Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Specialist Dietitian - Weight Management

The closing date is 25 May 2025

Job summary

Specialist weight management dietitian 30 hours per week (flexible working considered) Band 6 fixed term 12 months to cover maternity leave.

Do you have a passion for working in weight management? Do you want to join a high quality established team providing a Tier 3 weight management service in Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust? The service is fully integrated with our bariatric service, and we work as a multidisciplinary team.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a specialist dietitian to join our team with two other dietitians and a part-time psychologist in the Tier 3 service. The post is based at Worcester Royal Hospital and includes clinics at Kidderminster, Redditch and Bromsgrove.

Some clinics will be virtual. We are a forward thinking and proactive Dietetic department of 22 dietitians working within specialty teams.

We can offer you,

A friendly and supportive team of colleagues, excellent peer support and regular clinical supervision,

The Department is approved for student placements A, B and C. All staff actively participate in student training.

We are committed to your personal development, well-being, and CPD.

As a department we have regular specialty and team meetings with a focus on quality improvement and maintaining CPD.

If you would like to learn more about this post, please contact Penny Lock-Pullan or Brigitta David Specialist Weight Management Dietitians and Team Leaders on 07834 172227 or email

wah-tr.weight.managementservice@nhs.net

Main duties of the job

The post holder is a key member of the weight management MDT, and we work closely with the bariatric dietitians, bariatric nurses, psychologists and surgeons.

Experience in weight management work and behaviour change approaches is desirable as are excellent interpersonal, communication skills and collaborative teamwork. Enthusiasm and commitment are essential.

About us

Our purpose is simple - Putting Patients First. We are looking for exceptional colleagues who can help us achieve this.

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester

Our workforce is over 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision - working in partnership to provide the best healthcare for our communities, leading and supporting our teams to move 4ward. Our 4ward behaviours, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Our objectives are simple:

Best services for local people
Best experience of care and best outcomes for our patients
Best use of resources
Best people

Better never stops, and our Clinical Services Strategy provides a clear future vision for our Trust, our hospitals, our services and our role in the wider health and care system.

We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.

Date posted

09 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£37,338 to £44,962 a year

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

C9365-25-0400

Job locations

Charles Hastings Way

Worcester

Worcestershire

WR5 1DD

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Purpose:

To work as a specialist dietitian in the department within the Weight management service with a special interest in Tier 3 weight management.
Work as part of the multidisciplinary medical and bariatric teams providing an effective specialist weight management service.
To provide cover for out -patient clinics/groups during times of leave.
To assist with data collection and audit.

Job Summary:

Working as an experienced autonomous practitioner, to provide a high standard of patient focused care through specialised assessment.
To plan and deliver a high quality service to patients working in conjunction with the multi-disciplinary team.
To offer dietetic skills and expertise to complex patients.
To contribute to the Therapy Clinical Governance agenda to further improve the quality of the service.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Job Purpose:

To work as a specialist dietitian in the department within the Weight management service with a special interest in Tier 3 weight management.
Work as part of the multidisciplinary medical and bariatric teams providing an effective specialist weight management service.
To provide cover for out -patient clinics/groups during times of leave.
To assist with data collection and audit.

Job Summary:

Working as an experienced autonomous practitioner, to provide a high standard of patient focused care through specialised assessment.
To plan and deliver a high quality service to patients working in conjunction with the multi-disciplinary team.
To offer dietetic skills and expertise to complex patients.
To contribute to the Therapy Clinical Governance agenda to further improve the quality of the service.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Degree or Postgraduate Diploma in Nutrition & Dietetics
Wide range of CPD activities related to specialist area
Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration - dietitian

Desirable

Attendance at training course or conference related to obesity
Post graduate training in behaviour change /motivational interviewing/
CBT
Member of the British Dietetic Association.
Member of appropriate specialist group e.g. BDA obesity group

Experience

Essential

Experience of working in specialist areas as part of a team.
Experience of implementing evidence based practice for continuous service improvement.
Experience of teaching healthcare staff.
Experience of implementing clinical governance.
Evidence of active participation in audit and/or clinical research.

Desirable

Experience of supervising students.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Degree or Postgraduate Diploma in Nutrition & Dietetics
Wide range of CPD activities related to specialist area
Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration - dietitian

Desirable

Attendance at training course or conference related to obesity
Post graduate training in behaviour change /motivational interviewing/
CBT
Member of the British Dietetic Association.
Member of appropriate specialist group e.g. BDA obesity group

Experience

Essential

Experience of working in specialist areas as part of a team.
Experience of implementing evidence based practice for continuous service improvement.
Experience of teaching healthcare staff.
Experience of implementing clinical governance.
Evidence of active participation in audit and/or clinical research.

Desirable

Experience of supervising students.

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).

Additional information

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

UK Registration

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

Employer details

Employer name

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Charles Hastings Way

Worcester

Worcestershire

WR5 1DD

Employer's website

https://www.worcsacute.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

Address

Charles Hastings Way

Worcester

Worcestershire

WR5 1DD

Employer's website

https://www.worcsacute.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)