Clinical Lead Dietitian - Surgery including Critical Care

Job summary

Clinical Lead Dietitian - Surgery including Critical Care: Permanent (30 hours)

To act as a clinical expert and autonomous practitioner in specialist clinical area to provide highly specialist dietetic care to patients with complex nutritional needs. Manage a delegated caseload within specialist area. To assess, plan and implement patient centred, evidence -based interventions

Provide line management and supervision to Band 6 and Band 5 Dietitians. Contribute to the training and development of Dietetic students and Dietetic Assistant/Support workers.

To support and develop the dietetic service within Critical care and surgery

Main duties of the job

• Provide highly specialist Dietetic treatment to delegated caseload of critical care, surgical and nutrition support patients using evidence-based patient centred principles to assess, implement and evaluate intervention
• To be responsible for planning and service development within specialist areas
• To work alongside Service Lead and Dietetic Team leads to integrate service and pathways and implement any changes within the team
• To provide line management for specialist team including recruitment and selection, induction, monitoring sickness and absence, performance and development reviews, one to one meetings and clinical supervision
• To work alongside consultants, specialist nurses and ward staff to provide specialist nutritional treatment plans as part of holistic patient care.
• Provision of expert advice on the management of patients referred to the nutrition team due to additional complex clinical and nutritional needs.
• To attend ward rounds, MDT meetings and best interest meetings as needed, promoting an understanding of the role of diet and nutrition in achieving the best outcome for each patient.

About us

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

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.

If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.

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.

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