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Job overview

Following  approval of a new business case, we are looking for a Paediatric Dietitian looking to move into Neonatal Dietetics to support our Clinical Lead Neonatal Dietitian with expanding the Dietetic Service into the Level 3 NICU and Neonatal Outreach Services.

These are exciting times for the Unit with a newly funded Physiotherapist and Clinical Psychologist recently joining the AHP Team along with well established relationships with Speech and Language Therapists, Neonatal Pharmacist and Infant Feeding Team … come and join our friendly and supportive team!

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide specialist dietetic services in tandem with the Lead Clinician to sick and preterm Neonates at University Hospitals of North Midlands. Using specialised knowledge and skills to ensure evidence based nutritional assessment, treatment and management for Neonates requiring specialist nutritional interventions.

You will be a welcomed into the Neonatal MDT, supporting the development, planning, co-ordinating, delivering and evaluation of the Neonatal Dietetic Service. Nutritional care of our babies is valued and has a high profile on the Unit with a Nutrition Lead Neonatologist and regular Nutrition Team Ward Rounds.

You will work as an autonomous practitioner with clinical supervision from the Lead Clinician. Trusts throughout the West Midlands Perinatal Network are also recruiting Band 6 Neonatal Dietitians and we are looking to develop a cross network supportive peer group including education & training sessions.

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.