Job overview

Specialist Gastroenterology / Nutrition Support Dietitian
Band 6 
Permanent – Full time position  

This post will allow you to develop your skills and knowledge to provide (with support initially) an efficient and high quality specialised dietetic service to complex nutritional support patients (enteral and parenteral) and provide dietetic cover for the critical care unit in Team Leaders absence.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will provide effective dietetic treatment for a caseload of adult inpatients at Tameside General Hospital. This will be on a variety of wards including Gastroenterology. You will also be an integral member of the Upper GI MDT supporting patients from diagnosis throughout their treatment.

The post holder will mentor recently qualified dietitians, be involved with all aspects of provision for dietetic learners and provide training to other Healthcare Professionals,

Working for our organisation

Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust serves a community of 250,000 people across Tameside & Glossop. We provide a range of quality services both within the hospital and across our community for both adults and children.  Our vision is to improve health outcomes for our population and influence wider determinants of health through collaboration with our health & care partners.

We have a clear set of values & behaviours which we expect all of our staff to demonstrate & these are:

  • Safety
  • Care
  • Respect
  • Communication
  • Learning

    • We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

    We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian & minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ people & Disabled people.

    We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

    Detailed job description and main responsibilities

    Section 1: Main Duties and Responsibilities

  • To provide a high quality, efficient Dietetic service to adult patients on a variety of wards including the Gastroenterology ward.
  • To provide knowledge and experience to assist less experienced dietitians manage their more complex patients in a safe and high quality way across surgical, medical and elderly care wards.
  • To meet competencies in assessing and treating complex and critical care patients and to cover the Unit in the Team Leaders absence once competencies met.
  • To participate in the training of other health professionals as agreed with team lead.
  • To cover clinics (critical care, outpatients or community) if required.

    • Person specification

    knowledge and experience

    Essential criteria

  • HCPC registered
  • BSc (Hons)or post graduate diploma in Nutrition and Dietetics
  • Experience of nutrition support
  • Experience working with patients requiring artificial nutritional support such as naso gastric or gastrostomy feeding.
  • Excellent practical knowledge of the dietetic treatment of a range of conditions including oesophageal cancer, IBD, liver disease
  • Working knowledge of evidence based / best practice interventions

    • Desirable criteria

  • Experience with gastro / upper GI cancer
  • Member of the BDA
  • Student assessment course

    • New colleagues can look forward to a warm welcome here at Tameside & Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust. 

    For our agenda for change staff, we offer a competitive benefits package with regular pay awards, annual leave of 27 days increasing to 33 days after 10 years and access to a competitive Pension Scheme to which both you and the Trust contribute.

    Alongside this there are extensive training development opportunities with paid mandatory training, a protected training budget for staff and support for flexible working. We have an on-site Occupational Health Service to support you at work and have fast track access to physio, counselling and complimentary therapies.

    The Trust is committed to making a difference to the environment. Our “Save Planet Tameside & Glossop” strategy means that we work towards protecting our natural environment and “green” workplace practices at all times.

    Employer certification / accreditation badges

    Applicant requirements

    You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

    This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.