Team Lead Dietitian - Neurosciences & Critical Care

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Oxford; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a prestigious NHS teaching trust as a Team Lead Dietitian in Neurosciences & Critical Care. This role offers a unique opportunity to lead a dedicated team of dietitians while providing high-quality nutritional care to patients. You will engage in diverse clinical activities and professional development, ensuring that you contribute to the advancement of nutrition guidelines and policies. With a focus on compassionate excellence, this position allows you to make a meaningful impact on patient care in a supportive and collaborative environment. Embrace the chance to grow your career in a top UK teaching hospital.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Clinical supervision

Dedicated time for professional growth

Regular appraisals

Access to CPD opportunities

Resources from Bodleian Library

Qualifications

• Experience in providing specialized dietetic services.
• Strong leadership skills to manage a team of dietitians.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical dietetic services for ICU and inpatient units.
• Lead and support dietitians in critical care and neurosciences.

Skills

Clinical Dietetics

Leadership

Nutrition Management

Team Collaboration

Education

Registered Dietitian

Relevant Degree in Nutrition or Dietetics

Tools

Nutrition Management Software

Job description

Band 5 Nurse and Band 2 Healthcare Support Worker recruitment is centralised, meaning when you apply you will be considered for a number of roles across the Trust. If you have any questions, please email: [e-mail].

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Team Lead Dietitian - Neurosciences & Critical Care

NHS AfC: Band 7

Main area: Team Lead Dietitian - Neurosciences & Critical Care
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 7
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 321-MRC-7129349-B7-PUB

Site: John Radcliffe Hospital
Town: Headington, Oxford
Salary: £46,148 - £52,809 pa
Closing date: 11/05/2025 23:59
Interview date: 22/05/2025

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts, providing a wide range of clinical services and serving as a base for medical education, training, and research.

The Trust comprises four hospitals: the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington, and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.

Our values, standards, and behaviours define the quality of care we offer and our relationships with patients, colleagues, and the community. We focus on Delivering Compassionate Excellence, emphasizing compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement, and excellence. Watch our approach on the OUH YouTube channel.

Our recruitment programs often use Value Based Interviewing to select candidates who share our values and can deliver compassionate excellence. For more, visit our website.

Job overview

We are recruiting a Team Lead Dietitian to succeed the current postholder. Whether you're a Band 7 looking for leadership experience or a Band 6 aiming to advance, we want to hear from you!

This role offers clinical variety and opportunities to develop expertise in neurosciences and critical care. You will lead a team of 6 dietitians with support from other team leads.

Join a top UK teaching hospital and gain valuable training to advance your career and provide excellent nutritional care.

We encourage all Band 7s to allocate 30% of their time to development activities, including quality improvement, clinical audits, CPD, and service development with the MDT.

As a team member, you will receive:

• Flexible working, including home working options
• Clinical supervision and support from experienced dietitians
• Dedicated time for professional growth
• Regular appraisals and personalized development plans
• Access to CPD opportunities, the Oxford AHPs Research & Innovation Unit, and Bodleian Library resources

Main duties of the job

Provide a clinical dietetic service to OUH patients, including responsibility for highly specialized areas.

Deliver high-quality nutrition and dietetic services to the Neurosciences ICU and inpatient units, supported by a Band 6 dietitian.

Lead, supervise, and support dietitians across critical care and neurosciences units, addressing organizational, professional, and clinical issues.

Work collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team to ensure patient-centered, flexible services based on clinical needs. Act as a nutrition expertise resource locally and nationally.

Educate and train healthcare professionals, including clinicians, nurses, AHPs, dietetic colleagues, and students, especially in nutrition management for relevant patient groups.

Contribute to the development of trust-wide evidence-based nutrition guidelines and policies.

Collaborate with other dietetic leads to support the department's development and operational effectiveness.