• Job Description

  Req#: C9365-25-0400?language=en&page=23&sort=publicationDateDesc

  Job summary

  Specialist weight management dietitian 30 hours per week (flexible working considered) Band 6 fixed term 12 months to cover maternity leave.

  Do you have a passion for working in weight management? Do you want to join a high quality established team providing a Tier 3 weight management service in Worcestershire Acute Hospitals Trust? The service is fully integrated with our bariatric service, and we work as a multidisciplinary team.

  An exciting opportunity has arisen for a specialist dietitian to join our team with two other dietitians and a part-time psychologist in the Tier 3 service. The post is based at Worcester Royal Hospital and includes clinics at Kidderminster, Redditch and Bromsgrove.

  Some clinics will be virtual. We are a forward thinking and proactive Dietetic department of 22 dietitians working within specialty teams.

  We can offer you,

  • A friendly and supportive team of colleagues, excellent peer support and regular clinical supervision,

  • The Department is approved for student placements A, B and C. All staff actively participate in student training.

  • We are committed to your personal development, well-being, and CPD.

  As a department we have regular specialty and team meetings with a focus on quality improvement and maintaining CPD.

  If you would like to learn more about this post, please contact Penny Lock-Pullan or Brigitta David Specialist Weight Management Dietitians and Team Leaders on 07834 172227 or email

  wah-tr.weight.managementservice@nhs.net

  Main duties of the job

  The post holder is a key member of the weight management MDT, and we work closely with the bariatric dietitians, bariatric nurses, psychologists and surgeons.

  Experience in weight management work and behaviour change approaches is desirable as are excellent interpersonal, communication skills and collaborative teamwork. Enthusiasm and commitment are essential.

  About us

  Our purpose is simple - Putting Patients First. We are looking for exceptional colleagues who can help us achieve this.

  Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

  The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester

  Our workforce is over 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.

  We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision - working in partnership to provide the best healthcare for our communities, leading and supporting our teams to move 4ward. Our 4ward behaviours, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

  Our objectives are simple:

  • Best services for local people
  • Best experience of care and best outcomes for our patients
  • Best use of resources
  • Best people

  Better never stops, and our Clinical Services Strategy provides a clear future vision for our Trust, our hospitals, our services and our role in the wider health and care system.

  We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.

  Details

  Date posted

  09 May 2025

  Pay scheme

  Agenda for change

  Band

  Band 6

  Salary

  £37,338 to £44,962 a year

  Contract

  Fixed term

  Duration

  12 months

  Working pattern

  Part-time, Flexible working

  Reference number

  C9365-25-0400

  Job locations

  Charles Hastings Way

  Worcester

  Worcestershire

  WR5 1DD

  
  

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Job Purpose:

  1. To work as a specialist dietitian in the department within the Weight management service with a special interest in Tier 3 weight management.
  2. Work as part of the multidisciplinary medical and bariatric teams providing an effective specialist weight management service.

  3. To provide cover for out -patient clinics/groups during times of leave.

  4. To assist with data collection and audit.

  Job Summary:

  1. Working as an experienced autonomous practitioner, to provide a high standard of patient focused care through specialised assessment.
  2. To plan and deliver a high quality service to patients working in conjunction with the multi-disciplinary team.
  3. To offer dietetic skills and expertise to complex patients.
  4. To contribute to the Therapy Clinical Governance agenda to further improve the quality of the service.

  Job description

  Job responsibilities

  Job Purpose:

  1. To work as a specialist dietitian in the department within the Weight management service with a special interest in Tier 3 weight management.
  2. Work as part of the multidisciplinary medical and bariatric teams providing an effective specialist weight management service.

  3. To provide cover for out -patient clinics/groups during times of leave.

  4. To assist with data collection and audit.

  Job Summary:

  1. Working as an experienced autonomous practitioner, to provide a high standard of patient focused care through specialised assessment.
  2. To plan and deliver a high quality service to patients working in conjunction with the multi-disciplinary team.
  3. To offer dietetic skills and expertise to complex patients.
  4. To contribute to the Therapy Clinical Governance agenda to further improve the quality of the service.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Degree or Postgraduate Diploma in Nutrition & Dietetics
  • Wide range of CPD activities related to specialist area
  • Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration - dietitian

  Desirable

  • Attendance at training course or conference related to obesity
  • Post graduate training in behaviour change /motivational interviewing/
  • CBT
  • Member of the British Dietetic Association.
  • Member of appropriate specialist group e.g. BDA obesity group

  Experience

  Essential

  • Experience of working in specialist areas as part of a team.
  • Experience of implementing evidence based practice for continuous service improvement.
  • Experience of teaching healthcare staff.
  • Experience of implementing clinical governance.
  • Evidence of active participation in audit and/or clinical research.

  Desirable

  • Experience of supervising students.

  Person Specification

  Qualifications

  Essential

  • Degree or Postgraduate Diploma in Nutrition & Dietetics
  • Wide range of CPD activities related to specialist area
  • Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) registration - dietitian

  Desirable

  • Attendance at training course or conference related to obesity
  • Post graduate training in behaviour change /motivational interviewing/
  • CBT
  • Member of the British Dietetic Association.
  • Member of appropriate specialist group e.g. BDA obesity group

  Experience

  Essential

  • Experience of working in specialist areas as part of a team.
  • Experience of implementing evidence based practice for continuous service improvement.
  • Experience of teaching healthcare staff.
  • Experience of implementing clinical governance.
  • Evidence of active participation in audit and/or clinical research.

  Desirable

  • Experience of supervising students.

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Additional information

  Disclosure and Barring Service Check

  This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

  UK Registration

  Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

  Address

  Charles Hastings Way

  Worcester

  Worcestershire

  WR5 1DD

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.worcsacute.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

  Employer details

  Employer name

  Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust

  Address

  Charles Hastings Way

  Worcester

  Worcestershire

  WR5 1DD

  
  

  Employer's website

  https://www.worcsacute.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

• About the company

  National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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