Team Lead, Nutrition and Dietetics

A rare opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated, suitably qualified, confident and forward-thinking Dietitian to manage and lead the acute Nutrition and Dietetic service at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust based in Grimsby.

You will manage and lead a team of registered Dietitians and Assistants, supported by admin staff co-located with the team.

You must be able to provide clinical leadership and motivation to develop existing team members whilst maintaining high professional standards, demonstrating a commitment to staff development and patient care. Ability to demonstrate sound knowledge and experience of Dietetics within an acute setting, including training/ competencies in Parenteral Nutrition is essential. You will have excellent interpersonal skills, have strong leadership and staff development skills as well as a proven track record in change management. A strong commitment to your ongoing professional education and development is essential.

You must hold current HCPC registration and be a practicing dietitian with significant B6 or equivalent experience within an acute setting.
- Develop and lead on the provision of an efficient and effective Nutrition & Dietetic service to agreed service area.
- Attend MDT meetings in the community or on both main hospital sites as required.
- Practice autonomously, demonstrating expert problem solving and clinical decision-making skills while demonstrating professional accountability and responsibility.
- Be a role model for the wider team by promoting a positive research culture.
- Identify, promote and embed evidence and identify impact measures using findings to enhance future activity.
- Identify and support the achievement of learning needs of individuals/team in response to service need and personal development planning.
- Identify priorities for evidence-based audit and research projects are undertaken within the service to ensure continuous quality improvement in the service.
- Propose practice and policy changes which impact on the wider service and implement changes in own area.
- Act as a change agent.
- Provide leadership for quality improvement and service development to enhance people's wellbeing and experiences of healthcare.

We’re a large organisation with three hospitals located in Scunthorpe, Grimsby and Goole. We also provide community services in North Lincolnshire. Our 6,500 members of staff care for and support a population of more than 400,000 people.

We encourage all our staff to innovate and adopt ‘best practice’ so we can deliver excellent care to our patients. We ask staff to live our values; kindness, courage and respect.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us. You could be one of them.

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“We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children/vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from all staff and volunteers”.

Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role.

We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.