Job summary
As the Team Leader Dietitian for Critical Care, you will provide advanced clinical leadership and specialist dietetic expertise for the nutritional management of critically ill patients, including those with complex needs such as trauma, transplant, burns, and multi-organ failure. You will lead and coordinate the critical care dietetic team, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, evidence-based care across Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital.
You will be responsible for service development, quality improvement, and the implementation of best practice guidelines within critical care nutrition. Acting as the key point of contact for critical care nutrition, you will represent the dietetic service at multidisciplinary meetings, directorate forums, and Trust-wide initiatives. The role includes line management of dietitians and support staff, supporting recruitment, induction, and ongoing professional development.
You will also provide expert education, training, and supervision to dietitians, students, and the wider MDT, and act as a placement educator for student dietitians. The post requires flexible working across sites and collaboration with a wide range of internal and external partners to ensure seamless, patient-centred care.
Main duties of the job
As Team Leader Dietitian for Critical Care, you will provide advanced clinical leadership and specialist dietetic care for critically ill patients, including those with complex needs such as trauma, transplant, burns, and multi-organ failure. You will lead and coordinate the critical care dietetic team, ensuring high standards of evidence-based, patient-centred care. Key duties include expert assessment and management of complex nutritional needs, line management and supervision of dietitians and assistants, and leading service development, quality improvement, and audit projects. You will deliver education and training to the MDT and students, represent the service at multidisciplinary meetings, and ensure compliance with national standards and Trust policies. The role requires flexible working across sites and collaboration with a range of internal and external partners.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled Worker Visa sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. You can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for the post by assessing your circumstances against criteria specified on the gov.uk website.
About us
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc or Post Graduate Diploma in Nutrition and Dietetics.
- HCPC Registration
Desirable
- Postgraduate training in critical care nutrition.
- Leadership/Management qualification.
- Clinical Supervisory Skills Course.
Knowledge, Training & Experience
Essential
- Significant post-registration experience in critical care dietetics.
- Evidence of effective multidisciplinary team (MDT) working.
- Experience of leading a team.
- Experience of teaching and supervising others.
- Involvement in audit and/or research.
- Advanced clinical skills in managing complex enteral and parenteral nutrition.
- Experience of leading and developing a specialist service.
Desirable
- PENG Critical Care accreditation.
- Experience of service development.
- Experience of managing change.
- Evidence of research activity and presenting at conferences.
Communication and Interpersonal Skills
Essential
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to lead and motivate a team.
- Experience of delivering training to others.
- Understanding of confidentiality and ability to manage complex and sensitive information.
- Experience of delivering education and training to the MDT and students.
Desirable
- Presentation skills.
- Experience of service improvement.
- Assertiveness, adaptability, and creativity.
Special Attributes
Essential
- Motivation to develop new skills.
- High level of interpersonal skills, empathy, and diplomacy.
- Flexible and reliable, with the ability to manage competing priorities.
- Evidence of staff development.
Desirable
- Assertiveness, adaptable, creative.
Other Requirements
Essential
- Good timekeeping.
- Ability to work across hospital sites as required.
- Member of the British Dietetic Association.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- BSc or Post Graduate Diploma in Nutrition and Dietetics.
- HCPC Registration
Desirable
- Postgraduate training in critical care nutrition.
- Leadership/Management qualification.
- Clinical Supervisory Skills Course.
Knowledge, Training & Experience
Essential
- Significant post-registration experience in critical care dietetics.
- Evidence of effective multidisciplinary team (MDT) working.
- Experience of leading a team.
- Experience of teaching and supervising others.
- Involvement in audit and/or research.
- Advanced clinical skills in managing complex enteral and parenteral nutrition.
- Experience of leading and developing a specialist service.
Desirable
- PENG Critical Care accreditation.
- Experience of service development.
- Experience of managing change.
- Evidence of research activity and presenting at conferences.
Communication and Interpersonal Skills
Essential
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to lead and motivate a team.
- Experience of delivering training to others.
- Understanding of confidentiality and ability to manage complex and sensitive information.
- Experience of delivering education and training to the MDT and students.
Desirable
- Presentation skills.
- Experience of service improvement.
- Assertiveness, adaptability, and creativity.
Special Attributes
Essential
- Motivation to develop new skills.
- High level of interpersonal skills, empathy, and diplomacy.
- Flexible and reliable, with the ability to manage competing priorities.
- Evidence of staff development.
Desirable
- Assertiveness, adaptable, creative.
Other Requirements
Essential
- Good timekeeping.
- Ability to work across hospital sites as required.
- Member of the British Dietetic Association.
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).
