This 12-month specialist dietitian post sits in the Dietetic Team at East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, covering the acute hospitals. The work centres on nutrition advice for inpatients on stroke, frailty, surgery, gastroenterology, intensive care and orthopaedic wards, with families and carers involved in discharge planning. The role also leads and line manages junior staff, supervises student dietitians and trains nursing and catering teams. HCPC registration is required, and full-time, flexible and compressed hours are offered.
What the job involves
- Provide specialist dietetic advice to stroke, frailty, surgery, gastroenterology, ITU and orthopaedic inpatients in the acute hospitals
- Manage dietetic care for general medical, gastroenterology and rehabilitation inpatients
- Liaise with patients' relatives and carers on ongoing nutritional care and discharge planning
- Provide expert nutritional advice to the wider MDT
- Support the Clinical Leads and provide clinical supervision and line management to junior staff
- Provide training to nursing staff, catering staff, patients, carers and third sector organisations
- Develop and audit educational resources and act as a source of specialist information
- Train and supervise student dietitians on clinical placements
- Work as an integral member of the dietetic team, supporting colleagues as required
- Undertake regular audit of services provided
Qualifications
- 4 year degree in Dietetics or equivalent
- Evidence of further postgraduate experience in a specialist area
Registration & licences
- Current HCPC registration
Experience
- Minimum of 18 months in general dietetic practice
- Experience of enteral nutrition
- Undertaking new patient assessment and treatment
- Conducting patient and health professional group education
- Training student dietitians
- Computer aided dietary assessment
Nice to have
- Postgraduate training in behavioural change or motivational interviewing
- Experience of assessing and treating surgical patients
- Experience of treating patients on parenteral nutrition
What’s offered
- Staff development
- NHS pension scheme
- Auto-enrolment to the Temporary Workforce Service
- Onsite nurseries
- Staff restaurants and accommodation
- Occupational Health department
- Free confidential psychological support through the Employee Assistance Programme
- Onsite parking from £50 a year
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
