Urgent Care Dietitian

NHS; Coventry; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare trust in Coventry is looking for an experienced Dietitian to join their acute team. In this role, you will lead care in assessment units and play a key part in service development. Responsibilities include conducting dietary assessments, providing tailored advice, and supervising student dietitians. Candidates must hold UK professional registration in dietetics. This position offers extensive opportunities for development in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Learning and development opportunities

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Experience in dietetic assessments and nutrition plans.
• Adept in clinical reasoning and treatment plan modifications.
• Strong communication skills for client education.

Responsibilities

• Conduct dietetic/nutritional assessments for accurate diagnosis.
• Provide tailored dietetic advice for complex conditions.
• Oversee clinical supervision of student dietitians.

Skills

Dietetic assessments

Clinical reasoning

Patient communication

Leadership

Education

UK professional registration as a Dietitian

Job description

Are you a Dietitian looking for the next steps in your career? Want to work in a large supportive team and teaching hospital?

Who are we? We are a Dietetic Department at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire based just under 10 minutes from the M69/M6 interchange. We are diverse in both skill and experience but also in personnel. We are a department of nearly seventy Dietitians (across Coventry and Rugby Hospitals) whose specialities include gastroenterology, critical care, surgery, stroke, major trauma, oncology, renal, diabetes, specialist weight management, paediatrics and community nutrition support. We also provide student placements to neighbouring universities in Coventry and Birmingham. As a department we are actively involved in both research and audit and actively encourage staff to identify and attend courses relevant to their role and future development.

Main duties of the job: We are looking for an experienced Dietitian to become part of our acute team to lead the care our patients receive on our assessment units and within healthcare of older people. This is a fantastic opportunity to shape the way we deliver care to patients as they start their inpatient journey. If you have a keen interest for service development and are looking to develop your leadership skills, then this post is for you. The role gives a unique opportunity to oversee a project looking at nutrition within the emergency department.

This role sits within our wider acute team covering a range of clinical areas and specialities. You will be responsible for the acute team service development as well as supporting our Rotational Dietitians as they develop in their early career. Working in UHCW Trust offers you a breadth of diversity and experience and you will be supported through your development and journey by our friendly and experienced Dietetic staff.

About us

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.

We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do.

Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.

We are proud to be recognised as a Pathway to Excellence designated organisation.

By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. There has never been a better time to join our team.

The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care. We will create an environment where the equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation's core values.

Job responsibilities

• Carry out dietetic / nutritional assessments (including interpretation of biochemistry, anthropometrics, clinical condition and diet history) to determine nutritional diagnosis
• Use enhanced clinical reasoning skills to provide specialist individual dietetic advice and treatment plans for patients who may present with multiple / complex clinical conditions taking into consideration patients own goals and incorporate discharge planning as appropriate
• Evaluate patient progress, reassess and alter treatment plans as required
• Communicate nutrition and dietetic information in an understandable form to staff, clients and carers using teaching, motivation and counselling skills including situations where there are barriers to change
• Lead on department audit and service development work, translating findings into practice
• Plan and organise the clinical supervision of student dietitians on clinical placement including planning, timetables and written assessments
• Support teaching / nutrition education of peers and multi professional colleagues
• Engage in department and own CPD activities
• Cover the work of colleagues and deputise for senior colleagues during periods of absence or peak workloads
• Provide regular clinical supervision and support to junior colleagues
• Provide line management to junior colleagues.

Person Specification

Qualifications, Experience, Knowledge and Skills: See supporting documents.

Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours

Essential: See supporting documents.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.