Specialist Dietitian- Critical Care and Surgery

Stockport NHS Foundation Trust; Stockport; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Specialist Dietitian in Critical Care and Surgery at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. You will provide high-quality dietetic services and contribute to the training and development of staff within a supportive team environment. The role offers a competitive salary alongside valuable benefits.

Benefits

27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays

NHS pension scheme membership

Salary sacrifice schemes

NHS Staff discounts

Cycle to work scheme

Salary finance for loans and savings

Local financial advice from Stockport Credit Union

Qualifications

• Experience in nutritional support and surgical dietetics.
• Ability to work autonomously.
• Passionate about quality improvement and patient care.

Responsibilities

• Provide evidence-based interventions for patients.
• Manage a delegated caseload in critical care.
• Supervise and support staff and students.

Skills

Communication

Team working

Autonomy

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Inpatient Dietitian team at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Specialist Dietitian in Critical Care and Surgery to join our Integrated Nutrition and Dietetic service at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. You will work alongside a band 7 Dietitian to provide a safe, effective and evidence based dietetic service to the critical care and surgical patients.

You will be joining a supportive and enthusiastic team of 19 Dietitians, 2 Dietetic Support Workers and a Dietetic Apprentice. as well as working as an integral part of an MDT alongside consultants and specialist nurses. The successful candidate will support driving quality improvement within the service.

We are looking for a passionate and innovative dietitian who is keen to share and develop their clinical knowledge that they have acquired in relation to nutrition support, critical care and surgical dietetics. The role requires excellent communication and team working skills, as well as the ability to work autonomously to manage a specialist caseload.

To provide a safe, effective and consistently high quality Nutrition and Dietetic service at Stockport Foundation Trust.

Manage a delegated caseload within specialist area. To assess, plan and implement patient centred, evidence –based interventions

To provide evidence-based care, education and information to patients, carers and health care professionals. This will be in a range of inpatient and outpatient settings.

Contribute to the training and development of Dietetic students, Dietitians and Dietetic Assistant/Support workers.

Supervising and supporting Band 5 Dietitians and Dietetic Assistants/Support workers

We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.

Our mission is to make a difference every day. Our values are that we care, we respect, and we listen

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.

We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

The salary for the role is only one part of the excellent package of benefits we offer to you:

• Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
• NHS pension scheme membership
• Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
• NHS Staff discounts
• Cycle to work scheme
• Salary finance – for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
• Stockport Credit Union– for local financial advice
  
  

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Laura Beaumont Job title: Critical Care & Surgery Dietetic Team Lead Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 0161 419 5087

Adrienne Quirk - Inpatient Dietitians Team Lead