Job summary
- Main area
- Dietetics
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 362-A-25-7366308-A
- Employer
- Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Stepping Hill Hospital
- Town
- Stockport
- Salary
- £38,682 - £46,580 pro rata per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 22/08/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Dietitian – Frailty and Acute Medicine
Band 6
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
There are lots of good reasons to choose to come and work at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. A dynamic integrated Trust with integrity and vision. Exactly the same qualities you’ll see in yourself. Stockport NHS Foundation Trust aims to be the organisation of choice for patients and an employer of choice for staff. In order to continually improve all aspects of our patient experience, we rely upon having a highly skilled, motivated, diverse, productive and patient focused workforce.
Stockport Foundation Trust is one of four ‘specialist’ hospital sites in Greater Manchester. Being a ‘specialist’ hospital will enhance our general surgery, anaesthetics, critical care and emergency medicine for the benefit of people in Stockport, High Peak, Cheshire and across Greater Manchester.
Our values ‘We Care, We Respect, We Listen’ are at the heart of everything we do, and come from our promise: ‘Making a difference every day.’ They drive the behaviour and actions for everyone in our organisation.
In your application for this post, please describe how your experience and skills align with 'Our values-based behaviours' ( see additional documentation) and provide examples.
Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment
As well as recognising previous NHS service, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust is a member of the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. If you are currently employed by Greater Manchester Local Authority, Combined Authority, GMFRS, TfGM as well as other public service organisations, Stockport NHS Foundation Trust will recognise your previous service for sickness and maternity/paternity/adoption entitlement and also for annual leave purposes (providing there has been no break in service). If you currently work for one of the above organisations and successfully apply for a post with Stockport NHS Foundation Trust, please ensure the Recruitment team are aware so that this service is reflected in your contract of employment.
Our Values:
We Care
About each other
Our patients and their families
The communities we serve
The environment
We support them and deliver on their promises
We Respect
Each other
Our patients and their families
Our partners
We are kind and helpful, and we expect the same in return
We Listen to
Each other
Our patients and their families
Our partners
We act and learn from what we hear
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Inpatient Dietitian team at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Specialist Dietitian in Frailty to join our Integrated Nutrition and Dietetic service at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. You will work alongside a band 7 Dietitian to provide a safe, effective and evidence based dietetic service to the medical and frailty patients.
You will be joining a supportive and enthusiastic team of 19 Dietitians, 2 Dietetic Support Workers and a Dietetic Apprentice. as well as working as an integral part of an MDT alongside consultants and specialist nurses. The successful candidate will support driving quality improvement within the service.
We are looking for a passionate and innovative dietitian who is keen to share and develop their clinical knowledge that they have acquired in relation to nutrition support, frailty Dietetics. The role requires excellent communication and team working skills, as well as the ability to work autonomously to manage a specialist caseload.
Main duties of the job
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To provide a safe, effective and consistently high quality Nutrition and Dietetic service at Stockport Foundation Trust. Manage a delegated caseload within specialist area. To assess, plan and implement patient centred, evidence –based interventions To provide evidence-based care, education and information to patients, carers and health care professionals. This will be in a range of inpatient and outpatient settings. Contribute to the training and development of Dietetic students, Dietitians and Dietetic Assistant/Support workers. |
Supervising and supporting Band 5 Dietitians and Dietetic Assistants/Support workers
Working for our organisation
We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.
Our mission is to make a difference every day. Our values are that we care, we respect, and we listen
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.
We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.
