfer of information: If I have previous NHS service - I consent to the transfer of my Electronic Staff Record (ESR) data between this and other NHS Trusts.
• Disclosure and Barring Service: Your post may be subject to a DBS check which incurs a cost dependent on the level of check required (£42.90 for enhanced and £22.90 for standard).