About this role
Job summary
We are looking for an experienced Registered Dietitian to join our team of 30 clinical staff and an excellent support team providing the Dietetics Service to Wolverhampton and Cannock.
This vacancy is in our community team, and the successful candidate will work across Wolverhampton and Cannock Chase Hospital, predominantly in the field of nutrition support for stroke rehabilitation.
We are a friendly, supportive and dynamic team . We take students on placement from BCU and Coventry and value CPD, development and excellence in practice.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will work in inpatient rehabilitation, outpatients and community settings to deliver a high quality dietetics service for patients requiring nutrition support.
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 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 achievednumerous 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
Assess diagnose and treat nutrition related problems in a variety of settings (eg rehab hospitals, patient homes, care homes, outpatients).
Devise and monitor enteral feeding regimens.
Work with outpatients & care homes promoting Food First as nutritional management.
Work closely with the wider MDT to optimise patient care and outcome post stroke.
Provide training to community colleagues on nutrition support and enteral feeding.
Contribute to the training & development of students on clinical placement, apprentice dietitians and junior colleagues.
Undertake audit and projects to promote service quality and development.
Person Specification
Qualifications & registration Essential
HCPC Registration in Dietetics
Desirable
Clinical Educators Course PENG Clinical Update
Experience and learning Essential
Experience in nutrition nutrition support and enteral feeding Evidence of continued professional development Experience in a range of clinical specialties within the NHS
Desirable
Post registration experience working in rehabilitation and/or stroke services
Communication Skills Essential
Excellent written & spoken English
Other Essential
Ability to travel efficiently between community sites
Experience and learning Essential
Experience delivering nutritional interventions in care homes and/or rehab
Disclosure and Barring Service Check 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.
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UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
Address New Cross Hospital
Wolverhampton
WV10 0QP
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.royalwolverhampton.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)