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Job overview

There is an opportunity to join our team this summer to cover a maternity leave within our Older Adult and Stroke Dietetic services. The post holder will work with the senior dietitians within Medicine to continue to collaboratively provide an effective dietetic service across UHNM, leading by example and in line with trust priorities and values. This will include team leadership and supporting the  departmental Coordinator of the day.

The post holder will share a caseload with a new registrants, providing supervision and mentorship to support their development, whilst also working with the wider Medicine team to continue to promote and develop the role of a dietitian in their specialist area.

The post holder will participate in audit, service improvement, service evaluation and student training for Dietitians, in addition to student nurses, medical students and advanced practitioners

Main duties of the job

wards at UHNM

To liaise with dietitians within the team and ensure overall prioritisation of workload within the team supporting other members as appropriate. This will include clinical support at County Hospital as required.

To support Lead Dietitan in Medicine. 

 To support and liaise with the dietitians, dietetic assistants and student dietitians.

To actively participate in ward meetings, ward rounds, case conferences as appropriate. 

Working for our organisation

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential. 

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.