Acute Adult Inpatient Dietitian

Overview

Due to an internal promotion we are looking for a Dietitian to join our Acute Adult Dietetic ward team at Royal Blackburn Hospital.

We are looking for a forward thinking post holder who will be responsible for the Acute Medical Unit wards and supporting the Emergency Department with tube feeds and complex nutrition patients. This post is to support the flow of nutrition patients through the hospital. Regular ward nutrition teaching sessions will be required as well as "bitesize" training for the emergency department.

We are ideally looking for candidates who are passionate about service improvement and effectiveness of patient care.

Experience in complex enteral tube feeding is desirable but not essential as training can be given.

The post holder would also be expected to link into the project work led by the Consultant Dietitian for the Trust specifically around food and enteral feed provision for the hospital.

This is an excellent opportunity to learn new skills whether you are a band 6 Dietitian looking to try a new specialty or an experienced band 5 Dietitian looking for promotion.

• Managing a caseload of adult patients with complex needs, using evidence based/client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions
• Advise on all aspects of dietetic management of Acute Adult patients with support from acute Dietetic team leads and peers.
• Provide training and clinical supervision on the dietetic management for Rotation Dietitians, Dietetic assistant practitioners, and Dietetic students
• Represent Dietetics at meetings regarding Acute adult services

This post is based at our Royal Blackburn Hospital site. Clinical support and supervision will be available from the band 7 Specialist Dietitian as well as band 6 Specialist Dietitian peers in the team.

The Acute team is part of the wider Dietetic Department covering the hospitals and communities of East Lancashire. We are a department that covers from cradle to grave and includes inpatients and the community. The department has nearly 75 staff and covers many specialties and is known for its innovation, development and training.

For further details / informal visits contact:
Name:
Tara Green

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Dietetic Manager
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