Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust
Specialist Stroke and Care of the Elderly Dietitian
The closing date is 20 May 2026
Responsibilities
* To deliver an efficient and effective nutrition and dietetic service to the Acute Stroke Unit, older adults, and their carers.
* To support junior staff to develop clinical skills to manage the complex needs of the older adult.
* To be an educator for health professionals/students involved in the care of stroke patients and older adults.
* Management of own complex clinical caseload providing specialist nutrition and dietetic advice in specialty fields to include Stroke and Care of the Elderly.
* Facilitate reflection on the service delivery and identify and support quality improvement work.
* To support the nutrition nurse specialist with the Trust's artificial nutrition safety and quality initiatives.
* To provide one day per week in the community including 3 GP clinics and 15 hours per month at a local nursing home.
* To be responsible for and lead the development and provision of a specialist, evidence based dietetic service to care of the elderly and stroke services.
* To provide specialist dietary advice to stroke patients and older patients with complex nutritional needs, referred in the acute setting.
* To work autonomously in providing an expert dietetic service to the acute stroke unit, including attending special interest meetings.
* To work collaboratively with colleagues such as speech and language therapists in joint assessments of patients with complicated diagnoses.
* To be the lead for service improvements on the acute stroke unit and care of the elderly service lines.
* To provide highly specialist dietetic advice to the multidisciplinary team (MDT) through attendance and participation in MDT meetings to provide expert evidence‑based advice to clinicians, patients and carers.
* To advise the MDT on treatment/interventions where there are conflicting indicators or ethical dilemmas.
* To provide general GP clinics and input for a local nursing home one day per week.
About us
Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust has four key values and we want to employ and work with people who share these values and demonstrate behaviours that support them. They are:
* Compassionate – We treat everyone with kindness, understanding and empathy.
* Inclusive – We are respectful, fair and open, valuing everyone's unique contribution.
* Collaborative – We work together across our teams and with our partners and are helpful, positive and supportive.
* Inspiring – We strive for the best for patients, communities, staff and partners and are always learning and improving.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications
* BSc in Nutrition & Dietetics or BSc in relevant Science plus postgraduate diploma in Dietetics.
Experience
* Extensive and relevant experience in general dietetics post qualification.
* Previous experience of working in the NHS.
* Substantial experience of managing an acute caseload, including complex enteral nutrition.
* Experience of running outpatient clinics.
Knowledge
* Good clinical knowledge of general dietetics.
* An in depth understanding of all aspects of enteral nutrition, including ethical decision making and end of life and eating and drinking with associated risk decisions.
* Knowledge of current recognised clinical and good practice guidance for older people and stroke patients.
* Principles and practice of Audit, Clinical Governance, standards, and care pathways.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust
£55,524 to £62,652 a year Pro rata, pa, incl. HCAS
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