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We have an exciting opportunity for an Advanced Dietitian Gastroenterology in Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust to join the Nutrition and Dietetics Department in Stoke Mandeville Hospital. You will be responsible for providing autonomous, high‑level specialist dietetic care across gastroenterology inpatient and outpatient services, acting as a clinical expert in evidence‑based practice. The role involves delivering specialised assessment, treatment, and nutritional support for patients in critical care and those with intestinal failure, working closely within the Nutrition Team. You will also support patients requiring artificial nutrition support across integrated care pathways. In addition, you will lead on service development, quality improvement initiatives, audit, and research activities, while contributing to the ongoing development of gastroenterology dietetic services to improve health outcomes for this patient group.

Main duties of the job:

• Work autonomously to develop and maintain effective communication and robust handover processes with community services, ensuring seamless patient transitions between acute and community care within the gastroenterology pathway.
• Act as a specialist resource for dietitians and wider healthcare professionals, sharing relevant local and national developments while working closely with the divisional gastroenterology team, community dietetics, and other therapy services to optimise coordinated patient care and agreed outcomes.
• Line manage a Band 5 Dietitian, providing clinical supervision and professional support to junior team members, dietetic students, and supporting administrative staff, dietitians, and dietetic assistants to ensure safe and effective service delivery.

Job Roles & Responsibilities:

• Contribute to clinical governance processes by identifying, documenting, and reporting clinical risks and incidents in line with organisational procedures.
• Ensure high standards of data quality by accurately recording dietetic activity, outcomes, and service‑related information in clinical information systems.
• Maintain compliance with information governance standards by ensuring confidentiality, secure handling of patient information, and appropriate use of digital systems.
• Recognise and respond appropriately to changes in patient condition that require urgent attention, ensuring timely escalation in accordance with clinical safety procedures.
• Maintain accurate, clear, and consistent clinical documentation in line with professional and organisational record‑keeping standards.
• Ensure adherence to organisational policies, procedures, and clinical protocols across all areas of practice, supporting consistency in service delivery standards.

Person Specification & Qualifications:

• HCPC registered Dietitian with a recognised degree approved for professional registration.
• Postgraduate qualification or equivalent specialist training in nutritional support, gastroenterology, critical care, or parenteral nutrition.
• Demonstrable experience managing complex gastroenterology, TPN, and inpatient nutrition caseloads including liver disease, IBD, and intestinal failure.
• Experience in enteral feeding, discharge planning, and working with a broad range of clinical dietetic conditions.
• Ability to travel to community locations on occasion with evidence of ongoing continuing professional development.
• Specialist knowledge of nutritional support including nutritional screening, food first principles, diet adaptation for gastroenterological conditions including enteral feeding, disordered eating, and Ehlers‑Danlos Syndrome (EDS) is desirable.

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. Applicants must have current UK professional registration.