Specialist Dietitian - Spinal Injuries Centre

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust we have lots to be proud of: We are an integral member of the Buckinghamshire Integrated Care Partnership (ICP) providing both acute and community services, and at the forefront in developing ICP systems and new models of care. The Trust's latest CQC inspection report, rated the Trust as "Good" overall, "Outstanding" for caring with an "Outstanding" end of life service and a range of "Outstanding "practices in areas such as the Emergency, adult community services and outpatients. We have been ranked as one of the UK's top hospitals by health intelligence specialists CHKS. Our Stroke Unit has maintained the 'A grade' in the latest Royal College of Physicians' Sentinel Stroke National Audit Programme (SSNAP) audit We are the home for the National Spinal Injuries centre, the birthplace of the Paralympics. Due to the existing post holder being relocated, a permanent specialist Dietitian post in spinal cord injury (31 hours per week) is vacant at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust based at the National Spinal Injuries Centre (NSIC) at Stoke Mandeville Hospital. You will join our thriving, 40 strong Nutrition and Dietetic department based in Buckinghamshire. We work from bases in Amersham, Stoke Mandeville (including National Spinal Injuries Centre) and Wycombe. This specialist spinal injuries post is ideal for existing Band 5 Dietitians wishing to move to the next stage of their career and gain experience in this exciting specialty or Band 6 Dietitians wishing to specialise in the field of spinal cord injury within our World renowned National Spinal Injuries Centre. This post provides an excellent opportunity for those wishing to obtain experience in a varied clinical post with opportunity to work with motivated patients, an inter-disciplinary team and involving many different specialties. This post offers a fantastic opportunity to gain a variety of skills across the spinal service: spinal injury, acute and rehab wards, complex nutrition support as well as clinical audit and research and innovation, with supervision and mentoring from the Lead Dietitian in Spinal Injuries. We actively encourage CPD, clinical supervision and participation in specialist teams to develop our service. The department has excellent secretarial and IT support and we also take dietetic students for B and C placements. Proposed Interview date: 8th July 2020 For further details / informal visits contact: For further information please contact: Dr Samford Wong, Lead Dietitian, Spinal Injuries on 07825 733332 / email: samford.wong1@nhs.net or Helen Daly, Head of Nutrition and Dietetics on [01296] 315775 / email: helen.daly5@nhs.net Employment Type: FULL_TIME