Advanced Bariatric Dietitian

1 week ago


Chichester, United Kingdom University Hospitals Sussex Nhs Foundation Trust (279) Full time

Job summary Part-time 15hrs per week (Thursday and Friday) This post sits within the Bariatric Dietetic team at st Richards Hospital and works closely with a multi-disciplinary team to provide dietetic care to patients before and after bariatric surgery.
We would love to hear from you if you have post-graduate NHS experience working within this speciality and a desire to demonstrate high standards of care with excellent communication skills, Main duties of the job This post works as part of the dietetic and multidisciplinary teams to provide highly specialist advice, education and support to patients, carers and other health professionals within the speciality of bariatric surgery.This post would provide training to undergraduate Dietitians, supervising their clinical placements.There is also the opportunity to participate in continuing professional development, audit and research within this specialist area to further best practice.
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Job description Job responsibilities St Richards Hospital, is a 450-bed district general hospital situated in Chichester and is part of University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust.
We are a friendly team and provide a variety of dietetic specialities including acute, diabetes, gastroenterology, paediatrics, bariatrics, nutrition support, eating disorders and community Dietetics.
We train student dietitians for A, B and C placements.
We are committed to training and professional development.
Please see Job Description and Person Specification for full details.
Person Specification Essential Essential Degree or post graduate diploma dietetics HCPC registered Dietitian At least 3 years post graduate NHS experience with at least 2 years at senior level Recent experience of working in the nutritional management of patients in this speciality Experience of Multidisciplinary working Experience of managing own complex caseload Excellent written, verbal communication and presentation skills with people from a wide variety of backgrounds Able to motivate self and others Able to deal with demanding and distressed patients and their carers Ability to adapt to change in planning activities Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Essential Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues Evidence of having championed diversity in previous roles (as appropriate to role).



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