Job Description

Job overview

We are excited to be recruiting a Team Lead Dietitian following the current post holder's retirement. If you are a Band dietitian looking to gain more leadership experience, or a Band seeking to advance your career, we would love to hear from you. Apply now!

This role offers diverse clinical opportunities and the chance to develop skills in neurosciences and critical care. You will lead a team of dietitians with support from fellow team lead dietitians.

This is a fantastic opportunity to join one of the UK's top teaching hospitals and to gain valuable training to help advance your career and join a team committed to excellent nutritional care.

We encourage all Bands to allocate a portion of their time to personal and service development, including quality improvement projects, clinical audits, CPD, and service development with the MDT.

As a valued team member, you will receive:

• Flexible working, including options for home working
• Clinical supervision and support from experienced and specialist dietitians
• Dedicated time for professional and service development
• Regular appraisals and a personalised development plan
• Access to various CPD opportunities, the Oxford AHPs Research & Innovation Unit, and the Bodleian Library collection.

Main duties of the job

• Provide a clinical dietetic service to Oxford University Hospitals Trust patients, including responsibility for highly specialised clinical areas.
• Deliver a high-quality Nutrition and Dietetic Service to the Neurosciences Intensive Care Unit and cover the Neuroscience Inpatient Units with support from a Band Dietitian.
• Lead, supervise, and support dietitians providing services in Critical Care Units at the John Radcliffe Hospital and Churchill Hospital, and Neurosciences Units at the John Radcliffe. Initiate and lead discussions on organisational, professional, and clinical issues.
• Work as part of a multidisciplinary team to provide a flexible, prioritised service based on clinical needs. Serve as an expert resource for local and national dietetic colleagues regarding nutritional management of these patient groups.
• Educate, train, and disseminate information to healthcare professionals, including clinicians, nurses, AHPs, dietetic colleagues, and students, especially related to patient care in the specified clinical areas.
• Participate in the development of evidence-based trust-wide multidisciplinary nutrition guidelines and policies.
• Collaborate with the Service Manager and other Dietetic Team Leads to support the department's operations and development.

Working for our organisation

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts, providing a wide range of clinical services and a hub for medical education, training, and research. The Trust includes four hospitals: John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, and Horton General Hospital.

Our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement, and excellence guide our commitment to high-quality care and professional relationships. We aim to deliver compassionate excellence, putting patients at the center of everything we do.