Job summary
- Main area
- Dietitian
- Grade
- Band 5
- Contract
- Fixed term: 5 months (1st April-31st August 2025)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 362-A-24-6933959
- Employer
- Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Stepping Hill Hospital
- Town
- Stockport
- Salary
- £29,970 - £36,483 pro rata per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 28/01/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Dietitian
Band 5
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 for an enthusiastic and motivated Band 5 Dietitian to join our Integrated Nutrition and Dietetic service at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. The Inpatient Dietitian department has 16 WTE Dietitians. The team comprises of an Integrated Nutrition and Dietetic Service Lead, Team leader, band 7, band 6 and band 5 Dietitians, Dietetic Support Workers, Dietetic Apprentice and Secretary. We are integrated service with community dietetic and patient education colleagues, as well as with the wider inpatient Therapy directorate.
The role will be focused on providing a high standard of dietetic care to inpatients requiring nutritional support. There will be opportunities to cover a variety of ward allocations and rotations, working alongside senior dietitians in their specialist areas. You will have involvement with general outpatient clinics.
Newly qualified staff are required to complete a Preceptorship programme. Professional development is encouraged through supervision, appraisal, mandatory training and CPD activities. Supervision is provided by senior clinical staff.
We welcome applications for those who are newly qualified. Return to practice applicants will also be considered for the role.
Main duties of the job
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Optimise the clinical progress and quality of life of patients by providing individualised nutritional assessments, evidence-based recommendations and care plans across designated wards and clinics. Work as a committed member of both the Inpatient Dietetic team and the Integrated Nutrition and Dietetic service, contributing to the achievement of Departmental, Team and Trust goals. Provide relevant advice and training to other health care professionals. Participate in service development. Provide specialist knowledge across a range of procedures underpinned by theory |
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.
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.
If you require support with your application please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.
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.
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 a clinical Nutrition and Dietetic Service to designated wards and, if required, outpatient clinics at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust.
- Attend relevant ward rounds/meetings and liaise with medical, paramedical and nursing staff as necessary.
- Act as a resource for nutrition and dietetic information and advice to other professionals.
- Assist in updating and development of diet sheets and new teaching materials.
- Participate in menu checking for inpatients on therapeutic diets and liaise with the Catering Department for the provision of therapeutic diets.
- Assist with training and updating healthcare professionals, regarding evidence-based nutrition therapy, including giving lectures and informal talks.
- Collect all data necessary to meet local information requirements and as required by the Nutrition and Dietetic Service for service monitoring.
- Participate in quality assurance programmes, and development and maintenance of service standards, policies & procedures.
- Participate in personal and professional development through objective setting and regular job review.
- Work as a committed and effective member of the dietetic staff in order to maximise the potential of the service and profession.
- Maintain professional competence and expertise by keeping up to date with current research, working practices and models of working.
- Provide dietetic cover for other wards and hospitals as necessary.
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 Nutriton and Dietetics or Postgraduate Diploma in Dietetics
- Registered member of the HCPC
Desirable criteria
- Member of the British Dietetic Association
- Approved courses or study days which support dietetic knowledge and/or practice
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Professional knowledge acquired through relevent science-based degree
- Specialist knowledge across a range of nutrition and dietetic procedures, underpinned by theory
- Awareness of audit and its role in clinical practice
- Awareness of policies, procedures and guidelines
Desirable criteria
- Awareness of dietetic products and clinical reason(s) for use
- Basic understanding of NHS structures and systems
- Awareness of cultural diversity and equality issues
Experience
Essential criteria
- Clinical placements or other previous experience
Desirable criteria
- Working in a multi-professional environment
- Working in a team
Skills and Abililties
Essential criteria
- High quality written commuinication 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
- Numeracy skills
- Active team member
- Negotiation, motivation, persuasive skills
- Able to keep accurate records relating to patient care
- Flexibility/adaptability in handling work pressures
- Problem solving/analytical skills
- Competency in the assessment of nutritonal issues/problems
- Competency in the management in a range of nutritonal issues/problems
- Able to recognise own clinical and experience boundaries and to seek support/advice when appropriate
- Ability to reflect on practice with peers/supervisor(s)
- Willingness to contribute to service developement
- Handling sensitive situations
- IT skills (nutritional analysis, word processing, e-mail, intranet/internet searches
- Able to manage own time in order to manage clinical caseload
- Able to work under supervision, accepting direction if required
- Able to prioritise tasks
Work related circumstance
Essential criteria
- Able to lift and carry items such as feed boxes and equipment, patient notes, dietetic resources/information sheets, presentation resources in accordance with Manual Handling Policy
- Subject to occasional unpleasant smells/body odours.
- Maintains confidentiality
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Adrienne Quirk
- Job title
- Inpatient Dietitian Team Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01614195087
- Additional information
Louise Lowe - Nutrition and Dietetic Service
07864954065
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