Band 6 Senior Critical Care Dietitian
Requirements
Candidates must have a degree in Nutrition and Dietetics or equivalent and be registered with HCPC. Relevant post-registration experience and knowledge of nutritional support are essential.
Job Description
We are looking for a highly motivated and passionate dietitian to join our expanding critical care team. You will be working at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, a major teaching hospital, in one of the largest single-site critical care units in Europe. You will have the opportunity to work as part of a dynamic MDT with intensivists, nursing staff and other therapists to make a real difference to the journey of our critical care patients.
Main Duties, Tasks & Skills Required
You will deliver high-quality, evidence-based nutritional assessment and care planning for critically ill patients, including within our cardiac transplant centre. You will support the nutritional management of patients requiring a range of interventions including oral and enteral nutrition support. As well as your clinical duties, you will contribute to audit, quality improvement, and service development and to deliver both student and staff education.
We are looking for an enthusiastic dietitian with strong clinical, team working, and communication skills. You will have a commitment to continuing your professional development and will be supported by our highly specialised team of dietitians through a programme of induction and ongoing development.
We are a welcoming and inclusive team and there is no better time to join us following recent expansion after securing new funding.
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 specific detailed job description for this vacancy please see attached job description.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Evidence of relevant GCSE, NVQ,GNVQ, AS and A levels
- Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics or equivalent
- Registration with HCPC
- MSc or equivalent experience e.g. advanced level of clinical practice / relevant postgraduate, professionally accredited courses
Essential
- Relevant post registration experience relevant to clinical area.
- In depth for nutritional assessment / nutritional screening tools.
- Knowledge of all types of nutritional support.
- Up to date with clinical developments, with evidence of contributions to clinical meetings / journal clubs.
- Working knowledge of computer programmes e.g. word processing, spreadsheets, power point, dietary analysis, data collection and patient information programmes.
- Evidence of clinical audit and/or research.
- Evidence of multi-disciplinary team work.
- Knowledge of standards of record keeping and medico-legal issues.
- Experience of training Dietetic students.
- Relevant post registration experience relevant to clinical area.
- In depth for nutritional assessment / nutritional screening tools.
- Knowledge of all types of nutritional support.
- Up to date with clinical developments, with evidence of contributions to clinical meetings / journal clubs.
- Working knowledge of computer programmes e.g. word processing, spreadsheets, power point, dietary analysis, data collection and patient information programmes.
- Evidence of clinical audit and/or research.
- Evidence of multi-disciplinary team work.
- Knowledge of standards of record keeping and medico-legal issues.
- Experience of training Dietetic students.
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
Gemma Stewart
Gemma.Stewart@uhb.nhs.uk
01213713485
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
304-1100476
Job locations
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Mindelsohn Way
Birmingham
West Midlands
B15 2TH
Attachments
Job Description
JD PS - Band 6 Senior Dietitian .pdf – 555KB Opens in a new window
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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