Job summary
- Main area
- Team Lead Dietitian - Frailty and Acute Medicine Dietitian
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Fixed term: 1 year (maternity cover)
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 275-2510TLD-FAM
- Employer
- Medway NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Medway NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Gillingham
- Salary
- £47,810 - £54,710 per annum/pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 31/10/2025 23:59
Employer heading

Team Lead Dietitian - Frailty and Acute Medicine
Band 7
Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People?
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved
Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust, we are able to give our employees flexibility on where, when and the hours they work.
Our culture and values are what drives Medway NHS Foundation Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when you are completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
Job overview
Team Lead Dietitian - Frailty and Acute Medicine Dietitian
Division: Cancer and Core Clinical Services
Care Group: Diagnostics and Therapies
Band: 7
Salary:£47,810- £54,710.per annum/pro rata
We are recruiting for a team lead frailty and acute medicine dietitian to cover maternity leave for 1 year. The candidate must share our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.
Main duties of the job
Working for our organisation
Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of the Best of Care by the Best of People providing excellent care, every time?
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision is achieved for our patients.
As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy – Patient First. Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and half into our Patient First deployment. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.
Our culture and values define us here at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.
Our BEST values underpin Patient First and are at the core of the care we give to our patients, the support we offer to our staff and our overall leadership approach:
B – Bold
E – Every person counts
S – Sharing and open
T - Together
Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
As an autonomous practitioner, to provide advanced level dietetic care to an agreed caseload of patients focusing on leading a team covering early assessment and emergency department areas, acute medical, frailty and care of elderly wards and providing enhanced level knowledge and opinion, across a variety of acute specialities when required.
To take an active role in developing the dietetic service within this area to raise awareness on the importance of early nutrition intervention with education sessions, ward presence, participation in ward rounds and multidisciplinary meetings to provide a coordinated, evidence based approach to patient care and facilitate pathways with the support of the Clinical Lead Dietitian and MDT
To work effectively as part of an Acute Dietetic Team undertaking advanced assessment of patients including those with diverse and complex presentations and conditions: using expert clinical reasoning skills and assessment techniques to formulate individualised treatment plans and programmes
To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of own work including responsibility of an allocated patient caseload / workload
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Diploma/degree in Nutrition and Dietetics
- Current Health Professions Council registration
- Member of British Dietetic Association, ideally including relevant specialist group
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Competency in nutritional assessment of patients in varied clinical specialities in a range of population groups
- Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of the issues involved with working in a busy acute setting
- Understanding of national and professional issues
- Understanding of clinical governance and relevant national guidelines
Experience
Essential criteria
- Knowledge and application of artificial nutrition – both eneteral and parenteral nutrition are essential
- Experience of supervising Dietetic students
- Experience of responding to demand / prioritising work / managing a caseload in fast moving acute environment
- Involvement of developing department and service protocols
- Experience of managing patients within an MDT setting
Values Based Question
Essential criteria
- How do you demonstrate respect and dignity?
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
- Eleanor Moodie
- Job title
- team lead Dietitian
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01634 833848
- Additional information
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