Specialist Dietitian

This 9 month fixed term post will involve covering the Acute Stroke Unit as well as other inpatient wards; the post holder will hold their own caseload of patients including patients on short and long-term enteral feeds and those requiring oral nutritional support. There would be MDT working in the stroke team, and other teams as required, involving working closely with other health professionals, including Speech and Language Therapists. The post holder would be expected to support more junior members of the team with supervision and attachments. This post would suit a Band 5 Dietitian looking to specialize, or a Band 6 Dietitian interested in working in different areas.

You will work, learn and develop alongside our therapy colleagues in speech and language, physiotherapy and occupational therapy, based within a new, purpose built building.

The successful post holder will provide a Dietetic service to the acute stroke unit and other inpatient wards. This will involve independently covering and prioritising a caseload, requiring good time management skills. You will work together with the rest of the MDT team, to deliver effective, patient centred care, and should have good communication skills.

Experience in both oral and enteral nutrition support and MDT working would be beneficial.

We train student Dietitians from the University of Plymouth and the University of Winchester, and this post will be actively involved in student training.

At the RUH we’re proud to put people at the heart of what we do, working together as one team to make a difference for our patients, each other, and our community. No matter what your role is, we value everyone’s contribution in supporting the exceptional, person-centred care we pride ourselves on.

We are committed to creating a compassionate and inclusive environment. This can be seen in our growing community of staff networks - celebrating successes and creating opportunities to listen and learn. We value our differences, champion kindness and civility, and truly believe that diversity makes us stronger.

A culture of learning, developing and innovating is the thread that runs throughout our whole organisation. We want to support you to thrive, taking your career to its full potential.

We value staff wellbeing, with a well-established programme of support. We believe in a holistic approach spanning all aspects of living a healthy life, including physical, emotional, spiritual and financial wellbeing. We’ve even got a pool

We are committed to supporting you and hope you want to join our team. In the meantime, find out more aboutliving and working the beautiful historic city of Bath, learn about ourextensive package of staff benefits, and read about how we’re providing healthcare fit for the future withthe landmark Dyson Cancer Centreand ourpassion for research.

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