Specialist Dietitian

We are looking to add experienced Dieticians to our bankpool at Blackpool Hopsital

At Blackpool Teaching Hospitals you would have opportunities to develop your professional capability by networking with other dietitians working into multiple service areas across the Trust. There will be opportunities to utilise all aspects of your knowledge and skill base and to contribute to the strong and growing presence of dietetics in the Trust.

You will be provided with a laptop to enable remote working where appropriate to service needs and a good work-life balance. You will work within a team which will include - Rehab Consultant, OT, Physio, Speech and Language Therapy, Case Manager, Nursing, Rehab Assistants and Admin Support.

We have a forward looking senior leadership team in the Trust who support a compassionate model of leadership that we would wish to see applied in developing the remit of this role.

As a Trust, we recommend that individuals employed in patient facing roles, or those located on a ward or department where patients receive a service are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

As required by individual service managers to provide nutritional support to various areas across the trust. Using trusts systems and integrating into Multidisciplinary Teams across acute and community dietetic services.

This is a new post that will work into areas that have had positive experiences of dietetics and you will work with senior and junior colleagues to help shape services and dietetic interventions and will have a vision and ‘can-do attitude’ that will reflect your ability to build bridges, bring people on board and facilitate positive change at all levels.

We employ more than 6,500 staff, and if you have the right skills and values we would love you to be one of them.
- To act as a specialist dietitian and a lead clinician within the integrated community stroke and neuro rehabilitation service; a responsive and person centred service, delivering the best client outcomes through supporting and optimising peoples recovery at home, meeting their physical, mental health and social care needs and bridging the transition between acute hospital, primary and community care settings.
- To be responsible for establishing and leading the provision of a defined area of nutrition and dietetics within the INCSNR and other contracted users of the service.
- To lead the dietetic provision of service using a high level of knowledge, skills and experience as an independent practitioner.
- To deliver a high quality, evidence based dietetic service to a specialised area. To act autonomously in the management of an adult caseload with a varying degree of nutritional complexity.
- To act as an expert nutritional resource within the defined specialist area and to educate and train patients and carers, dietetic students and other health professionals within the Trust.
- To contribute to the Trust’s clinical governance programme by taking a lead within the specialist area for audit, development and implementation of evidence based guidelines/protocols/policies and continuing professional development.