Advanced Practitioner: Highly Specialist Dietitian - Surgical Services
| Posting date: | 17 December 2025 |
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| Salary: | £53,751.00 to £60,651.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £53751.00 - £60651.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 31 December 2025 |
| Location: | LONDON, N18 1QX |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9391-25-2243 |
Summary
As the lead for Surgical services The above services will include providing a service to other wards and clinics as and when required in response to service needs, Trust bed pressures, as requested by the Head of Nutrition & Dietetics. To explore setting up, or participating in surgical outpatient clinics, within caseload capacity and needs of the service. To explore new and innovative ways of working and wider MDT to ensure safer, faster, better care and discharges for patients. To conduct complex nutritional assessments and treatments To take the lead in providing expert dietetic advice in making decisions on initiating artificial nutritional support To take the lead in providing expert dietetic advice in making decisions on withdrawal of treatment To be competent in the use of anthropometric equipment To advise the multidisciplinary team, patients, carers, within and out-with the Trust, on the appropriate use of nutritional supplements, vitamin and minerals, and other borderline substances To organise and undertake training sessions for Doctors. Responsibility for Patients To ensure a high standard of clinical care for the patients under your management, and support more junior staff to do likewise, including the management of patients in your care. To assess, treat and provide highly specialist treatment and advice plans to patients, carers and clinicians To liaise with appropriate consultants to admit, safely discharge patients for nutrition support with the aim to optimise treatment outcomes. To be responsible for the complex and safe discharge planning and follow up for those patients requiring artificial nutritional support in the community and those requiring extended Dietetic intervention. To provide a patient-focused service and participate in seven-day service as required by the Trust and department. You will work on a rota basis with all other staff within the department. To advise and liaise with the catering staff concerning the specialist dietary needs for these patients To make decisions regarding referring patients to the appropriate agencies such as Housing Support, Citizens Advice Bureau, social services with regards nutrition, housing, legal and highly complex social issues as and when they arise.