Are you a Registered Dietitian looking for an exciting new part time post? We are looking for an enthusiastic, self-motivated Dietitian with experience and interest in acute medicine to join our growing dietetics team.

The successful candidate will have excellent interpersonal and time management skills, together with an ability to be flexible and a commitment to MDT working. In return, we offer excellent development opportunities within the field of acute medicine and nutrition support.Our Nutrition & Dietetic Service has excellent relationships with our MDT colleagues and our well respected team of 35 provide a service to the ethnically diverse populations of Wolverhampton & Cannock. We provide clinical placements for dietetics learners throughout the year

Main duties of the job

Working with other colleagues, the successful candidate will provide the dietetics service to patients at RWT to designated clinics and acute medical patients receiving inpatient care.

Once established in your role you will also support the development of junior members of the team on rotation, and participating in the education of student dietitians.

About us

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We're passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as Good by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To assess, diagnose and treat nutrition related problems in acute medical patients.

To run dietitian lead clinics for a cohort or liver/gastro patients.

Proactively support patients to meet their nutritional needs and improve health outcomes with dietary interventions.

To assess nutritional requirements and devise appropriate enteral feeding regimens, facilitating discharge home as required.

To work with the team to develop patient education resources.

To work with the MDT to improve patient care, treatment and outcomes.

To develop and arrange training for members of the multidisciplinary and dietetic team as required.

To develop practice by undertaking evidence-based audit and project work.

Support the Team Leader in leading huddles and organising day to day work.

Person Specification

Registration

Essential

• Current HCPC registration as a Dietitian

Experience

Essential

• Post-graduate experience in a range of clinical NHS settings
• Experience developing students or junior members of the team
• Clinical experience with enteral feeding

Desirable

• Experience working in acute dietetics
• Experience in service development/project work

Skills

Essential

• Compassionate, empathetic communicator with patients
• Assertiveness
• Excellent written communication skills in English
• Good presentation skills

Employer details

Employer name

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust

Address

New Cross Hospital

Wolverhampton

WV10 0QP

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