Job summary
The States of Guernsey are looking for a Lead for Dietetics and Nutrition.
This is a rare chance to step into a senior leadership position where your expertise in nutrition and dietetics will shape the future of healthcare across an entire island community. As the Head of the Guernsey Nutrition and Dietetic Service, you won't just manage a team you'll influence strategy, drive innovation, and elevate standards of care across Health and Social Care.
You will lead on all things nutrition, guiding policy, championing best practice, and ensuring that patients in every setting from acute wards to community services receive exceptional nutritional care.
The role blends strategic leadership with advanced clinical practice, giving you the best of both worlds. You'll work at the top of your profession, providing specialist input to ICU, Renal, and Gastroenterology services, while also shaping the systems, workforce, and governance that underpin high quality care.
You'll collaborate closely with senior leaders, influence hospital and community food standards across Guernsey and Alderney and help build a future ready service that supports healthier lives for the whole population.
This is a role for someone who wants to lead, innovate confidently, and make a tangible difference every day.
Main duties of the job
The postholder is responsible for the overall management of
the Guernsey Nutrition and Dietetic Service, providing strong leadership and
clinical guidance to all staff within Health and Social Care.
They will lead on professional and strategic development,
ensuring that clinical governance, workforce planning, education, and training
align with service needs and support a capable, future-ready workforce.
The role includes acting as the organisations professional
advisor on nutritional matters, working collaboratively with senior colleagues
to ensure robust governance, policies, and standards of nutritional care across
all settings.
This includes liaising with the Hospital Catering department
to ensure Hospital Food Standards are met in both Guernsey, Alderney, and also
working with Community Nutrition Standards. In addition, the postholder will be
expected to deliver advanced clinical care to a range of specialist patient
groups, in particular the post holder will offer specialist clinical input to
ICU, expert input to Renal services and to Gastroenterology, and will offer
additional input to acute areas and Alderney as required.
They will undertake a significant formal and informal
educational role to other health care professionals and the public, will lead
on having Dietetic Students on placement in the department, and will support
the local pre and post registration nurse training. They will support the
Nutrition Link Nurses
About us
The Island of Guernsey is in the English Channel in the Bay of St Malo, 50km off the north-west coast of France and 120km from the English coast.
Guernsey has a population of around 63,000 and in Alderney just under 2,000. Working in arelatively smallHealth and Social Care Service like ours means you can effectively work with colleagues across the services, health and social care professionals can collaborate not only with each other but also other agencies, the third sector and the community.
We offer an attractive relocation policy and competitive salaries withgreat careeropportunities, modern facilities, excellent training, revalidation and registration support and a healthy work-life balance.
As a health or social care professional who chooses to join our team, you can look forward to working in an environment that gives you the time to care that you hoped for when choosing this career.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To be accountable for the delivery of clinical services
ensuring a high standard of care based on best practice to maintain
patient/service user safety and provide an excellent experience.
To coordinate the assessment of patients/service users with
complex needs including individuals with unconfirmed diagnosis.
To coordinate the development, implementation and evaluation
of specialised programmes of care utilising evidence and research.
To manage and prioritise a specialist caseload, including
those with multi-pathology and complex needs. Duties will include assessment,
using standardised and none standardised assessment tools, diagnosis,
treatments and interventions as part of an overall care plan, and discharge
planning working collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team.
To provide a specialist response in complex and highly
complex cases, to plan and implement patient centred individual or group
intervention. To monitor, evaluate, analyse and modify treatment to measure
progress and demonstrate clinical effectiveness of intervention using
evidence-based practice and outcome measures.
To utilise data and
information from a range of sources to identify patient/service user condition
to guide decision making.
Within field of expertise and policy and where appropriate,
request specific clinical tests to establish a diagnosis.
To undertake the role of health promoter and educator for
patients/service users and their support networks.
To ensure that
professional standards are upheld by the staff members working within the
postholders sphere of responsibility.
To manage all incidents as per policy and participate in
risk management and Quality and Safety processes e.g SWARM.
To be accountable for ensuring that safeguards are in place for patients/service users
and escalate any safety, safeguarding or risk concerns following the appropriate
processes.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To be accountable for the delivery of clinical services
ensuring a high standard of care based on best practice to maintain
patient/service user safety and provide an excellent experience.
To coordinate the assessment of patients/service users with
complex needs including individuals with unconfirmed diagnosis.
To coordinate the development, implementation and evaluation
of specialised programmes of care utilising evidence and research.
To manage and prioritise a specialist caseload, including
those with multi-pathology and complex needs. Duties will include assessment,
using standardised and none standardised assessment tools, diagnosis,
treatments and interventions as part of an overall care plan, and discharge
planning working collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team.
To provide a specialist response in complex and highly
complex cases, to plan and implement patient centred individual or group
intervention. To monitor, evaluate, analyse and modify treatment to measure
progress and demonstrate clinical effectiveness of intervention using
evidence-based practice and outcome measures.
To utilise data and
information from a range of sources to identify patient/service user condition
to guide decision making.
Within field of expertise and policy and where appropriate,
request specific clinical tests to establish a diagnosis.
To undertake the role of health promoter and educator for
patients/service users and their support networks.
To ensure that
professional standards are upheld by the staff members working within the
postholders sphere of responsibility.
To manage all incidents as per policy and participate in
risk management and Quality and Safety processes e.g SWARM.
To be accountable for ensuring that safeguards are in place for patients/service users
and escalate any safety, safeguarding or risk concerns following the appropriate
processes.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in Dietetics or Degree in dietetics and Nutrition
- HCPC registration
- Member of the British Dietetic Association and post registration
- experience and training in areas of specialism
- Management Qualification Level 5 and above
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in Dietetics or Degree in dietetics and Nutrition
- HCPC registration
- Member of the British Dietetic Association and post registration
- experience and training in areas of specialism
- Management Qualification Level 5 and above
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).
