Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated and innovative Dietitian to join the Critical Care dietetic team in a static post based on the Critical Care Unit at Salford Care Organisation.

You will work alongside the critical care and trauma dietetic leads alongside a rotational band 6 and dietetic assistant. The critical care team has a strong MDT approach and you will have the opportunity to work with a variety of specialists. This role will deliver specialist clinical work, support service development, audit and provide the opportunity to supervise junior team members.

We are a supportive and forward-thinking department, keen to explore and support extended roles within specialisms and strengthen the dietitian’s role within the MDT to minimise delays in treatment, optimise of nutritional status in a timely manner and improve patient care.

The role will provide an excellent opportunity for someone who wants to continue to develop their own dietetic experience and portfolio. If you are interested in taking up this opportunity and are an enthusiastic dietetic practitioner we would love you to apply to come and join our dietetic team of over 60 team members across out acute and community services.

Main duties of the job

To assist the provision and optimisation of nutritional status of critically unwell patients admitted at Salford Care Organisation.  This will involve close working with ward teams and the wider MDT to further develop the service and deliver a high quality of care. There will also be opportunities to work with the wider dietetic team.

You will provide highly specialist nutrition and dietetic assessments to all patients admitted to Critical Care. This will involve making dietary recommendations after calculation of nutritional requirements based on interpretation of biochemistry, anthropometry, anatomy and physiology, clinical condition/prognosis and other physical parameters.

In addition to your own clinical you will be involved in MDTs, ward rounds, service development. Data collection and interpretation to aid quality improvement work will also be incorporated into the role.

Working for our organisation

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives. As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team. In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.