Working for your organisation Our Organisation The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop s Stortford, and St Margaret s Hospital in Epping. We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop s Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire. Our Values The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences: Patient at heart Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts Everyday excellence Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both Creative collaboration Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level. Job overview The Dietetics team at The Princess Alexandra Hospital has a job opportunity for an Acute Specialist Dietitian, with a focus on patients within the Medicine division. Other areas of practice are likely to include Critical Care, Acute Admissions and/or Surgical wards, depending on service needs. You will have the opportunity to manage service developments, participate in parenteral nutrition rounds alongside a nutrition practitioner and pharmacist, and to develop your line management skills. If successful, you will be supported with regular clinical supervision sessions, team CPD sessions, shadowing, peer review opportunities and appraisals. The Trust provides a variety of in-house training, for example to develop management skills, and funding for external courses can be applied for. Main duties of the job To lead on dietetic input for inpatients on wards within the Medicine division To take responsibility for the development of this service and be a source of expertise to other Dietitians who have responsibility for wards within the Medicine Division To participate in parenteral nutrition rounds, alongside the nutrition practitioner and pharmacist, and to cover other dietitians on this round, in their absence. To cover General and Gastroenterology outpatient clinics on an ad hoc basis. After 6-12 months, to have line management responsibilities, including the completion of regular clinical supervision sessions and performance reviews. To be the joint Student Placement Lead Educator for the Department. To attend and participate in other meetings including Dietetic, Therapies, service development and clinical meetings.