About this role
Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced dietitian to join our team as an Advanced Dietetic Practitioner - providing dietetic clinical leadership across Metabolic services at Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH). The successful candidate will be joining an expanding multi-professional team to develop a regional paediatric metabolic service with Leicester in a joint venture to form the East Midland's Paediatric Metabolic Service (EMPMS). The individual will hold a clinical caseload and be responsible for developing the service while working collaboratively with the MDT. As an Advanced Dietetic Practitioner, you will be responsible and accountable for the strategic planning, managing and provision of a highly specialist, clinically effective, safe and cost effective dietetic service to the Paediatric Metabolic service at NUH.
You will act as an independent dietetic practitioner supporting the pathway of paediatric patients affected by Metabolic disorders where dietary treatment is the cornerstone of their treatments. You will provide expert opinion, advice and guidance to dietetic and consultant colleagues and other health professionals and lead on regular service development and audits.
Main duties of the job
You will be expected to work with the EMPMS Regional Lead Nurse to provide a specialist metabolic dietetic service at NCH through strategic planning and service delivery. Working autonomously, you'll support pathways for Children and Young People with Inherited Metabolic Disorders, demonstrating initiative and innovation in service advancement. You'll provide regular expert advice to the wider metabolic MDT, incorporating research and education with evidence-based practice and advanced clinical judgment.
Key responsibilities include managing a clinical caseload, providing daily operational support to team members, leading the team for effective and efficient service delivery, developing caseload management plans, identifying treatment priorities in complex situations, ensuring safe practice, and contributing to the learning of other dietitians while supporting leadership and management teams.
About us
With over 19,000 staff, we are one of the biggest employers in the city with a central role in supporting the health and wellbeing of our local population. We play a leading role in research, education and innovation.
Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career!
We particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic, or Disabled, as we are striving to be better represented at NUH
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to full job description and person specification.
To provide clinical leadership & advanced practice in the management of patients under the care of NUH within a specialist area.
An autonomous HCPC registered team member providing a high standard of assessment and treatment/management of patients, some of whom may have acute, complex and/or chronic presentations in allocated area.
The post holders job responsibilities are aligned with the requirements of the career framework and four pillars of practice.
All HCPC registered professionals are professionally and legally responsible / accountable for all aspects of own and delegated work.
As an autonomous professional we expect all HCPC registered professionals to be aware of the current HCPC professional standards and be able to evidence these as part of the re-registration process
Person Specification
Training and Qualifications
Essential
- Profession Specific Degree
- Current registration with professional body such as NMC or HCPC
- Post-registration master's level award or equivalent; and/or accreditation with relevant clinical governing body eg Centre for Advanced Practice
Desirable
- Mentor/assessor and/or teaching qualification
- Service Improvement methodology training e.g QSIR
- Successful completion of a leadership course
Experience
Essential
- Significant demonstrable theoretical and practical experience of working as a registered practitioner within relevant specialty, allowing autonomous patient management, related to clinical scope of practice, i.e. to assess; diagnose; plan; implement and/or evaluate treatments
- Experience of managing staff performance, training and development, with evidence of recent teaching, mentorship, and supervision of healthcare staff
- Evidence of recent quality improvement; service improvement and/or change management.
- Evidence of involvement in research and audit projects, implementing evidence-based practice within specialty
Communication and relationship skills
Essential
- Ability to work within, and provide leadership to, the multi-professional team, effectively communicating to establish and maintain relationships
- Ability to motivate, train and teach, supporting training pathways for multi-professional learners across NUH.
- Ability to communicate and present complex information in written and verbal formats, to individuals or groups.
Analytical and Judgement skills
Essential
- Ability to effectively identify and manage clinical issues within defined procedures and guidelines.
- Ability to critically engage in research activities so that evidenced-based strategies are developed and applied to service improvements and redesign
- Ability to assess and manage risk where there may be complex/unpredictable events, ensuring safety of staff and service users
Planning and Organisation skills
Essential
- Adaptability according to the needs of the patient/s, service and organisation, safely prioritising workload to support demand in accordance with specialty/Trust pressures
- Ability to identify learning needs and opportunities for self and for others and organise own learning and development across the 4 pillars of advanced practice
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
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trusts
Address
QMC campus
Nottingham
NG7 2UH
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.nuh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)