Lead Dietitian - Food First | Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 20 Mehefin 2025 |
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| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £46,148 - £52,809 Per annum pro rata |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 20 Gorffennaf 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Milton Keynes, MK6 5LD |
| Cwmni: | Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7295487/430-CC25-217A |
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Food First Lead Dietitian (Band 7)
Department of Nutrition & Dietetics
Hours: up to 37.5 hours / week – fixed term contract / secondment opportunity
1 year from October 2025
Are you an experienced Community Dietitian ready to take the next step in your career?
We have an exciting opportunity for a dynamic and motivated individual to lead our Food First and Prescribing Support Dietetic Service in Milton Keynes.
This is a 12-month leadership role within our innovative and supportive community dietetic team, working across care homes and primary care settings. You’ll lead a small, dedicated team comprising a Dietitian and a Dietetic Assistant Practitioner, collaborating closely with colleagues across Bedfordshire and Luton.
This role is ideal for a dietitian with substantial community experience and a passion for service development and leadership. You’ll bring strong communication, time management, and teamworking skills, along with the flexibility to adapt in a fast-paced environment.
You’ll be part of a vibrant department based at Milton Keynes University Hospital, home to over 30 registered dietitians, dietetic support workers, and admin staff. Our service spans acute, community, paediatric, and learning disability care.
We pride ourselves on our collaborative culture, excellent support systems, and commitment to professional development. We also host student placements from the University of Surrey, and Oxford Brookes University.
What We Offer:
A forward-thinking, friendly team environment
Strong admin and assistant support
On-site accommodation (subject to availability)
Access to CPD and leadership development opportunities
Support from a dedicated Therapy Practice Education Team
Aim of the role
· Develop, lead, and coordinate a Food First team in Milton Keynes.
· The post holder will have knowledge of emerging clinical developments, provide advice to inform service development in the speciality in support of the Dietetic Service Lead.
· To demonstrate and role model specialist clinical assessment and treatment skills for an agreed caseload of patients.
· To continually review staffing levels/skill mix in accordance with the changing needs of the service and informing the Dietetic Service Lead of any problems that may arise.
· To act as a source of expertise in specialist area for patients, carers, medical staff and other health professionals, prescribing support team, GPs and colleagues.
73.8% of this team wouldstronglyrecommend their organisation as an excellentplaceto work. NHS Survey, 2024
We care We communicate We collaborate We contribute
• Free on-site parking
• Free refreshments
• Great flexible working opportunities
• Discounted gym membership
• Lease car scheme
• Generous annual leave and pension scheme
• On site nursery (chargeable)
• Extensive staff health and well-being programme
Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, in partnership with the University of Buckingham, is a University Teaching Hospital; we conduct research and teaching on site to improve the care of our patients. The hospital is undergoing significant investment, and we are proud to be rated good by the CQC. Visit our website to catch up on our latest news.
Leadership and Management
· To provide clinical and managerial leadership to the Food First team byworking collaboratively with other Lead Dietitians and the Dietetic Service Lead.
· To plan and co-ordinate the day-to-day provision of Food First team
· To provide leadership and oversight for the care home programme which works with all care homes for older people to meet and maintain the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) regulation 14 (meeting nutritional and hydration needs) and Enhanced Health in Care Homes (EHCH) priorities.
Clinical Practice
• To be professionally and legally accountable for all aspects of your own work, ensuring a high standard of clinical care for the patients under your management by supporting more junior staff to do likewise.
• To accept clinical responsibility for a designated caseload of community patients and to organise this effectively and efficiently regarding clinical priorities and use of time. To oversee the caseloads of more junior staff.
· To undertake comprehensive specialist assessment, treatment and discharge of patients including those with diverse and complex presentations and multiple pathologies. Use specialist clinical reasoning, evidence-based practice, investigative and analytical skills.
Professional Duties
· Tomaintain own competency to practice through CPD activities, demonstrating awareness of new trends and developments and their incorporation into practice as necessary.
· Toactively participate in the in-service training programmes by attending and delivering presentations, tutorials, individual training sessions, peer review, external courses and professional clinical interest groups.
Governance
· To demonstrate a sound understanding of Clinical Governance and Risk Management and their application to work situation.
· To assess and manage clinical risk within patient caseload in a wide variety of settings, providing guidance to junior staff.
Please refer to the job description for further details.
This advert closes on Friday 4 Jul 2025