About this role
Job summary
Here at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust, we are proud to provide expert, compassionate care for our local population. We are ranked as the third in the country for research, embedding education and training across the organisation. Our main hub is the Queen Alexandra Hospital, which is one of the largest hospitals on the south coast employing over 8,700 staff.
Our patients come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes our hospital stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for getting it right for patients, colleagues, and our community, you will find a home at Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
Main duties of the job
Band 5: Salary - £32,073 - £39,043 Per annum
Full time: 37.5hrs
Contract:Permanent
For your application to be considered will need to be an HCPC registered dietitian or on a recognised dietetics programme and due to qualify and register this year
Portsmouth Dietitians are a team of over 30 dietitians and support staff providing acute and community dietetic services to adults and children in Portsmouth and South East Hampshire. We pride ourselves on being a friendly and supportive team offering a range of opportunities for development in specialities including oncology, stroke, renal, surgery, paediatrics and community dietetics. We provide placement supervision to student dietitians.
Due to internal development into speciality roles, we have an opportunity for band 5 dietitians or students approaching qualification to gain experience across a range of specialities in a busy acute dietetic department. The rotational posts offer experience in general medicine, respiratory, stroke and oncology inpatient settings along with a regular outpatient clinic.
You will be supported by senior staff and other band 5 staff working in our friendly team. Your will gain further valuable experience in multi disciplinary working via the Portsmouth Hospitals preceptorship scheme.
In addition to managing a caseload of inpatients across a variety of speciality settings, you will be supported to develop skills in audit, service improvement, teaching and supervising student dietitians on placement.
About us
The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery, access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days, our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool, access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ, Race Equality and DisAbility, and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.
We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, veterans status, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation, and beliefs.
Job description Job responsibilities
Main duties of the role.
Daily management of a caseload across a variety of settings over 3 rotations. Work as a dietitian within a multi-disciplinary team to deliver evidence based nutrition support and dietetic interventions to inpatients and support ongoing care by means of outpatient follow up or handover to community colleagues. Contribute to departmental learning and service improvement by attendance and input to projects, audit, journal clubs, education groups and team meetings.For an informal discussion please contact the acute dietetics office on 02392 286000 ext:6150
For further information please refer to the Job description
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Degree/Diploma in Dietetics (or working towards) Registration with the HCPC (or working towards)
Desirable
Member of the British Dietetic Association
Experience Essential
Successful completion of dietetics practical/training placement
Desirable
Experience of UK/NHS-based Dietetic practice Experience of both in-patient and out-patient dietetic settings. Health promotion experience Experience of service evaluation or audit
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 Portsmouth Hospitals University NHS Trust
Address Queen Alexandra Hospital
Southwick Hill Road, Cosham
Hampshire
PO6 3LY
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.porthosp.nhs.uk/work-for-us/ (Opens in a new tab)