Renal Dietitian - Band 5 / 6 Development post

Undertaking nutrition assessments, providing individualised treatment plans for renal patients

Representing dietetics at regular multi-disciplinary team meetings.

Provide cross cover of other Lincolnshire renal sites as required in periods of absence, such as annual leave/sickness/vacancy.

Pilgrim Hospital is situated beautiful countryside and serves the communities in the South Lincolnshire area. It provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service.

Grantham and District Hospital serves the communities of Grantham and the local area. It provides ambulatory paediatric and accident and emergency services.

Lincoln Hospital is a thriving university city and with the opening of the medical school, it provides all major specialties and a 24-hour major accident and emergency service

United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been granted teaching hospital status, after demonstrating evidence to significant teaching commitment. From now on it will be known as United Lincolnshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

Lincolnshire Community Health Services NHS Trust (LCHS) and United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULHT) have come together in a Group arrangement, with the goal of improving the care provided to patients across the county.

This will not constitute a formal merger of the two organisations, but will bring the Trusts together under a single Board and Executive Leadership Team, with the goal of improving the care that is provided to patients both in the community and in hospitals across Lincolnshire. Both Trusts will retain their separate statutory names and legal obligations.

The Group will be known as Lincolnshire Community and Hospitals NHS Group (LCHG).

This is a band 6 post, but a B5/6 development package can be agreed for a band 5 interested in working in renal dietetics.

This role will be based predominantly on the Lincoln renal unit, which is situated very close to Lincoln county hospital.

This is a part time role of 22.5 hours per week.

The role is fully supported and supervised by a very experienced renal specialist dietitian.