About this role
Job summary
This vacancy is for a Specialist Dietitian, maternity leave cover. The post is based at our Weston General Hospital, alongside other Dietitians & Dietetic Support Workers delivering high quality nutritional care. The role will focus on acute inpatient beds & outpatients, across a number of pathways but primarily within specialist areas of ICU and medical inpatient wards. Input to surgical wards is also required, particularly when patients initially step down from ICU.
You will require to demonstrate core skills in oral, enteral and parenteral nutrition support along with behaviour change strategies.
Work will be augmented with wider service development, education and student training.
All members of the team work one Bank Holiday a year.
Main duties of the job
The post will provide expert nutritional care across a range of pathways, notably critical care & medicine.
The role works closely with a wide range of professionals within the MDT
Ensure effective communication at all levels of health care professionals regarding the nutritional care of individual patients.
Impart information to patients in situations which could be distressing / emotional for the patient, therefore require use of holistic skills.
Use negotiation skills to motivate and negotiate dietary change this will require using a variety of evaluation strategies and adapting communication techniques if necessary.
Educate, support and direct patients by advising on therapeutic dietary regimens which may involve significant and continuous lifestyle changes.
Translate nutritional concepts into practical everyday terms for patients, staff and professional colleagues of all levels.
As a key member of the multi-professional team, provide expert dietetic advice at case conferences, care and discharge planning meetings.
Liaise with partners including clinical MDTs, pharmacy, catering and the community to ensure continuity of care across service providers.
About us
Bristol NHS Foundation Trust brings together more than 28,000 staff to deliver over 160 clinical services across thirteen hospital locations, operating from three main sites at Southmead, Bristol city centre and Weston.
With an annual turnover of £2.3 billion, we are now one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer.
Bristol NHS Foundation Trust values all people as individuals. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.
Job description Job responsibilities
For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
Person Specification
Qualifications and Training Essential
oQ1 HCPC Registration oQ2 Evidence of continuing professional development oQ3 Degree/Post Graduate qualification in nutrition or dietetics oQ4 Clinical Supervisory Skills (Basic)
Desirable
oQ5 BDA Membership oQ6 PEN Group Clinical Update Course and/or Behaviour Change Course
Knowledge and Experience Essential
oE1 Proven experience in: -Enteral Nutrition Support -Chronic Disease Management -Nutrition support in acute illness oE2 Working as part of a multi-professional Team oE3 Student Training oE5 Teaching Experience
Desirable
oE4 Audit Experience oE6 Experience of supervision of junior staff E7 Experience of writing protocols & guidelines oE8 Experience of working in the community oE9 Experience of Home Enteral Nutrition
Skills and abilities Essential
oS1 Good communication skills at all levels -Oral -Written -Interpersona oS2 Good organisational skills oS4 Teaching/presentation skills in a variety of settings & to professional groups/ grades oS5 Computer skills & use of dietary analysis programmes oS6 Advanced clinical reasoning oS7 Behaviour & motivational interviewing skills oS8 Able to maintain effective working relationships across different professions oS9 Insight & sensitivity oS11 Team player & able to maintain effective working relationships oS12 Ability to process highly complex information or situations oS13 Ability to work under own initiative oS14 Ability to deal with challenging behaviours of patients, carers & students oS3 Time Management
Desirable
oS10 Active/committee member of BDA Specialist Interest Group oS15 Access to transport in order to deliver community working
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).
Employer details Employer name Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
Address Weston General Hospital
Grange Road, Uphill
Weston
BS23 4TQ
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.uhbw.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)