About this role
Job summary
This is an exciting and unique opportunity to work as an Advanced Transitional Care Dietitian for Diabetes (0.6 WTE) and HEN (0.2 WTE) services within Dorset County Hospital. This role forms part of the larger Nutrition and Dietetics team at Dorset County Hospital consisting of Dietetic Support Workers, Dietetic Apprentices, Dietitians, Trainee ACPs, Nutrition Nurses and Admin Staff. We are a friendly, supportive and forward-thinking team who actively prioritise staff wellbeing and development whilst ensuring effective and safe patient care. Within this role you will have access to internal and external development opportunities along with active management support and ability to work across strong and cohesive MDTs.
Main duties of the job
As an HCPC registered Dietitian, provide expert dietetic service to the MDT and primarily transition-aged patients within the diabetes and HEN patients caseload.
Engage with, advise and train other healthcare professionals involved in the care of patients with diabetes and those receiving home enteral nutrition.
Lead on the creation of the Dietetic Transition service, integrating with and influencing Dietetic services more widely.
Work as a senior member of the Dietetic Department, in the promotion of a high-quality patient-focused service and contributing to service development and cover.
About us
At DCHFT, we pride ourselves on the care we provide for our patients, and on the culture, we are creating for our staff. We work hard to create a fair, inclusive environment for our staff.
Our mission is to work in partnership to provide high quality, compassionate services and to nurture an environment where people can be at their best. Our vision is healthier lives, empowered citizens, thriving communities.
We are a Trust that celebrates diversity, and we are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We welcome applications from people in all under-represented groups.
We understand that AI can be useful tool when completing your application. However, we are seeing an increasing over-reliance of AI tools, which can negatively affect your application as it reduces a candidate's individuality, and makes it difficult for us to gain a clear and authentic understanding of your experience, skills, and in turn your suitability for the role.
All submissions must be truthful and if you do use AI, it should only be used to enhance your application and not to create your supporting statement in its entirety. Your supporting statement should be in your own words and must accurately reflect your personal experience and achievements. Where we have concerns that AI has been used to generate content that misrepresents your experience and suitability for the role, we may withdraw your application.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Our DCHFT Job Description and Person Specification (attached) tells you all about this role, what to expect and what is needed to succeed. When completing your application please make sure to tell us how your experience and skills fit the person specification.
Please contact us at [email protected] if you are unable to view or download the attachment.
For all our roles, we are looking for staff who hold our Trust Values of Integrity, Respect Teamwork and Excellence, and who are passionate about providing the best patient care. To read more about our Trust and our Values search Dorset County Hospital online.
UKVI Sponsorship: This role is eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route, as defined by UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI). We welcome applications from individuals who require sponsorship to work in the UK. Sponsorship will be offered subject to meeting UKVI eligibility criteria.
Person Specification
Education, Qualifications and Training
Essential
- BSc in Dietetics or equivalent
- Current Registered Dietitian status with HCPC
- Evidence of CPD relevant to clinical working and people management
- Able to work at Advanced level as per the BDA diabetes competency framework
Desirable
- Management training
- BDA and sub-group membership for diabetes and Paediatrics
Knowledge & Experience
Essential
- Post-registration experience including specific experience in the management of complex patients with type 1 and type 2 diabetes and those receiving different forms of home enteral nutrition.
- Experience of working with diabetes technologies including insulin pumps and continuous blood glucose monitoring.
- Experience of working with enteral feeding related equipment and ancillaries.
- Experience of developing and delivering training to healthcare professionals of all levels of experience
- Experience of initiating, evaluating and sustaining changes to service development
- Experience of team management and/or leadership
- Experience of working autonomously and collaboratively within an MDT
- Able to negotiate effectively
- Experience in audit and clinic governance issues
- Research experience
- Student supervision experience
Skilles & Abilities
Essential
- Excellent IT and presentation skills
- Able to communicate effectively with patients and healthcare professionals, including complex information, written and verbal, treatment plans, consent, assessing understanding and communication within an MDT.
- Able to implement evidence-based practice
- Able to work collaboratively within the MDT team
- Committed to personal and team development
- Able to work well with others and pass on skills and knowledge
- Able to motivate self and others
- Reliable
- Problem solving skills
- Able to maintain judgement under pressure
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
Dorset County Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Dorset County Hospital
Williams Avenue
Dorchester
DT1 2JY
United Kingdom
Employer's website
https://www.dchft.nhs.uk/working-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)