Specialist Stroke and Care of the Elderly Dietitian | Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust

• To deliver an efficient and effective nutrition and dietetic service to the Acute Stroke Unit, older adults, and their carers.
• To support junior staff to develop clinical skills to manage the complex needs of the older adult.
• Tol be an educator for health professionals/students involved in the care of stroke patients and older adults.
• Management of own complex clinical caseload providing specialist nutrition and dietetic advice in specialty fields to include Stroke and Care of the Elderly.
• Facilitate reflection on the service delivery and identify and support on quality improvement work.
• To support the nutrition nurse specialist with the Trust’s artificial nutrition safety and quality initiatives
• To provide one day per week in the community including 3 GP clinics and 15 hours per month at a local nursing home.
• As a specialist dietitian, to be responsible for and lead the development and provision of a specialist, evidence based dietetic service to care of theelderly and stroke services.
• To provide specialist dietary advice to stroke patients and older patients with complex nutritional needs, referred in the acute setting.
• To work autonomously in providing an expert dieteticservice to the acute stroke unit, including attending special interest meetings.
• To work collaboratively with colleagues such as speech & language therapists in joint assessments of patients with complicated diagnoses.
• To be the lead for service improvements on the acute troke unit and care of the elderly service lines.
• To provide highly specialist dietetic advice to the multidisciplinary team (MDT) through attendance and participation in MDT meetings to provide expert evidence-based advice to clinicians, patients and carers.
• To advise the MDT on treatment/interventions where there are conflicting indicators or ethical dilemmas.
• To provide general GP clinics and input for a local nursing home one day per week.

Kingston and Richmond NHS Foundation Trust has four key values and we want to employ and work with people who share these values and demonstrate behaviours that support them.

They are

Compassionate - We treat everyone with kindness, understanding and empathy

Inclusive - We are respectful, fair and open, valuing everyone’s unique contribution

Collaborative - We work together across our teams and with our partners and are helpful, positive and supportive

Inspiring - We strive for the best for patients, communities, staff and partners and are always learning and improving

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This advert closes on Wednesday 20 May 2026