Clinical Lead Dietitian- Nutrition Support (6-7 Progression post)

Derby, England, United Kingdom

8/5/2025

University Hospitals Derby and Burton, are delighted to be able to offer a new post for a Clinical Lead Dietitian in adult Nutrition Support.

This post will be integrated within our current nutrition support team and wider department, but will hold strong links with wider MDTs. The department will consider applications from dietitians with substantial adult nutrition support experience, who would be considered for a band 6 to 7 progression post. Previous acute nutrition support (Critical Care and Parenteral Nutrition) is essential. Duration of progression to band 7 dependant on current experience.

This role will also hold responsibility in supporting our general dietetic workforce, including clinical supervision for entry level dietitians, by facilitating professional development, clinical confidence, and reflective practice.

We are constantly looking at ways to empower our team, drive Quality Improvement initiatives, and provide a strong, positive team culture, with emphasis on wellbeing and resilience within the department.

We aim to celebrate and cultivate colleagues within our department, and actively look for opportunities for social inclusion.

This clinical lead for nutrition support will be responsible for a complex, highly specialist clinical case load providing advanced nutritional advice to ensure the best outcome for the patients.

As clinical lead you will work closely with dietetic and multi professional colleagues across the Trust to ensure high quality, evidence based care is provided to patients. You will also be able to expand research and audit work with the service, and have the opportunity to lead transformation and improvement projects, and influence our service delivery.

Applicants must be able to demonstrate strong communication and leadership capabilities, as well as the ability to work autonomously to assess and manage a caseload of patients. You need to be resilient and able to manage and prioritise your clinical caseload whilst supporting the work and development of the team.

The department is well established in facilitating the training of dietetic students, including apprentice dietitians, and the dietetic workforce are involved in delivering a variety of education and training programmes for other health care professionals across the Trust, relating to nutritional care.

Please read carefully the Job Description and Person Specification for the role

Closing date of advert: 19 August 2025

Interview date: 2 September 2025

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In Return We Will Offer

• Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development
• On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
• Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes
  
  

Key Facts

• We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
• We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
• An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
• Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
• Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
• We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
• We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
• UHDB is a research active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.
  
  

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Rhiannon Robinson Job title: Dietetic Team Lead Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 01332 785573

Wendy Barber - Operational Lead Dietetics

01332 785573