Job overview

The Nutrition and Dietetics Service at Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust are delighted to offer this opportunity to join our team. 

Our belief is that dietitians, nutrition nurses and support staff:

• Enable recovery
• Empower quality of life
• Bring independence and dignity to our patients

We are looking for an innovative individual who is motivated by MDT working and keen to work in a forward-thinking department in a band 5 dietitian position. 

This is a varied post providing a dietetic attachment and broad experience across the service; providing you an opportunity to expand your dietetic knowledge and develop your passion for dietetics across a range of working environments. We currently offer six monthly attachments, with attachment options in the acute setting (gastro, medicine, stroke and surgery), community setting (integrated care and domicilliary care) and attachments in diabetes and paediatrics. We tailor our attachments to the needs of the service and to you as a professional providing strong development opportunities into your speciality of preference, or offering a broad experience working in a number of areas department-wide.  

Main duties of the job

This is an exciting post, working in a supportive team that prioritises evidence based practice and professional development.  Our attachments strongly align with the BDA preceptorship and we have a strong focus on continued professional development and peer support. Our team is supportive, forward thinking and we pride ourselves in supporting each of our team on their own personal journey. All staff members joining the department are supported with internal and external training and development opportunities, robust clinical supervision, in addition to access to the nationally recognised Black Country preceptorship programme for newly qualified professionals. You would be joining a team of seven band 5 peers and we have a strong track history of supporting people to develop in post and to achieve promotions in role. Nutrition and hydration is very much recognised as a fundamental of care at SWB  and we consistently strive to deliver and further develop the trust-wide nutrition and hydration ambition. 

Working for our organisation

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWB) serves Birmingham and the Black Country – one of the country’s most culturally diverse areas. It’s a friendly and welcoming place – a place where you can belong, and a place where you can grow.

We care for our patients, we care about our population, and we care about our people.

Our values – Ambition, Respect and Compassion – are at the heart of who we are. They guide us every step of the way; how we work with each other, and how we look after our patients and their families; how we respect and value the rich diversity of our team and our community.

Our Trust has always aspired to be more than a hospital, more than a healthcare provider. Our purpose is to “Improve the Life Chances and Health Outcomes of our Population.” It is what inspires, drives, and unites us every day. It’s what makes us unique.

We want working at SWB to feel like more than just a job. We want our Trust to be a place where you can feel you belong. A place where you feel happy, safe, and rewarded. A place where you can develop your career in whatever way you choose. When we say we’re ‘with you all the way’ we want you to know that we mean it. Visit the SWB website to find out more about our ambitions and people plans.

Multi-site working 

The four partner Trusts of the Black Country Provider Collaborative (Dudley Group NHS FT, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust, and Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust) are actively working in partnership to deliver a collective vision focused on providing "better, faster and safer care to the population of the Black Country and beyond". 

To support this vision, we are (where appropriate and safe to do so) actively looking at new models of care which:

Against this context, although this post is hosted by Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust, there may be an expectation to work flexibly across the four partner Trusts to better meet patient and service needs.