This post is based in Aintree Hospital. We are based just 15 minutes from Liverpool's bustling city centre and we are a Major Trauma Centre for Cheshire and Merseyside.

You will work closely with the other Band 5 dietitians with excellent support from the Senior Dietitians in our acute team. You will rotate to cover a mixture of specialist and general caseload, including one of the major head and neck oncology centres in England, and other specialties such as Gastroenterology, Surgery, Respiratory Medicine/Intensive Care and Stroke. This will give you fantastic opportunity to develop exposure to many specialist areas. the post is open to current dietetic students nearing end of placement, new graduates and would also suit someone already working at band 5 level who is looking to gain skills in a large teaching hospital.

Your career development and well-being are very important to us and we are a friendly and supportive team that will help you reach your full potential. The trust has a preceptorship programme to support newly qualified Band 5 staff with peer support and allocated preceptors and clinical supervisors.

Main duties of the job

You would be part of a well-respected, highly knowledgeable team of Dietitians, Dietetic Assistants, and Assistant Practitioners with the expert support from a Nutrition Team service. You will work closely as part of an integrated Therapies team.

We train student dietitians and have an active clinical supervision and development programme for Band 5s to develop in your role, with opportunities for service development, teaching and audit. You will work closely with the wider team to identify any quality issues within the service, contribute to local governance meetings and provide education for patients, staff and colleagues.

About us

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women's Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

For roles at Liverpool Women's, visit their careers page.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to Job description and person specification for full details.

• The role will involve nutritional assessment of inpatients and outpatients, the review and monitoring of nutritional care plans and outcomes.
• Patient safety and quality of care is paramount and we encourage clinical incident reporting and identifying ways to improve the safety and quality of care for our patients.
• You will be involved in the training and supervision of student Dietitians.

We encourage audit, service development and professional development and value a culture of learning within the trust.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• BSc in Nutrition and Dietetics
• Current or pending registration with HCPC
• Membership of BDA or equivalent professional indemnity

Experience

Essential

• Time management - able to prioritise work, respond appropriately to demands and keep to time in out patient setting

Desirable

• Clinical placement conducted within both acute teaching and primary care environments
• Experience of multi-disciplinary working

Skills

Essential

• Communication skills to effectively convey information, both written and verbal
• Problem solving skills

Desirable

• I.T. Skills

Employer details

Employer name

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Aintree Site

Longmoor Lane

Liverpool

L9 7AL

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