Highly Specialist Dietitian - Front Door

Job summary

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Highly Specialist Dietitian - Front Door to join our Nutrition and Dietetic team at East Surrey Hospital. This is a new opportunity to lead and develop dietetic services across the Trust's Front Door areas, including the Emergency Department, Acute Medical Unit, Same Day Emergency Care and Frailty services, supporting timely, effective nutritional care for patients on admission.

You will work as an autonomous, highly specialist dietitian, managing a complex caseload and providing expert nutritional assessment and intervention, including enteral and parenteral nutrition. The role also includes contributing to service development, audit and quality improvement activity, and supporting the operational and strategic planning of the Front Door dietetic service.

As a senior member of the team, you will provide leadership, supervision and education to dietitians, dietetic assistants and students, and work closely with multidisciplinary colleagues across medical, nursing, therapy, catering and pharmacy teams. You will also contribute to dietetic leadership across Front Door, Stroke, Care of the Elderly and Oncology services as part of the Dietetic Medical Team.

We are looking for a flexible and compassionate dietitian who demonstrates our Trust values of Dignity and Respect, One Team, Compassion, and Safety and Quality. In return, we offer opportunities for professional development and the chance to apply your specialist skills.

Main duties of the job

• Lead and deliver a highly specialist dietetic service across Front Door areas, including ED, AMU, SAU, SDEC and Frailty services, providing timely and effective nutritional care.
• Manage a complex clinical caseload as an autonomous practitioner, including patients requiring clinically assisted nutrition.
• Provide leadership, supervision and education for dietitians, dietetic assistants and student dietitians, supporting the development of safe, high-quality practice.
• Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary teams to support coordinated patient care, effective communication ongoing patient management.
• Contribute to service development, audit, quality improvement activity and the operational planning of the Front Door and Medical Dietetic service.

About us

We are a leading local employer with a diverse workforce of approximately 6,000 staff, dedicated to providing healthcare services to a growing population of around 780,000 individuals.

Our Trust provides both emergency and planned healthcare across East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon - covering towns like Crawley, Horsham, Reigate, and Redhill. Our main hospital, East Surrey in Redhill, offers a full range of acute and specialist services and is also the closest trauma unit to Gatwick Airport. We also provide outpatient, diagnostic, and planned care services at sites including The Earlswood Centre, Caterham Dene Hospital, Oxted Health Centre, Crawley Hospital, and Horsham Hospital.

We are proud to be an inclusive employer, and we work hard to create an environment where everyone feels valued and supported. At our Trust, we strive to be the best place to work and receive care. We are dedicated to supporting you in your current role while helping you grow and develop your career. As part of our team, you will have access to excellent training opportunities, flexible working, dedicated support networks, and a strong emphasis on health and wellbeing to ensure a thriving and positive work environment.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will act as a highly specialist, autonomous practitioner leading the delivery of dietetic services across the Trusts Front Door areas, including ED, AMU, SAU, SDEC and Frailty services, providing expert nutritional assessment and intervention for patients with complex needs, including clinically assisted nutrition. The role includes managing a complex clinical caseload, contributing to service development, audit and quality improvement activity, and supporting the operational planning of the Front Door and Medical Dietetic service. As a specialist dietitian, the post holder will provide leadership, supervision and education to dietitians, dietetic assistants and student dietitians, while working collaboratively with multidisciplinary colleagues including medical, nursing, therapy, pharmacy, catering and frailty teams to support safe, effective and coordinated patient care, and ensure continuity of dietetic input across services.

Person Specification

Criteria

Essential

• Evidence of a good standard of written English appropriate to the role
• A complete and accurate application
• Suitability for role evidenced in supporting statement
• Evidence of essential experience for role
• Meet the essential education/qualifications required for the role
• Hold the necessary mandatory professional/clinical registration
• Evidence of the Trust values and behaviours
• Evidence of any other essential criteria outlined in the person specification

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).