Highly Specialist Dietitian
| Posting date: | 16 January 2026 |
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| Salary: | £47,810.00 to £54,710.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £47810.00 - £54710.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 25 January 2026 |
| Location: | Prescot, L34 1PJ |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9350-26-0057 |
Summary
Enthusiastic, forward thinking professionals with exceptional communication, leadership and analytical skills Specialist knowledge in one or more areas: adults, paediatrics, nutrition support, diabetes, obesity, gastroenterology Experience in optimising nutrition prescribing projects is advantageous Flexible and adaptable, comfortable working in a dynamic health care environment. Provide care, advice, and guidance in the treatment of others, when dealing with complex highly specialist conditions. Responsible for the delivery of identified training. Work in partnership with the other services/stakeholder partnership agencies to enable patients/clients to be treated in the appropriate setting. This may include procurement and enteral feed contract reviews. Ensure that the team provides a high-quality service to its patients/clients by providing caseload and clinical supervision. Ensure that team work proactively in order to deliver anticipatory and maintenance care, providing a responsive service to patients with both planned and unplanned care needs. Develop partnerships and joint working with service users and stakeholders to improve patient/client care. Work in partnership with other organisations to support the effective and co-ordinated provision of health and social care services. Participate in the development of caseload management across the local health economy. Provide leadership and mentoring to those staff developing into a caseload management role. Challenge professional and organisational boundaries to ensure that the role is focused on meeting the needs of service users. Act as an advocate and champion for patients/clients in a variety of forums and professional groups and challenge attitudes and behaviour. Act as a role model to others ensuring that patients receive the most effective care possible. Contribute to the development of policy and services to reflect the needs of the target population. Please refer to attached Job Description for full list of duties and responsibilities.