Employer:
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
Location:
Southport, PR9 9DL
Contract Type:
Permanent
Disability Confident:
No
Closing Date:
07/05/2026
About this job
We are excited to be offering an inspiring role to join our team of Community Dietitians, Assistant Practitioners and administration staff working within our community services division across Sefton Place, part for Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust.
This post is based within the Community Services Division across Sefton Place, supporting the team in Southport and Formby, providing nutritional care within a variety of settings including outpatient clinics, care homes and patients own homes.
You will manage a diverse clinical caseload incorporating nutritional support, frailty, chronic diseases, oncology, neurology, gastrointestinal disorders and Home Enteral Feeding.
We will consider requests for part time or flexible working.
To provide specialist dietetic assessment, diagnosis, and treatment to individual patients, considering a goals-based outcome approach where appropriate.
Work with key members of the multiprofessional team to provide, advice, support, and patient centered care planning within the relevant identified specialist field.
Provide training, education, and specialist advice to qualified and non-qualified health care professionals in all areas of the specialised field, providing support and supervision where required.
Ensure evidence-based practice through awareness of relevant clinical guidance and policies both locally within the trust and wider integrated care system and national recommendations relevant to clinical area (NICE).
* care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Enthusiastic, forward-thinking professionals with exceptional communication, leadership and analytical skills
Specialist knowledge in one or more areas: adults, paediatrics, nutrition support, diabetes, obesity, gastroenterology
Experience in optimising nutrition prescribing projects is advantageous
Flexible and adaptable, comfortable working in a dynamic health care environment.
Responsible for the provision of appropriate, high-quality care to a defined caseload.
Responsible for workload planning and delegation of work to other team members, taking into account competence levels.
Undertake holistic assessments of need for the patient and family, which may be highly complex, using the appropriate model of care and evidence-based practice.
Work in partnership with other professionals to enable patients/clients to be maintained in an appropriate environment, thus avoiding hospital admission.
Provide advice to patients, clients, and carers on a wide range of health issues to include health promotion, lifestyle advice and health care.
Ensure that the team provides a high-quality clinical service to its clients by participation in caseload and clinical supervision.
In conjunction with the team leader, develop new ways of working to provide a responsive service to patients with both planned and unplanned care needs.
Develop partnerships and joint working within other agencies as appropriate.
Maintain registration in line with professional bodies.
Clinically lead, direct, mentor and support the team.
Support the team leader in the development of caseload management across the local health economy.
Acts as an advocate and champion for patients and/or clients.
Act as a role model to team members and students so that patients/clients receive the most effective care possible.
Contribute to the development of policy and services to reflect the needs of the local neighbourhood population.
Participate in the development, implementation, and monitoring of the clinical team contract/objectives.
Please refer to attached Job Description for full list of duties and responsibilities.
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