Job summary
Be part of our passionate dietetic team at MFT where we have vision & motivation to empower people to achieve their goals, feel better & live longer.
Here you'll enrich your career in one of the largest NHS Trusts in England. You'll be a highly valued member of our amazingly diverse seventy strong dietetic team, who make a real difference across 4 hospital sites.
Based at Wythenshawe Teaching Hospital, you'll be close to vibrant Manchester, enjoying its culture and excellent transport links; whilst working in the relatively calm surroundings of a suburban hospital. As we work together to improve the services provided to our local community & those accessing our regional specialist services, you & your patients will benefit from the biggest electronic record system & innovative online patient portal.
Here you can really grow with the knowledge & guidance shared by our multi-sited dietetic working groups. Why not contribute by writing an article for our health & wellbeing newsletter or present at a CPD event.
Our coordinated preceptorship programme will assist you in the transition from learner to qualified practitioner and our well-established appraisal structure will support your personal aspirations.Thinking about your long-term career, consider the paths of your experienced colleagues who have accessed research training, undertaken non-medical prescribing, advanced their clinical competencies, developed leadership skills, & expanded their educator abilities.
Main duties of the job
With good organisational & prioritisation skills, you'll be a great addition to any one of the teams you rotate into. Whether medicine, gastroenterology, trauma & orthopaedics, respiratory, or cardiology & transplant. You'll provide exceptional nutritional care to acute wards & outpatient services.
Once you achieve a recognised dietetics degree or equivalent & registered with the HCPC; you'll assess the nutritional condition of patients, make dietetic diagnoses, give therapeutic treatment options, & provide evidenced-based advice. As the consistent practitioner, you'll review outcomes, & adapt care plans to facilitate patient centred goals.Always ensuring medical, psychological, social, environmental & cultural needs are considered.
Your communication skills will produce records achieving national standards & local policy.An empathetic clinician you'll build rapport & show compassion in difficult situations. You'll deliver education programmes, developing your virtual and direct presentation skills.
As a member of multi-disciplinary services, you'll work with highly skilled specialist nurses, doctors, speech and language therapists, podiatrists, & psychiatrists.
About us
MFT is one of the largest NHS Trusts in England with a turnover of £2.8bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 30,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.
We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating, and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Honours Degree / Post Graduate Diploma in Nutrition and Dietetics
- Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) Registered
Desirable
- Member of the British Dietetic Association (BDA)
Experience
Essential
- Recent graduate, or previous band 5 experience
- Understanding of basic nutritional assessment & support, diabetes &coronary heart disease
- Able to interpret dietary prescriptions for noncomplex patients both practically and sensitively and deal with health professionals in the appropriate manner
- Appreciates own limitations
Desirable
- Ability to adapt advice for patients of different age groups
Knowledge
Essential
- Basic knowledge of clinical dietetics including anthropometric measurements, biochemical interpretation to ensure safe practice. Ability to formulate meaningful nutrition plans
- Appreciation of Clinical Governance
- Participation in continuing professional development to ensure evidence based practice
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Honours Degree / Post Graduate Diploma in Nutrition and Dietetics
- Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) Registered
Desirable
- Member of the British Dietetic Association (BDA)
Experience
Essential
- Recent graduate, or previous band 5 experience
- Understanding of basic nutritional assessment & support, diabetes &coronary heart disease
- Able to interpret dietary prescriptions for noncomplex patients both practically and sensitively and deal with health professionals in the appropriate manner
- Appreciates own limitations
Desirable
- Ability to adapt advice for patients of different age groups
Knowledge
Essential
- Basic knowledge of clinical dietetics including anthropometric measurements, biochemical interpretation to ensure safe practice. Ability to formulate meaningful nutrition plans
- Appreciation of Clinical Governance
- Participation in continuing professional development to ensure evidence based practice
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).
