Professional Lead for Nutrition and Dietetics - Harrogate, United Kingdom - Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust

Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust
Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust
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Harrogate, United Kingdom

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Are passionate about compassionate leadership? Are you an experienced dietitian looking to lead a service that covers both acute, community, adult and paediatric services? Then this could be your next role


The dietetic team at Harrogate hospital is looking for a new Professional lead for Nutrition and Dietetics who will have a history of leading dietetic teams, a passion for the profession and a drive for innovation.

The service currently consists of 21 staff with 3 associate practitioners and 17 dietitians.

The team deliver dietetic care across the district community for both adults and children, as well as acute in-patients, acute paediatrics, and out-patients.

There are specialist clinical posts in ICU, Home Enteral Feeding, nutrition support, neurology, stroke, diabetes, paediatrics, gastroenterology and cancer care as well as an experienced band 7 leadership team.

To provide leadership to all Nutrition & Dietetic Service staff in Harrogate & District NHS Foundation Trust.

To provide leadership on professional strategic development issues and implications for clinical governance, workforce, education, and training issues to ensure the workforce is fit for purpose.

To act as the professional advisor to the Trust on nutritional matters, working collaboratively with senior colleagues to ensure governance and policy around nutritional care is robust and in line with national standards

To provide high level clinical care to specific patient groups depending upon area of expertise and knowledge.


As a Professional Lead within HDFT you will work closely with the Trust Strategic AHP lead and other profession specific leads.

There is support for professional development and you will be encouraged to participate in wider AHP projects at both local and regional level.

At HDFT we believe all colleagues have a part to play in reflecting our values.

These have been developed by teams across the Trust and provide a framework for our behaviours:
we aim to show Kindness, Integrity, Teamwork and Equality in everything we do.

  • To provide operational and professional leadership and support to dietitians within Harrogate & District NHS Foundation Trust
  • To champion Nutrition & Dietetics and lead its contribution to service delivery within the Harrogate & District NHS Foundation Trust
  • To provide leadership to the Trust on nutrition related matters including acting as the chair of Trust Nutrition Steering Group, contributing to the Trust Food & Drink Strategy and raising the profile of nutritional care
  • To support the senior nursing and catering teams to ensure high quality nutritional care is provided to all patients within HDFT.
  • To provide assurance to the Trust regarding compliance with professional regulations and codes of conduct to practice.
  • To advise the Trust AHP Lead of matters concerning Dietetic Profession and registrants at HDFT
  • To work with the AHP lead, Planned and Surgical Care Directorate Management Team, Nutrition and Dietetic team leaders and others to lead the strategic vision of the contribution of Nutrition & Dietetics to patient care for both current services and future developments.
  • To identify nutrition related national or local clinical and strategic policy, interpreting, informing and advising the Trust of any implications for clinical practice.
  • To ensure safe and high quality services are delivered to all patients of the dietetic service
  • To advise on the clinical governance strategy for Nutrition & Dietetics and make recommendations for action where current policy is not sufficient to deliver safe high quality care to all.
  • To deliver high quality clinical care in a specific area of dietetics commensurate with skills and experience
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