Specialist Rotational Dietitian

Do you have an interest in working in specialist dietetics? This role offers the opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join our supportive inclusive dietetic department. The post will be based at Royal Derby Hospital. You will be an integral part of our flexible and friendly team supported by our experienced specialist dietitians and dietetic assistant practitioners. You will complete 9 month rotations across three specialist areas , gaining experience in acute nutrition support, upper and lower GI surgery, and gastroenterology/hepatology. Your first rotation will be in one of the following specialist areas:

• Acute Nutritional support - predominantly enteral feeding including stroke, surgical step down and critical care.
• Upper and lower GI surgical - cancer and non-cancer surgery across inpatient wards and outpatient clinics.
• Gastroenterology and Hepatology- luminal and hepatology patients across inpatient services and outpatient care., You'll manage your own caseload while working alongside experienced specialist dietitians. Each rotation offers the opportunity the develop specialist clinical skills, contribute to service improvement, and receive regular clinical supervision and professional development.
You will become an integral member of multidisciplinary teams, working alongside consultants, specialist nurses, pharmacists and other allied health professionals to deliver evidence-based nutritional care. We have an established training programme for student dietitians and apprenticeships with Coventry, Nottingham and Sheffield universities. The role will include delivering regular student supervision and training.

You should have experience of acute adult dietetics, ideally with relevant experience in one or more of the rotation specialities.

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work. In return we will offer:
• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
Key Facts:
• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.