Acute Team Lead Dietitian (Colorectal Surgery)

This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated Dietitian to join our friendly and expanding Dietetic Team at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals.

We are pleased to be able to offer a Band 7 Specialist Dietitian post within our Colorectal Surgery Service.

You will have joint team lead responsibilities working alongside other specialist Dietitians in the acute team at The Northern General Hospital. You will also be a key member of the Trust Nutrition Team assessing and treating complex parenterally and enterally fed patients.

The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate strong leadership, organisational, and communication skills at all levels of the MDT.

The post holder will lead the provision of dietetic service to STH inpatient Colorectal Surgery using a high level of skills and knowledge as an independent practitioner. You will assist the Dietetic management team to ensure the overall service provides a high quality of patient care and delivers evidence-based practice at all times.

The post holder will actively participate in the development, education and delivery of training to dietetic staff, health care professionals and dietetic students.

Main duties of the job

Perform dietetic assessment and calculate dietetic requirements of referred patients taking into account medical, biochemical, social, cultural, and psychological factors.

Diagnose nutritional and dietetic problems, determine appropriate dietetic treatment and develop effective management plans in respect of planned medical intervention and prognosis.

Provide nutrition and dietary advice suitable to the patient's medical, biochemical, social and cultural factors, which is based on current evidence, incorporating local and national professional guidelines and standards.

Work within the pharmacy-led nutrition support team to provide advice regarding PN and appropriate feeding route.

Negotiate with patients to enable them to achieve targets overcoming barriers to change including dietary, environmental and social factors.

Monitor and review dietetic care plans against outcomes, manage and adjust care plan to facilitate achievement of goals.

Ensure dietetic interventions can be implemented through continued collaborative interdisciplinary working in and outside Trust by attending and participating in multidisciplinary meetings, case conferences.

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.