Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
37 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Knowledge
Specialist knowledge across a range of nutrition and dietetic procedures acquired through degree and postgraduate experience
- Knowledge
Specialist knowledge relevant to clinical area
- Knowledge
Understanding of audit and its role in clinical practice/service development
- Knowledge
Knowledge of policies and procedures and guidelines relevant to role
- Knowledge
Awareness of dietetic products and clinical reason(s) for use
- Knowledge
Understanding of NHS structure and systems
- Knowledge
Awareness of cultural diversity and equality issues
- Experience
Post-graduate experience in clinical dietetics
- Experience
Experience in managing oral nutrition support
- Experience
Experience in managing enteral nutrition support
- Experience
Working in a multi-professional environment
- Experience
Working in a team
- Experience
Ability to work autonomously
- Experience
Managing a clinical caseload
- Experience
Clinical audit
- Skills and Abilities
Able to make an assessment of nutritional issues/problems
- Skills and Abilities
Ability to manage a range of nutritional issues/problems
- Skills and Abilities
High quality written communication skills
- Skills and Abilities
High quality verbal communication skills
- Skills and Abilities
Ability to communicate complex information to clients, carers and other professionals in a sensitive manner.
- Skills and Abilities
Ability to adapt communication style where required (with individuals or groups)
- Skills and Abilities
Ability to motivate or persuade others to facilitate change
- Skills and Abilities
Able to keep accurate records relating to patient care
- Skills and Abilities
Ability to reflect on practice with peers/supervisor(s)
- Skills and Abilities
Active team member
- Skills and Abilities
Flexibility/adaptability in handling work pressures, competing interests and busy caseload to meet service need
- Skills and Abilities
Prioritisation skills
- Skills and Abilities
Developed time management skills
- Skills and Abilities
Well-developed problem solving/analytical skills
- Skills and Abilities
Able to recognise own clinical and experience boundaries and to seek support/advice when appropriate
- Skills and Abilities
Well-motivated, with a commitment to developing the service
- Skills and Abilities
IT skills
- Work related circumstances
Exposure to potentially distressing or emotional situations pertaining to the clinical or social circumstances of patients
- Work related circumstances
Must maintain patient confidentiality at all times
- Work related circumstances
Able to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service
- Education and Qualifications
Degree in Human Nutrition and Dietetics or Postgraduate Diploma in Human Nutrition and Dietetics
- Education and Qualifications
Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
Desirable
11 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Knowledge
Good working knowledge of frailty and underlying health conditions
- Experience
Experience in managing parenteral nutrition
- Experience
Experience in managing critically ill patients
- Experience
Presenting training sessions/talks
- Experience
Training student dietitians
- Skills and Abilities
Behavious change skills
- Education and Qualifications
Member of the British Dietetic Association
- Education and Qualifications
Member of relevant British Dietetic Association Specialist Groups
- Education and Qualifications
Post graduate training in nutrition support
- Education and Qualifications
Post registration training in parenteral nutrition
- Education and Qualifications
Attendance at courses, conferences or study days which support dietetic knowledge and/or practice
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Inpatient Dietitian team at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Specialist Dietitian in Frailty to join our Integrated Nutrition and Dietetic service at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. You will work alongside a band 7 Dietitian to provide a safe, effective and evidence based dietetic service to the medical and frailty patients.
You will be joining a supportive and enthusiastic team of 19 Dietitians, 2 Dietetic Support Workers and a Dietetic Apprentice. as well as working as an integral part of an MDT alongside consultants and specialist nurses. The successful candidate will support driving quality improvement within the service.
We are looking for a passionate and innovative dietitian who is keen to share and develop their clinical knowledge that they have acquired in relation to nutrition support, frailty Dietetics. The role requires excellent communication and team working skills, as well as the ability to work autonomously to manage a specialist caseload.
Main duties of the job
To provide a safe, effective and consistently high quality Nutrition and Dietetic service at Stockport Foundation Trust.
Manage a delegated caseload within specialist area. To assess, plan and implement patient centred, evidence –based interventions
To provide evidence-based care, education and information to patients, carers and health care professionals. This will be in a range of inpatient and outpatient settings.
Contribute to the training and development of Dietetic students, Dietitians and Dietetic Assistant/Support workers.
Supervising and supporting Band 5 Dietitians and Dietetic Assistants/Support workers
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The job description gives an overview of the main tasks and responsibilities of the role, and the person specifications focuses on the qualifications, skills, experience and knowledge required. These documents are attached on the page and can be downloaded.
The person specification below is not the full person specification, but outlines the criteria against which your application form will be assessed.
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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This advert is for Specialist Dietitian – Frailty and Acute Medicine with Stockport NHS Foundation Trust in Stockport, England. It is listed as a Band 6 Dietitian role. The advertised salary is £39,959 - £48,117 pro rata per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 23 Sep 2026.
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