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Specialist Dietitian
Grade
Band 6
Contract
Fixed term: 12 months (Or secondment)
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
164-7419174
Employer
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
City Campus
Town
Nottingham
Salary
£38,682 - £46,580 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
10/09/2025 23:59

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Specialist Infectious Diseases and Critical Care Dietitian

Band 6

Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a dietitian to enhance their clinical skills in critical care as part of our team at Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH) NHS Trust.  

We are looking for a forward thinking dietitian to join our team of dietitians, based at City Hospital to work across Infectious Diseases and Critical Care. The post will be split equally between the two areas - you will have opportunity to work across critical care, inpatient wards and outpatient clinics. You will become an integral member of our multidisciplinary team delivering high quality patient-centred dietetic care. We are an exceptional, dynamic and supportive team with a strong MDT ethos.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will support complex nutritional interventions as well as nutrition support and enteral feeding so some experience in these would be beneficial.  We actively encourage service improvement and audit and the successful candidate would have the opportunity to be involved in development work to improve nutritional care of our patients.

You’ll need to have excellent communication and leadership skills, a flexible approach and the ability to manage your own time and workload and that of other members of staff within a supportive team. 

Working for our organisation

With over 17,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.

Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career! 

We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH.

 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You should have experience of working as a dietitian, have excellent communication skills, self-motivation, have a flexible approach and the ability to manage your own time and buys workload within a supportive team. 

Please refer to the job description and personal specification attached

Person specification

Training & Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Qualified Dietitian
  • Evidence of continuing professional development.
  • Registered with the Health Professions Council.
Desirable criteria
  • Member of BDA including specialist group.

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience of working as a registered dietitian
  • Able to apply additional depth of knowledge gained through experience to specialist area.
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of working in relevant specialist area/s.

Communication

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of verbal and non verbal communication

Analytical and Judgement skill

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of complex decision making

Ability to travel off site

Essential criteria
  • willing to travel
Desirable criteria
  • car driver with access to car

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Trust IDApprenticeships logoNo smoking policyAge positiveDisability confident leaderArmed Forces Covenant Gold AwardMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.NHS Rainbow badgeadded for NUH

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Lydia Taylor
Job title
Team Leader Dietitian
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
07812275836
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