About this role
Job summary
Specialist Dietitian (Medical) Band 6 (37.5 hours per week), flexible working considered, permanent. This post is based at Worcestershire Royal Hospital with cover to the Alexandra Hospital, Redditch as required.
Due to internal promotion we have an exciting opportunity to join our friendly and supportive team in this newly created role. This post will help to provide dietetic services to the acute medical inpatient wards.
This post would be ideal for a dietitian who would enjoy a varied caseload of differing complexity, whilst also supporting junior members of staff and developing leadership skills.
We are a forward thinking and proactive Dietetic department of 22 dietitians working within specialty teams.
We can offer you:
A friendly and supportive team of colleagues, excellent peer support and regular clinical supervision.
The opportunity to contribute to student training placements and development of supervision skills.
Commitment to your professional development and well being.
Regular specialty and team meetings with a focus on quality improvement and maintaining CPD.
Main duties of the job
This post holder is a key member of the acute dietetic team, working closely with the wider dietetic team.
The clinical caseload will include a variety of medical conditions on inpatient wards across the Trust including respiratory, infectious diseases, vascular, cardiology, general medicine, frailty, and trauma and orthopaedics.
This role will provide day to day support to junior members of staff.
About us
Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.
The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester
Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.
We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.
Being open and honest
Ensuring people feel cared for
Showing respect to everyone
We are committed to developing a culture of continuous improvement by embedding the principles of our Improvement System.
We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.
DBS Checks and Costs
Any applicants who are offered posts requiring a DBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check (at the current rate) deducted from their salary. Please see link in Supporting Information section for more details on DBS checks and costs.
Job description Job responsibilities
Job Purpose:
To manage a caseload of patients using specialist evidence-based and/or patient centred principles with a variety range of medical conditions on acute inpatient wards and outpatient clinic.
To provide day to day support and supervision to junior colleagues at Worcestershire Royal Hospital working in conjunction with the Team Lead Dietitian.
To complete audits and service improvement work to improve nutritional care for inpatients.
To provide support and supervision to students on practice placements, by providing input on the development of their timetable, continued education and signing off of competencies with informative feedback.
To maintain the service and prioritise the clinical caseload at Worcestershire Royal Hospital when the team lead is off site.
To work across site at Alexandra Hospital when demand requires.
Job Summary:
Working as an experienced autonomous practitioner, to provide a high standard of patient focused care through specialised assessment.
To plan and deliver a high quality service to patients working in conjunction with the multi-disciplinary team.
To participate in student training, supervision and assessing students.
To contribute to the Therapy Clinical Governance agenda to further improve the quality of the service.
To assist with the day to day planning co-ordination, monitoring, evaluation and delivery of the dietetic service.
Dimensions:
To provide dietetic assessment and intervention to patients referred to the Department. To deliver a cohesive and effective service provision to in-patients and out-patients referred to Department. To provide cross specialty cover during staff absences to maintain a dietetic service provision; this may require travelling to other hospital sites.
Please see job description for further details.
Person Specification
Personal qualities Essential
Autonomous practitioner. Ability to recognise own professional limitations and when to seek advice from senior colleagues. Ability to work proactively. Ability to maintain an effective working relationship in team. Self-motivated. Relates well to staff and patients. Caring attitude and empathy. Professional attitude to routine/non-routine tasks. Desire to deliver a high quality service. Ability to maintain patient confidentiality.
Desirable
Ability to remain calm and in control during busy periods. Willing to implement change. Experience of handling difficult & sensitive situations well
Experience Essential
Evidence of working as a Dietitian with clinical experience in the NHS. Able to demonstrate a high level of expertise within a wide range of clinical dietetics in acute hospitals. Experienced in all aspects of adult nutrition support, sip feeds and enteral feeds. Experience of implementing evidence based practice for continuous service improvement.
Desirable
Experience of supporting junior staff. Experience of working in an MDT setting.
Qualifications Essential
Degree in Nutrition & Dietetics or equivalent qualifications in Dietetics. Registered Dietitian recognised by the HCPC.
Desirable
Member of the British Dietetic Association.
Skills and Knowledge Essential
Excellent interpersonal skills including observation, listening and empathy skills. Evidence of excellent verbal communication skills including active listening skills. Evidence of excellent written skills. Ability to assess individuals with complex medical problems and to plan their dietetic care. Ability to make decisions regarding change of practice based on clinical evidence and disseminate to other health professionals. Ability to problem solve. Ability to prioritise workload and meet clinical needs of patients. Able to demonstrate excellent personal organisational skills. Able to act on own initiative Excellent computer literacy skills. Knowledge of nutrition risk scoring e.g. MUST. Knowledge of all aspects of adult nutrition support, sips feeds and enteral feeds. Knowledge of implementing evidence based practice for continuous service improvement. Ability to assess individuals with complex medical problems and to plan their dietetic care.
Desirable
Able to research evidence based practice and apply to 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.
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 Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust
Address Charles Hastings Way
Worcester
Worcestershire
WR5 1DD
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.worcsacute.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)