Job overview We have an exciting opportunity to join the Dietetic team at Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as a Band 7 Medical Dietitian. The role is full-time,37.5 hours per week, on a fixed term 24 month contract. We are looking for an enthusiastic, flexible, and committed Dietitian who will work as part of our dynamic team of 5 Medical Dietitian's and a Dietitan support worker at St Peters Hospital. In this pivotal position, you will: Take a lead role in managing, coordination and supporting the medical dietetic service for the Trust, in conjunction with the multidisciplinary team. Develop and deliver expert nutritonal care for patients throughout their inpatient stay Drive service development and innovation, ensuring our patients recieve the highest standards of care. We offer: Excellant CPD opportunities to support your professional and specialist developement Flexible working options to help you balance work and life commitments A supportive team environment where your ideas and expertise will shape the future of dietetic services Advert This post involves managing an inpatient caseload on the medical wards as well as a regular specialist outpatient clinic. The successful candidate will work closely with MDT colleagues including consultants and specialist nurses and within a dynamic team of 5 medical dietitians and a support worker. Clinical areas covered include: CAU, short and long stay medical wards including; respiratory, oncology, palliative care, cardiac, elderly care and complex oral and enteral nutrition support. In addition to clinical responsibilities, the post holder will have the opportunity to develop supervision skills through supporting other staff and students. They will act as the k ey liaison between the Catering and Dietetic Department. This includes attending catering meeting, evaluation of nutritional content of menus and the link between the Dietetics and catering department. They will also be encouraged to actively contribute to audits, as well as to develop and implement innovative approaches to service delivery. We welcome applications from HCPC registered dietitians with a strong clinical background in the NHS. Working for our organisation Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond. Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter's, Chertsey, Surrey. We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals and other healthcare facilities. Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at ASPH. We are committed to providing continuous professional development and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care. We are expanding our theatres at Ashford Hospital and moving towards this becoming our dedicated elective centre. We want to create a state-of-the-art centre for excellence for planned surgical procedures. We can offer you the full range of NHS benefits/discounts and in addition: Excellent pension scheme and annual leave entitlement On-site Nurseries On-site staff cafes On-site parking Support in career development Salary Sacrifice schemes including wage stream, lease cars, Cycle to Work schemes and home electronics Adverts may close early, so applicants are encouraged to submit an application as soon as possible. For more information about a career at ASPH please visit: www.asph-careers.org Detailed job description and main responsibilities · Undertake advanced assessments, clinical diagnosis and treatment of patients admitted to the acute adult medical wards at Ashford and St Peter’s Hospital, providing oral, enteral and parenteral nutrition. · Work as an autonomous practitioner to undertake a significant specialist clinical caseload, working without direct supervision. · Take a role in supervision and teaching and provide day-to day support to junior dietetic staff within the team and participate in multi-disciplinary team teaching. Act as a key liaison between the Catering and Dietetic Department. This includes attending catering meeting, evaluation of nutritional content of menus and the link between the Dietetics and catering department · To coordinate and collate activity for the medical inpatient and outpatient service and present this data to the clinical leads on a monthly basis. · Demonstrate leadership skills and contribute to service development, quality improvement projects and monitoring of standards of practice and developing multidisciplinary management of patients. · Liaise with all members of the medical MDT, this includes attendance at MDT meetings and other relevant meetings · To liaise with other members of the medical team MDT to develop nutritional policies, procedures and patient information literature · To liaise with colleagues to provide ongoing training to nurses and all grades of medical staff · To take an active role in the general functioning of the Dietetic department, including contributing to student training