Band 6 Acute Specialist Dietitian

Location: Central Patricia

Support acute nutritional care as a Band 6 Specialist Dietitian across East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust’s secondary care hospitals. Apply specialist dietetic knowledge across complex inpatient services.
As a Band 6 Specialist Dietitian, you will manage patients across general medicine, gastroenterology, rehabilitation, Stroke, Frailty, Surgery, ITU and Orthopaedics. You will advise relatives, carers and the wider multidisciplinary team while supporting discharge planning. The post includes leadership, supervision, training and service audit responsibilities.

Key Responsibilities:

Provide specialist advice across acute inpatient specialties
Manage general medical, gastroenterology and rehabilitation inpatients
Support Clinical Leads and supervise junior staff
Train nursing, catering staff, patients and carers
Audit services and develop educational resources
Requirements:
Specialist dietetic knowledge and clinical skills
Ability to provide expert nutritional advice
Experience supporting multidisciplinary team working
Ability to supervise junior and student dietitians
Ability to undertake regular service audits
Use specialist dietetic expertise, clinical supervision and nutritional leadership across acute services at East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust.