Specialist Surgical Dietitian

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The closing date is 01 July 2025

Are you a dietitian who wishes to further consolidate their practice in surgical dietetics? UHNM is a specialist centre for many surgical specialties, you will have the opportunity to work with different surgical patients which will include Head and Neck cancer, Upper GI procedures within general surgical wards and our Surgical special care unit. This will include complex parenteral nutrition.

The Department of Nutrition and Dietetics at University Hospitals of North Midlands is looking to recruit a dietitian to work in the acute hospital, supporting services across its sites of Royal Stoke and County Hospital, the post holder will primarily be based at the Royal Stoke site, working within the surgical dietetic team. We welcome applicants who have surgical clinical experience and wish to further develop their practice and will be supported with professional development. A Non medical prescribing qualification would be an advantage or the desire to study for this qualification.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work with a team dietitians in both the inpatient and outpatient settings, they will link with the adult acute team on both hospital sites and across the wider Adult acute team which includes dietitians working within critical care, trauma, neurosurgery, cardiothoracic surgery, Oncology, Gastroenterology, respiratory, general medicine, older adults and Stroke services. We have a department of over 60 dietitians, dietetic assistants, apprentice dietitians and admin support.

The post is ideal for a dietitian wishing to develop their clinical expertise, we have a good track record in advancing our dietitians into specialities and supporting career aspirations.

About us

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.

Job responsibilities

Provide hospital based clinical nutrition and dietetics service for surgical patients within a surgical special care unit and surgical wards requiring highly specialist dietetic treatment

Plan and prioritise own caseload and support other team members.

Undertake complex nutritional assessment and calculation of nutritional requirements for surgical patients.

Lead on the development of surgical pathways in collaboration with wider surgical MDT , Nutrition team and Nutrition Steering Group.

See attached job description for full details

Person Specification Qualifications

• Evidence of CPD to Masters level or equivalent eg PENG
• Non Medical prescribing Qualification

Knowledge, Skills , Experience

• Significant post registration experience in wide range of dietetic practice including Surgical dietetics
• Competent working with TPN
• Evidence of working in NHS

Personal Qualities

• Willingness to support pre registration students
• Acts to support and enable effective team work

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust