Therapy Manager – Dietetics

  • Full Time
  • United Kingdom
  • 68,852 to 79,638 £ / Year

Ashford & St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

This post is a fantastic leadership opportunity to shape the future of dietetic services in Surrey. Working across organisational boundaries, you will inspire and develop creative teams to deliver innovative services that meet the needs of our local population. You will be responsible for around forty dietitians and services spanning across adults, paediatrics, acute and community settings with specialities including gastro, diabetes and bariatrics. Working closely with other professions, you will be an integral part of the therapies senior leadership team.

Main duties of the job

Be responsible for the planning, coordinating, delivering and evaluating the provision of dietetic services in medical, surgical, critical care inpatients, outpatients and community

Ensure effective high quality delivery of the above services in the Trust

Recruit and retain high quality staff and manage teams with the appropriate skills and experience to deliver high quality care

Ensure that all staff have personal development reviews and that their development needs are identified and addressed

Promote clinical governance through the implementation of high standards of clinical practice, professional development of staff through training and education and the management of clinical risk.

Play a key role in the therapy management team for issues affecting the services and teams.

Be part of establishing and developing the strategic direction and potential of Therapy Services within the Trust

Represent therapy services at a range of forums, deputising for the Associate Director of Therapies as required

Manage budgets for allocated services ensuring efficient and effective use of resources and identifying opportunities for cost savings

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Experience of leading transformation projects
  • Experience of developing care pathways and protocols and of developing and implementing policies and procedures.
  • oExperience of successfully leading a team or services though service change and re design with a focus on productivity and efficiency.

Skills

Essential

  • Flexible and adaptable approach. Experience of managing challenging situations and challenging relationships.
  • Resilient and proven ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines.
  • Ability to take the strategic view whilst giving attention to getting details correct. o
  • Experience of managing challenging situations and challenging relationships.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

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

Closing Date: 31 July 2026

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