Band 6 Senior Dietitian - Gastroenterology and Nutrition Support

Job summary

Main duties of the job

You will work as part of the multidisciplinary gastroenterology team across the Trust, providing a Dietetic service to inpatients and outpatients. You will accurately assess patients' clinical needs in a holistic manner using specialised knowledge and skills and a broad range of nutritional assessment skills, measurements and techniques.

Success in this role will see you provide dietetic advice and support to patients and their carers, taking into account ethical, cultural, religious, socio-economic and educational needs. You will liaise and communicate effectively with other members of the multidisciplinary team regarding inpatients and outpatients, advising and negotiating with the team to ensure optimal dietetic care for all patients.

You will develop and distribute appropriate evidence based dietary literature for gastroenterology patients and carers, and participate in the implementation of service developments in dietetic gastroenterology and nutritional support services. You will supervise and actively participate in the training of student dietitians, student nurses and wider clinical teams.

We are committed to your personal and career development. We have a strong focus on quality improvement and service development, and we look forward to working with you to develop dietetic provision across gastroenterology services.

Job responsibilities

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.