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Band 7 Rehab Team Lead Dietitian: 0.8 WTE for 12 months (4 days a week)

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a temporary position as the Rehab Team Lead Dietitian within the nutrition and dietetic service at the Walton Centre. 

The role will involve contribution to the leadership and delivery of the nutrition and dietetic service across The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust. You will be involved in the assessment and treatment of a defined caseload of patients and maintain accurate records. You will contribute to and lead policy and service development on matters relating to nutrition and dietetics. You will lead the dietetic services in defined clinical area with support from the Principal Dietitian.  

For further information please contact Denise O'Dwyer, Principal Dietitian on 0151 556 3865.

Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd

·       Establish and manage a complex clinical caseload as appropriate to the service

·       To influence and manage the dietetic service ensuring high level clinical assessment, intervention and signposting based on evidenced based care.

·        To work collaboratively with other clinicians, including medical and nursing staff, to influence service development and ensure quality of care is delivered.

·        To provide clinical education and training to other health care professionals

·        Influence research, innovation and professional development for self and others.

·       Provide professional support and supervision across the dietetic service as appropriate.

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

The Walton Centre NHS Foundation Trust is the only NHS trust to hold dual accreditation for the Investors in People. We invest in people and we invest in wellbeing standards and have been awarded Gold status for both. The Walton Centre is a leader in the treatment and care of neurology and neurosurgery, placing the patient and their family at the heart of everything we do. As the only specialist hospital trust in the UK dedicated to providing comprehensive neurology, neurosurgery, spinal and pain management services we are proud to be rated as an Outstanding Trust by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), and champion change throughout the field of neuroscience. Originally formed in 1992, the Trust received Foundation Trust status in 2009.

With around 1,450 staff, The Walton Centre treats more than 127,000 outpatients and 18,000 inpatients each year. We have leading specialists and incredibly dedicated staff delivering excellent clinical outcomes for brain, spinal and neurological care nationally and internationally. Teams across our site in Fazakerley, Liverpool, offer a world-class service in diagnosing and treating injuries and illnesses affecting the brain, spine and peripheral nerves and muscles, and in supporting people suffering from a wide range of long-term neurological conditions.