The salary for the role is only one part of the excellent package of benefits we offer to you:
- Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
- NHS pension scheme membership
- Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
- NHS Staff discounts
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary finance – for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
- Stockport Credit Union– for local financial advice
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Main Duties and Responsibilities
- Provide specialist Dietetic treatment to delegated caseload of frailty patients using evidence based patient centred principles to assess, implement and evaluate interventions
- To support and develop the Dietetic frailty service and act as a clinical specialist alongside the
MDT - Regularly evaluate treatment plans to ensure they are safe and effective
- To provide advice on the use of oral nutritional supplements, enteral and parenteral nutrition as required
- Act as an independent practitioner and be professionally accountable and responsible for aspects of own work. Decide priorities for own work, balance patient related and professional demands in consultation with Team Leaders
- To work alongside consultants, specialist nurses and ward staff to provide specialist nutritional treatment plans as part of holistic patient care
- Provision of expert advice on the management of patients referred to the nutrition team due to additional complex clinical and nutritional needs and liaise with Team Leader and Specialist Dietitians within the department to agree appropriate management
- To attend ward rounds, MDT meetings and best interest meetings as needed, promoting an understanding of the role of diet and nutrition in achieving the best outcome for each patient
- Provide training to healthcare professionals regarding nutritional care and interventions, including presentations
- Contribute to developing diet sheets and new teaching materials
- Collect all data necessary to meet local requirements for service monitoring
- Work in conjunction with colleagues on development and implementation of local policies based on national nutritional guidance
- To identify and undertake clinical audit
- Maintain professional competence and expertise, keeping up-to-date with current research, working practices and models of working
- Participate in personal and professional development through objective setting and regular job review
- Provide clinical supervision and support to Band 5 Dietitians and Dietetic Assistants
- Work as a committed and effective member of the Inpatient Dietitian, Integrated Nutrition and Dietetic, Therapy and wider MDT Teams in order to maximise the potential of the service and profession
- Work towards gaining experience in a specialised area of dietetics if service demands require this, by shadowing and providing cover when appropriate
- Support other specialist dietitians with caseloads in their absence. As required to offer support to other clinical areas to ensure all patients are seen in a timely manner.
- Observe the provisions of, and adhere to, all Trust policies and procedures
- Comply with professional guidelines and Code of Conduct
For further details, please see full job description and person specification.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust’s policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.
If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £54.50. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary
In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £16.
Person specification
Education and Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Degree in Human Nutrition and Dietetics or Postgraduate Diploma in Human Nutrition and Dietetics
- Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
Desirable criteria
- Member of the British Dietetic Association
- Member of relevant British Dietetic Association Specialist Groups
- Post graduate training in nutrition support
- Post registration training in parenteral nutrition
- Attendance at courses, conferences or study days which support dietetic knowledge and/or practice
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Specialist knowledge across a range of nutrition and dietetic procedures acquired through degree and postgraduate experience
- Specialist knowledge relevant to clinical area
- Understanding of audit and its role in clinical practice/service development
- Knowledge of policies and procedures and guidelines relevant to role
- Awareness of dietetic products and clinical reason(s) for use
- Understanding of NHS structure and systems
- Awareness of cultural diversity and equality issues
Desirable criteria
- Good working knowledge of frailty and underlying health conditions
Experience
Essential criteria
- Post-graduate experience in clinical dietetics
- Experience in managing oral nutrition support
- Experience in managing enteral nutrition support
- Working in a multi-professional environment
- Working in a team
- Ability to work autonomously
- Managing a clinical caseload
- Clinical audit
Desirable criteria
- Experience in managing parenteral nutrition
- Experience in managing critically ill patients
- Presenting training sessions/talks
- Training student dietitians
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
- Able to make an assessment of nutritional issues/problems
- Ability to manage a range of nutritional issues/problems
- High quality written communication skills
- High quality verbal communication skills
- Ability to communicate complex information to clients, carers and other professionals in a sensitive manner.
- Ability to adapt communication style where required (with individuals or groups)
- Ability to motivate or persuade others to facilitate change
- Able to keep accurate records relating to patient care
- Ability to reflect on practice with peers/supervisor(s)
- Active team member
- Flexibility/adaptability in handling work pressures, competing interests and busy caseload to meet service need
- Prioritisation skills
- Developed time management skills
- Well-developed problem solving/analytical skills
- Able to recognise own clinical and experience boundaries and to seek support/advice when appropriate
- Well-motivated, with a commitment to developing the service
- IT skills
Desirable criteria
- Behavious change skills
Work related circumstances
Essential criteria
- Exposure to potentially distressing or emotional situations pertaining to the clinical or social circumstances of patients
- Must maintain patient confidentiality at all times
- Able to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service
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Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Adrienne Quirk
- Job title
- Inpatient Dietitians Team Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0161 419 5087
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