Specialist Dietitian – Frailty and Acute Medicine
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 09/09/2026
- Closes
- 23/09/2026
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Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated Specialist Dietitian in Frailty to join the Inpatient Dietitian team at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. The role involves providing a safe, effective, and evidence-based dietetic service to medical and frailty patients, working alongside a Band 7 Dietitian and an integrated MDT. The successful candidate will manage a specialist caseload, drive quality improvement, and contribute to training and development within the service. Excellent communication and autonomous working skills are essential for this role.
Key responsibilities
- Provide a safe, effective and consistently high quality Nutrition and Dietetic service.
- Manage a delegated caseload within specialist area, assessing, planning, and implementing patient-centred, evidence-based interventions.
- Provide evidence-based care, education and information to patients, carers and health care professionals in various settings.
- Contribute to the training and development of Dietetic students, Dietitians and Dietetic Assistant/Support workers.
- Supervise and support Band 5 Dietitians and Dietetic Assistants/Support workers.
Essential criteria
- Exposure to potentially distressing or emotional situations pertaining to the clinical or social circumstances of patients
- Must maintain patient confidentiality at all times
- Able to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service
- Able to make an assessment of nutritional issues/problems
- Ability to manage a range of nutritional issues/problems
- High quality written communication skills
- High quality verbal communication skills
- Ability to communicate complex information to clients, carers and other professionals in a sensitive manner.
- Ability to adapt communication style where required (with individuals or groups)
- Ability to motivate or persuade others to facilitate change
- Able to keep accurate records relating to patient care
- Ability to reflect on practice with peers/supervisor(s)
- Active team member
- Flexibility/adaptability in handling work pressures, competing interests and busy caseload to meet service need
- Prioritisation skills
- Developed time management skills
- Well-developed problem solving/analytical skills
- Able to recognise own clinical and experience boundaries and to seek support/advice when appropriate
- Well-motivated, with a commitment to developing the service
- IT skills
- Post-graduate experience in clinical dietetics
- Experience in managing oral nutrition support
- Experience in managing enteral nutrition support
- Working in a multi-professional environment
- Working in a team
- Ability to work autonomously
- Managing a clinical caseload
- Clinical audit
- Specialist knowledge across a range of nutrition and dietetic procedures acquired through degree and postgraduate experience
- Specialist knowledge relevant to clinical area
- Understanding of audit and its role in clinical practice/service development
- Knowledge of policies and procedures and guidelines relevant to role
- Awareness of dietetic products and clinical reason(s) for use
- Understanding of NHS structure and systems
- Awareness of cultural diversity and equality issues
- Degree in Human Nutrition and Dietetics or Postgraduate Diploma in Human Nutrition and Dietetics
- Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
Desirable criteria
- Behavious change skills
- Experience in managing parenteral nutrition
- Experience in managing critically ill patients
- Presenting training sessions/talks
- Training student dietitians
- Good working knowledge of frailty and underlying health conditions
- Member of the British Dietetic Association
- Member of relevant British Dietetic Association Specialist Groups
- Post graduate training in nutrition support
- Post registration training in parenteral nutrition
- Attendance at courses, conferences or study days which support dietetic knowledge and/or practice
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £39,959 – £48,117 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
Specialist Dietitian – Frailty and Acute Medicine
The closing date is 23 September 2026
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Inpatient Dietitian team at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust.
We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Specialist Dietitian in Frailty to join our Integrated Nutrition and Dietetic service at Stockport NHS Foundation Trust. You will work alongside a band 7 Dietitian to provide a safe, effective and evidence based dietetic service to the medical and frailty patients.
You will be joining a supportive and enthusiastic team of 19 Dietitians, 2 Dietetic Support Workers and a Dietetic Apprentice. as well as working as an integral part of an MDT alongside consultants and specialist nurses. The successful candidate will support driving quality improvement within the service.
We are looking for a passionate and innovative dietitian who is keen to share and develop their clinical knowledge that they have acquired in relation to nutrition support, frailty Dietetics. The role requires excellent communication and team working skills, as well as the ability to work autonomously to manage a specialist caseload.
Main duties of the job
To provide a safe, effective and consistently high quality Nutrition and Dietetic service at Stockport Foundation Trust.
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