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Job overview

You will be part of the Haywood Allied Health Professionals (AHP) portfolio and lead the Haywood Dietetics Service, undertaking a highly specialist senior role in planning, co-ordinating, delivering and evaluating the Dietetic Service. 

This is a dynamic post & requires the post holder to work predominantly in the Haywood hospital but may be required to work within other community hospital sites and settings and nursing homes as service demands require. The post holder will work closely with Haywood management team, AHP & dietetic leads and many multidisciplinary teams including Rehabilitation teams, D2A teams, community stroke, Social care Teams, Community Intermediate Care, Respiratory Teams, and Diabetes Teams and agencies to lead & deliver an effective and safe dietetic service across adult inpatient wards at the Haywood and community Hospitals. The post holder will hold & manage a highly specialist clinical case load within the Haywood and community hospitals settings.

Main duties of the job

1.     Be responsible for a defined caseload of highly specialist caseload of inpatient service users within within stroke and / or rehabilitation medicine.

2.     Be skilled in the assessment of complex/specialist care/support needs and in the development, implementation and evaluation of care/support packages for patients and families

3.     Have leadership, supervisory and training responsibilities and will have responsibility for team performance and service developments/improvements.

4.     Demonstrate initiative and be creative in finding solutions to problems.

5.     Work with Haywood service leads and other dietetic & AHP leads undertaking delegated tasks in team management and service provision.

Working for our organisation

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping  your communities and in return for this, we will support you by; 

• Supporting your career development and progression
• Excellent NHS Pension scheme
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Options for flexible working
• Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
• Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
• Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
• Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
• Free car parking at all trust sites
• Free flu vaccinations every year
• Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)

And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people. 

Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications