Job summary
At UHB our vision is to Build Healthier lives. Our purpose is to improve the health of the people and communities through delivering the best patient care in line with our values of being Kind, Connected and Bold.
2026 is the year of Leadership at UHB and we are proud to invest and recognise the importance and value of the therapies services across our four hospitals.
Our communities are rich in diversity and present with a range of complex nutritional needs- to that end we are thrilled to announce this opportunity for candidates with specialist interest in critical care.
You will work as a member of the Therapies Respiratory cluster and Gastroenterology and Nutrition Support team providing dietetic support for critical care services across Heartlands and Good Hope Hospitals, working alongside a variety of multidisciplinary teams including intensive care, gastroenterology and surgery.
You will share the team's passion in improving care, quality and the overall experience whilst making a difference to the people who access our services. In return, you can expect to join like-minded people who deliver unequivocal excellence in all aspects of their role and who want to make a difference to the communities we live and work in.
As one of the largest foundation Trusts we can provide more challenge and more opportunities to ensure your career is always moving in the right direction.
Main duties of the job
This role offers the opportunity to manage a complex, highly specialist caseload within the critical care setting, delivering high-quality, evidence-based nutritional care to critically ill patients in the ICU and across wider acute areas. The successful candidate will have advanced clinical knowledge of parenteral nutrition and complex enteral feeding, and will contribute to the ongoing development of both the critical care and broader dietetic service. This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated clinician to deepen their expertise in a supportive and progressive environment.
You will be joining a well-established, forward-thinking dietetics department that values continuous professional development and collaborative working. The role provides access to a range of opportunities including structured involvement in clinical governance, student education, and quality improvement projects. If you are a knowledgeable and driven clinician who thrives in a busy multidisciplinary setting and is committed to delivering high-quality, patient-centred nutritional care, we encourage your application.
About us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- * Evidence of relevant GCSE, NVQ, GNVQ, AS and A levels
- * Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics or equivalent
- * Registration with HCPC
Desirable
- *MSc or equivalent experience e.g. advanced level of clinical practice / relevant postgraduate, professionally accredited courses
Experience
Essential
- * Relevant post registration experience relevant to clinical area
- * In depth for nutritional assessment / nutritional screening tools.
- * Knowledge of all types of nutritional support.
- * Up to date with clinical developments, with evidence of contributions to clinical meetings / journal clubs.
- * Working knowledge of computer programmes e.g. word processing, spreadsheets, power point, dietary analysis, data collection and patient information programmes.
- * Evidence of clinical audit and/or research. * Evidence of multi-disciplinary team work.
- * Knowledge of standards of record keeping and medico-legal issues.
- * Experience of training Dietetic students.
Desirable
- * Evidence of teaching groups pf professionals and patients (D)
- * Evidence of ongoing regular attendance on post-graduate training courses and clinical development.
- * Evidence of attendance at national conferences. * Attendance at specialist group meetings of BDA and accredited specialist training course.
- * Attendance at relevant multi-disciplinary courses/conferences
Additional Criteria
Essential
- * Ability to work through interpreters and use visual aids
- * Able to use a range of communication skills
- * Presentation / teaching skills
- * To work independently & as part of a team.
- * Manage and organise own work load.
- * Use equipment relevant to speciality e.g. skin fold callipers, enteral feeding equipment, weighing scales, stadiometers.
- * Plan and deliver a clinical audit programme.
- * Deputise as appropriate
- * Report writing skills
- * Complete home enteral feeding discharges competently.
- * Excellent interpersonal and team working skills.
- * Ability to absorb, interpret and summarise complex verbal information.
- * Ability to cope with a variety of personal and professional approaches to patient care.
- * Ability to discuss and influence with healthcare professionals across multidisciplinary teams and other agencies.
- * Ability to communicate where there are barriers to understanding in addition to any communication impairment e.g. psychological resistance to change, hostility, extreme distress and grief.
- * Ability to analyse, interpret and explain complex information on diagnosis, management plan and their implications in a clear and precise manner to patients, their relatives and members of the multiprofessional team.
- * Ability to use skills of persuasion, motivation, negotiation and problem solving with colleagues, members of the multi professional team and other professionals on a daily basis.
- * Organisational skills with the ability to organise own workload and work in a systematic way
- * Excellent time management
- * Excellent interpersonal and team working skills
- * Demonstrates interest and enthusiasm for nutrition
- * Motivated to develop the service
- * Flexibility in the approach to a day in the knowledge that pressure of demand and throughput of patients will impact on original aims of the day
- * Work onsite due to the clinical caseload
- * Enthusiasm and commitment to train student dietitians and others
- * Commitment to CPD
Desirable
- * Active member of relevant professional groups
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- * Evidence of relevant GCSE, NVQ, GNVQ, AS and A levels
- * Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics or equivalent
- * Registration with HCPC
Desirable
- *MSc or equivalent experience e.g. advanced level of clinical practice / relevant postgraduate, professionally accredited courses
Experience
Essential
- * Relevant post registration experience relevant to clinical area
- * In depth for nutritional assessment / nutritional screening tools.
- * Knowledge of all types of nutritional support.
- * Up to date with clinical developments, with evidence of contributions to clinical meetings / journal clubs.
- * Working knowledge of computer programmes e.g. word processing, spreadsheets, power point, dietary analysis, data collection and patient information programmes.
- * Evidence of clinical audit and/or research. * Evidence of multi-disciplinary team work.
- * Knowledge of standards of record keeping and medico-legal issues.
- * Experience of training Dietetic students.
Desirable
- * Evidence of teaching groups pf professionals and patients (D)
- * Evidence of ongoing regular attendance on post-graduate training courses and clinical development.
- * Evidence of attendance at national conferences. * Attendance at specialist group meetings of BDA and accredited specialist training course.
- * Attendance at relevant multi-disciplinary courses/conferences
Additional Criteria
Essential
- * Ability to work through interpreters and use visual aids
- * Able to use a range of communication skills
- * Presentation / teaching skills
- * To work independently & as part of a team.
- * Manage and organise own work load.
- * Use equipment relevant to speciality e.g. skin fold callipers, enteral feeding equipment, weighing scales, stadiometers.
- * Plan and deliver a clinical audit programme.
- * Deputise as appropriate
- * Report writing skills
- * Complete home enteral feeding discharges competently.
- * Excellent interpersonal and team working skills.
- * Ability to absorb, interpret and summarise complex verbal information.
- * Ability to cope with a variety of personal and professional approaches to patient care.
- * Ability to discuss and influence with healthcare professionals across multidisciplinary teams and other agencies.
- * Ability to communicate where there are barriers to understanding in addition to any communication impairment e.g. psychological resistance to change, hostility, extreme distress and grief.
- * Ability to analyse, interpret and explain complex information on diagnosis, management plan and their implications in a clear and precise manner to patients, their relatives and members of the multiprofessional team.
- * Ability to use skills of persuasion, motivation, negotiation and problem solving with colleagues, members of the multi professional team and other professionals on a daily basis.
- * Organisational skills with the ability to organise own workload and work in a systematic way
- * Excellent time management
- * Excellent interpersonal and team working skills
- * Demonstrates interest and enthusiasm for nutrition
- * Motivated to develop the service
- * Flexibility in the approach to a day in the knowledge that pressure of demand and throughput of patients will impact on original aims of the day
- * Work onsite due to the clinical caseload
- * Enthusiasm and commitment to train student dietitians and others
- * Commitment to CPD
Desirable
- * Active member of relevant professional groups
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
