Band 6 Dietitian - Acute/Specialist Medicine
Requirements
Candidates must have experience in an acute NHS hospital setting and a good understanding of nutrition support. A qualification in Nutrition & Dietetics and registration with the Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC) are essential.
Job Description
Are you an experienced Band 5 looking for your next challenge? Or a band 6 wanting to try something new?
We currently have exciting opportunities for candidates to develop your career within our medical surgical dietetic team, on a fixed term or secondment basis. We have opportunities within the areas of acute medicine and specialist medicine (including respiratory, infectious diseases and cardiology). Your clinical caseload will include complex patients with a wide range of medical conditions and also the chance to work holistically with the MDT to support patient flow and smooth discharge from hospital.
You will be working as part of a friendly supported team structure with a skill mixed dietetic team. Each speciality team has Band 7 dietetic leader to support you and provide guidance in developing your leadership and management skills.
In addition to leadership skills and clinical caseload you will have the opportunity to lead on audits and quality improvement projects to improve patient care delivery.
Alongside the senior colleagues within our teams, we also have a wealth of specialist dietetic staff across our friendly dietetic department that support shadowing opportunities and clinical supervision. Your development is very important to us and encouragement will be given to support you to thrive in this role.
Main Duties, Tasks & Skills Required
You must have experience in an acute NHS hospital setting with a good knowledge of nutrition support.
The day-to-day tasks will differ; therefore, if you have experience of close multi-professional working, excellent communication and time management skills these posts are a great platform on which to continue to build your dietetic career and is not to be missed!
An integral part of the role will involve developing your specialist dietetic skills as well as assisting with supervision of Band 5 dietitians, therapy support workers and students.
Organisation, flexibility and an ability to problem solve and apply clinical reasoning effectively are essential as you will be working in a fast-paced and busy environment, across hospital sites.
If you are a motivated and driven individual who is keen to contribute to the development of our dietetic department we look forward to receiving your application!
The Trust is committed to providing a 7-day therapy service with participation in bank holiday cover for dietetics.
The Trust is a multi-site organisation, you may be required to work at any of the Trust sites, and you may need to change your normal place of work, either temporarily or on a permanent basis, as a result of development or reorganisation of Trust services.
We would support applicants looking for part time or full-time hours.
If you would like to discuss this post, please contact Sarah Thatapudi, Team Leader and Dietitian on Tel. No 0121 424 2673.
About Us
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust strives to have an inclusive culture where everyone feels like they belong, can thrive, knows that they add value and feels valued. We do this by developing compassionate and culturally competent leaders, being values driven in all that we do and by creating a welcoming and inclusive workplace that thrives on the diversity of our people. As such we want to attract and recruit talented individuals from all backgrounds, and for each of you to feel supported for the diversity you bring, to achieve your full potential. For those staff with a disability, including physical disability, long term health condition, mental health or neurodiverse condition, this also means being committed to making reasonable adjustments needed for you to carry out your role.
Job Description
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Dietitian with qualification in Nutrition & Dietetics (BSc, PG diploma or MSc)
- Registration as Dietitian with Health & Care Professions Council (HCPC)
- Good level of written or spoken English
- Evidence of CPD
- Member of British Dietetic Association (BDA)
- Member of relevant specialist interest groups (BDA or other)
Essential
- Post-graduate experience relevant to post
- Experience of working as part of multidisciplinary team and Dietetic team.
- Demonstrates interest/enthusiasm in relevant clinical areas
- Good understanding of all types of intervention for nutrition support
- In depth knowledge of relevant clinical area
- Evidence of completing clinical audit and/or research
Essential
- Good communication skills both written and oral
- Ability to work through interpreters and use visual aids
- Able to use a range of communication skills including motivational interviewing, counselling skills, negotiating skills and cognitive behavioural therapy; to help patients achieve their nutritional goals
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
- Good time management and prioritisation skills that will allow you to manage your own work load
- Ability to form good working relationships
- Good presentation skills and teaching skills with evidence of presentations to groups
- Able to plan, deliver and report on a clinical audit and other relevant projects
- Able to work in line with HCPC standards and BDA code of conduct
- Reliable, conscientious and flexible
- Team player
- Able to achieve deadlines
- Ability to work flexibly as per the requirements of the post
- Able to meet the travel requirements of the post i.e. off- site travel e.g. for home visits or frequent travel between sites where required for the role
- Enthusiasm and commitment to train student dietitians and others
- Commitment to CPD
- Enthusiasm and motivation to work at UHB
- Demonstrates the Trust values of Kind, Connected & Bold
- Car driver
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.
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.
UK Professional Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
For Help With Your Application, Contact
Sarah Thatapudi
sarah.thatapudi@uhb.nhs.uk
01214242673
Pay scheme
Agenda for Change
Band
Band 6
Salary
£39959.00 to £48117.00 Yearly
Contract
Fixed Term
Duration
12 Month(s)
Working pattern
Full-Time, Flexible Working
Reference number
304-9014062
Job locations
Trustwide
Mindelsohn Way
Birmingham
West Midlands
B15 2TH
Attachments
Job Description
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Education
Skills
About University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) is one of the largest teaching hospital trusts in England, serving a regional, national and international population. It includes Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Solihull Hospital and Community Services, Good Hope Hospital in Sutton Coldfield and Birmingham Chest Clinic. We also run a number of smaller satellite units, allowing people to be treated as close to home as possible. We see and treat more than 2.2 million people every year across our sites and our hospitals deliver more babies than anywhere else in Europe. We are a regional centre for cancer, trauma, renal dialysis, burns and plastics, HIV and AIDS, as well as respiratory conditions like cystic fibrosis. We also have expertise in premature baby care, bone marrow transplants and thoracic surgery and have the largest solid organ transplantation programme in Europe. We provide a series of highly specialist cardiac, liver and neurosurgery services to patients from across the UK. We are world-renowned for our trauma care and have developed pioneering surgical techniques in the management of ballistic and blast injuries, including bespoke surgical solutions for previously unseen injuries. As a result of its clinical expertise in treating trauma patients and military casualties, the QEHB has been designated both a Level 1 Trauma Centre and host of the UK’s only £20m National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Surgical Reconstruction and Microbiology Research Centre (SRMRC). We have over 24,000 members of staff and we are committed to investing in their development and their health and wellbeing. UHB is a Stonewall Diversity Champion and aims to achieve positive change for LGBTQ+ people by creating an inclusive, inspiring and equal environment for both staff and service users.
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