Employer Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Aintree Hospital Town Liverpool Salary £47,810 - £54,710 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 30/03/2026 23:59
Band 7
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and enthusiastic Band 7 Dietitian to join the Specialist Weight Management Team at Aintree Hospital. We are a highly specialist Tier 3 Service treating and managing people living with obesity across Liverpool and surrounding areas.
The service is led by Professor John Wilding and you will be joined by a committed team of consultants, GP’s, physiotherapists, dietitians, an occupational therapist, assistant practitioners and administrators.
Main duties of the job
Working closely with members of the MDT, the post holder will be responsible for helping to deliver a specialist dietetic service to patients living with obesity and related disorders.
The successful candidate will provide specialist assessment and treatment for individuals with complex obesity in an outpatient service across both hospital and community sites (both in face to face and virtual settings).
Assessment and treatment will be in the form of clinics and groups. There are opportunities available to provide dietetic input to clinical trials.
You will work alongside patients to manage their weight with conservative approaches, medical management, as well as supporting patients wishing to pursue bariatric surgery.
The role offers the opportunity to blend a wide range of dietetic skills, wellbeing interventions and behaviour change in a holistic manner. You will lead service development projects and be part of the full MDT approach to patient care.
Working for our organisation
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
* Working effectively as part of the Weight Management MDT.
* Developing and running specialist group programmes.
* Supervision and support of junior colleagues and students.
* Clinical and dietetic assessment and review of patients in a 1:1 setting.
* Delivering Bariatric Education sessions.
* Leading on service development projects and supporting operational leads.
* Participating in research and audit.
* Keeping up to date with CPD and current issues in obesity management.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Degree in Dietetics or Science/Nutrition
* Evidence of continuing professional development
Experience
* Experience of advance level practice in dietetics
* Experience of communicating and working effectively with service users, carers, other agencies and professionals
* Experience of establishing and maintaining good standards of professional practice to ensure the delivery of an effective, quality service
Knowledge
* Completed behaviour change training
* High levels of knowledge and previous experience of working in weight management
* Evidence of developing knowledge within weight management
* High level of expertise in nutritional management of patients within weight management.
* Knowledge of nutritional needs and calculating nutritional requirements
* Working knowledge of a range of clinical conditions and current best practice for dietetic management
* Competence in assessment of weight management patients and developing nutrition care plans
* Computer literacy and ability to use a variety of electronic systems
* Awareness of clinical governance and its implications for dietetics including importance of audit projects
* Awareness of regulatory bodies (HCPC) and professional bodies (BDA) and code of practice and professional guidelines
Skills
* Ability to plan and deliver education to patient groups
* Skills to train other health care professionals and student dietitians
* Ability to manage and prioritise
* Ability to document and record accurate records in line with national standards
* Ability to record activity and other data manually and electronically
* Lead and complete allocated projects and meet deadlines
* Ability to assist in developing educational resources to meet the needs of clients and carers which are evidence-based
* Membership of specialist group relevant to speciality
* Completion of student assessment skills course
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Posts advertised to ‘internal staff’ are open to employees of hospitals within University Hospitals of Liverpool Group and you should confirm your employment within your application form.
Note: Under current Home Office Immigration Rules we are currently unable to offer right to work visa sponsorship for Band 2 and 3 roles with a salary of less than £25,000 pa as they do not meet the UK Visas & Immigration criteria.
Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.
We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.
Candidatesapplying for the role of Healthcare Assistant on the staff bank should note that due to the nature of the role, workers must be aged 18 or above when commencing in post. Applicants are therefore welcome from those aged over 18 or within 3 months’ of their 18 th birthday.
The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working.
The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24.
Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £26.50 (standard disclosure) or £54.50 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment.
From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will require to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years.
Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.
This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults’ policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures.
Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation.
All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action.
As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence.
If you have any personal requirements that will enable you to participate in our recruitment process please contact a member of the Recruitment Services by phone on 0151 706 4666 at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post.
Please note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name Anna Cowell Job title Operational Lead & Dietitian Email address anna.cowell@liverpoolft.nhs.uk Telephone number 0151 529 5938 Additional information
Michaela James, Operational Lead and Principal Dietitian, michaela.james@liverpoolft.nhs.uk
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