Acute Adult Dietitian

Job overview

Acute Adult Dietitian (Band 5) based at Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading.

This role is an exciting opportunity for a highly motivated dietitian just starting their career who has excellent communication skills and a passion for patient centred care.

As the successful candidate, you will be based at the Royal Berkshire Hospital providing a dietetic service across the range of acute adult inpatients and general outpatients, working closely with your MDT colleagues including consultants and specialist nurses.

This role will provide you with excellent and supported professional and personal development. As part of the team you will have opportunities to be involved with the training of dietetic students, other dietitians and healthcare professions. There are also opportunities to get involved with audit, research and service development

You would be joining a team of over 20 committed and welcoming dietitians, who work in a range of specialist areas at the Royal Berkshire Hospital. Reading is the largest town in the UK with great shopping, nightlife, restaurants and London is less than half an hour by train.

We are a forward thinking department that has a strong focus on a patient centred service. We encourage service development and have an established quality improvement programme driving the service forward.

Full time (37.5 hours) hours are available for this role.

Main duties of the job

You will be based at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading working closely with consultants, and ward staff to assess and advice patients. Our service uses a range of consultation settings to support our patients at all stages along their treatment pathway. Some of the areas of work include:

• Being part of the MDT in assessing nutritional status

• Advising and supporting patients in both inpatient and outpatient settings

• Supporting the training of dietetic students

• Implementing Quality Improvement programme to lead service development

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The “must haves” for this role:

• A passion and interest for dietetics
• HCPC registration to work as a qualified dietitian in the UK
• Patient centred approach
• To work as an integrated member of the MDT

For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.

We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.

We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.

We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to call: Jacqui Copp on 0118 322 7116  or email: [email protected] who’ll be delighted to help.

Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.