Dietician

A rare and exciting opportunity has arisen for an experience dietitian to join the North Mersey Stroke service. We invite applications from band 5 or 6 dietitians with experience of working in an acute inpatient setting and an interest in stroke.

The North Mersey stroke service consists of centralised acute services on the Aintree site including Stroke Emergency Assessment centre (SEAC), Hyperacute (HASU) and inpatient rehab based on the Aintree site where this post will be based. There is also an an inpatient rehab unit and the stroke early supported discharge teams based at Broadgreen hospital who you will develop stroke working relationships with.

You will be supervised by a band 7 dietitian and will maintain stroke professional links with the Aintree dietitic team for peer support and inservice training. Working in the stroke service you will be part of a well established and supportive MDT consisting of medics, nursing staff and other AHP colleagues.

The successful candidate will need to demonstrate an interest in stroke care, excellent communication skills, a practical and forward thinking approach to service development and evaluation and the ability to work as part of a large team.

This post requires active participation in innovation and service improvement initiatives and audit. You will be supported with your personal development goals through annual appraisal and will have regular supervision.

You will also be involved with supervision of dietitic students and graduate dietitians as part of your role so strong leadership and communication skills are essential. You will work with the wider team to review performance against national standards and identify areas for improvement, contribute to local team meetings including safety and governance and contribute to training and education programs.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women’s Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

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Please see attached job description and person specification for full details. below are some examples of responsibilities of this post:

To contribute to the delivery of the dietitic service

To assess and treat a defined caseload of patients and maintain accurate records

To work collaboratively and co-operatively with other clinicians to meet the care needs of a defined inpatient caseload

Contribute to development of policies and procedures local to your clinical area

Participate in data collection, service improvement and audit

Participate in the supervision and support of junior staff and students

participate in the education, training and development of MDT and AHP staff