Job summary

We are seeking an exceptionalBand 7 Clinical Team Lead Dietitian to lead our friendly, high-performing Community Dietetic Service. This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced clinician and leader to shape the future of community dietetics across Doncaster, combining expert clinical practice with operational leadership, service development and workforce support.

We're looking for a forward-thinking, values-driven Dietitian with a broad range of clinical experience and the ability to inspire, motivate and develop others. As Clinical Team Lead, you will provide professional and operational leadership to a skilled and dedicated team, ensuring the delivery of safe, effective and patient-centred care whilst driving continuous improvement and innovation across the service.

The successful candidate will bring excellent clinical credibility, strong operational awareness and a passion for developing services and people. You will be confident managing competing priorities, supporting performance and quality improvement, leading change and working collaboratively with colleagues and partners across organisational boundaries to improve outcomes for the communities we serve.

If you are an inspiring leader with a commitment to outstanding care, operational excellence and service improvement, we'd love to hear from you.

Main duties of the job

Provides strong clinical, managerial and operational leadership to the Dietetic Team by acting as a role model and by promoting and maintaining agreed standards of care to improve the patient's experience.

Works as an autonomous practitioner providing expert advice, assessment, education to patients, families, carers and professions in relation to specialist areas.

Assess, plan, deliver and evaluate evidence based person centred clinical care to patients and provide the necessary advice throughout the patients pathway ensuring partnership and integration between primary and secondary care services in specialist areas.

Responsible for efficient use of resources to ensure services are maintained and developed

Lead in the provision and evaluation of evidence based person centred clinical care to patients.

To be an expert clinical resources to members of the Dietetic team and other health care professionals to guide decision making

About us

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 4000 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.

We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.

We are dedicated to the development of our our people and hold a learning half day every month for our colleagues.

We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care while remaining committed to our vision and values. Please view our Strategy using the link below:

https://www.rdash.nhs.uk/documents/clinical-and-organisational-strategy-2023-to-2028/

To find out more about working for RDaSH and the fantastic benefits we offer visit our website:

https://www.rdash.nhs.uk/about-us/getting-involved/work-with-us/

We are committed to inclusive cultures and really value people in our organisation, view our Allyship video on YouTube to find out more:

https://youtu.be/WMJSkLoTk4Q

The main terms and conditions of service can be found here:

https://www.nhsemployers.org/publications/tchandbook