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University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust
Band 6 Senior Dietitian, Liver Medicine
West Midlands On-site 2-5 yrs exp Hospitals and Health Care 5,615 employees£40k – £48k / year
Nutritional AssessmentHepatologyClinical AuditPatient-Centred CareMultidisciplinary Teamwork
Requirements
Requires a degree in Nutrition and Dietetics and current HCPC registration. Candidates should have post-registration clinical experience and a strong interest or background in hepatology.
Job Description
Job Summary
We are offering an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic dietitian to join our growing Liver Medicine Service on a 12-month fixed-term basis. This post is based at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham.
You will be working alongside our specialist dietetic team, playing a pivotal role in delivering and developing the dietetic service for patients with chronic liver disease. You will work across the inpatient and outpatient setting, supporting patients with a wide range of liver condition. There may also be opportunity to support patients undergoing assessment for or recovering from liver transplantation.
The role involves providing specialist nutritional assessment and intervention to manage malnutrition and sarcopenia, improve clinical outcomes and quality of life. You will work closely with hepatologists, specialist nurses and other allied health professionals, to deliver patient-centred care.
This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated and proactive dietitian to gain specialist experience in hepatology. You will have the opportunity to contribute to the ongoing development, evaluation and sustainability of the service through quality improvement initiatives, audit and research activities.
Experience in the nutritional management of patients with liver disease would be advantageous; however, applications are welcomed from dietitians with a strong interest in hepatology who are keen to develop specialist knowledge and skills in this area.
Main Duties, Tasks & Skills Required
As a key member of the Liver Medicine multidisciplinary team, you will
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
Evidence of relevant GCSE, NVQ, GNVQ, AS and A levels
Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics or equivalent
Registration with HCPC
Desirable
MSc or equivalent experience e.g. advanced level of clinical practice / relevant postgraduate, professionally accredited courses
Experience
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, PowerPoint, dietary analysis, data collection and patient information programmes.
Evidence of clinical audit and/or research.
Evidence of multi-disciplinary teamwork.
Knowledge of standards of record keeping and medico-legal issues.
Experience of training Dietetic students.
Desirable
Evidence of teaching groups of professionals and patients
Evidence of ongoing regular attendance on post-graduate training courses and clinical development.
Evidence of attendance at national conferences.
Attendance at specialist group meetings of BDA and accredited specialist training course.
Attendance at relevant multi-disciplinary courses/conferences
Additional Criteria
Essential
Ability to work through interpreters and use visual aids
Able to use a range of communication skills
Presentation / teaching skills
To work independently and as part of a team.
Manage and organise own workload.
Use equipment relevant to speciality e.g. skin fold callipers, enteral feeding equipment, weighing scales, stadiometers.
Plan and deliver a clinical audit programme.
Deputise as appropriate
Report-writing skills
Complete home enteral feeding discharges competently.
Excellent interpersonal and team working skills.
Ability to absorb, interpret and summarise complex verbal information.
Ability to cope with a variety of personal and professional approaches to patient care.
Ability to discuss and influence with healthcare professionals across multidisciplinary teams and other agencies.
Ability to communicate where there are barriers to understanding in addition to any communication impairment e.g. psychological resistance to change, hostility, extreme distress and grief.
Ability to analyse, interpret and explain complex information on diagnosis, management plan and their implications in a clear and precise manner to patients, their relatives and members of the multiprofessional team.
Ability to use skills of persuasion, motivation, negotiation and problem solving with colleagues, members of the multi professional team and other professionals on a daily basis.
Organisational skills with the ability to organise own workload and work in a systematic way
Excellent time management
Excellent interpersonal and team working skills
Demonstrates interest and enthusiasm for nutrition
Motivated to develop the service
Flexibility in the approach to a day in the knowledge that pressure of demand and throughput of patients will impact on original aims of the day
Work onsite due to the clinical caseload
Enthusiasm and commitment to train student dietitians and others
Commitment to CPD
Desirable
Active member of relevant professional groups
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.
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
Jennifer Towey
jennifer.towey@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
Part-Time, Flexible Working
Reference number
304-1103296
Job locations
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Mindelsohn Way
Birmingham
West Midlands
B15 2TH
Attachments
Job Description
Band 6 JD PS.pdf – 529KB Opens in a new window
We are offering an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic dietitian to join our growing Liver Medicine Service on a 12-month fixed-term basis. This post is based at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham.
You will be working alongside our specialist dietetic team, playing a pivotal role in delivering and developing the dietetic service for patients with chronic liver disease. You will work across the inpatient and outpatient setting, supporting patients with a wide range of liver condition. There may also be opportunity to support patients undergoing assessment for or recovering from liver transplantation.
The role involves providing specialist nutritional assessment and intervention to manage malnutrition and sarcopenia, improve clinical outcomes and quality of life. You will work closely with hepatologists, specialist nurses and other allied health professionals, to deliver patient-centred care.
This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated and proactive dietitian to gain specialist experience in hepatology. You will have the opportunity to contribute to the ongoing development, evaluation and sustainability of the service through quality improvement initiatives, audit and research activities.
Experience in the nutritional management of patients with liver disease would be advantageous; however, applications are welcomed from dietitians with a strong interest in hepatology who are keen to develop specialist knowledge and skills in this area.
Main Duties, Tasks & Skills Required
As a key member of the Liver Medicine multidisciplinary team, you will
- Manage a specialist caseload of patients with chronic liver disease in inpatient and outpatient settings.
- Assess and manage malnutrition, sarcopenia and nutrition-related complications of liver disease, developing individualised treatment plans to optimise clinical outcomes and quality of life.
- Work closely with the specialist dietetic team to support the ongoing development of the Liver Medicine dietetic service.
- Contribute to audit, quality improvement, research and service evaluation projects to demonstrate the impact and effectiveness of specialist dietetic interventions.
- Work collaboratively with the wider multidisciplinary team, including hepatologists, specialist nurses and other allied health professionals, to deliver coordinated, patient-centred care.
- Contribute to the development of patient information resources, clinical guidelines, care pathways and evidence-based practice within the Liver Medicine and Liver Transplant services.
- Provide education and training to dietetic colleagues, students and members of the multidisciplinary team to promote best practice in the nutritional management of liver disease.
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
Evidence of relevant GCSE, NVQ, GNVQ, AS and A levels
Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics or equivalent
Registration with HCPC
Desirable
MSc or equivalent experience e.g. advanced level of clinical practice / relevant postgraduate, professionally accredited courses
Experience
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, PowerPoint, dietary analysis, data collection and patient information programmes.
Evidence of clinical audit and/or research.
Evidence of multi-disciplinary teamwork.
Knowledge of standards of record keeping and medico-legal issues.
Experience of training Dietetic students.
Desirable
Evidence of teaching groups of professionals and patients
Evidence of ongoing regular attendance on post-graduate training courses and clinical development.
Evidence of attendance at national conferences.
Attendance at specialist group meetings of BDA and accredited specialist training course.
Attendance at relevant multi-disciplinary courses/conferences
Additional Criteria
Essential
Ability to work through interpreters and use visual aids
Able to use a range of communication skills
Presentation / teaching skills
To work independently and as part of a team.
Manage and organise own workload.
Use equipment relevant to speciality e.g. skin fold callipers, enteral feeding equipment, weighing scales, stadiometers.
Plan and deliver a clinical audit programme.
Deputise as appropriate
Report-writing skills
Complete home enteral feeding discharges competently.
Excellent interpersonal and team working skills.
Ability to absorb, interpret and summarise complex verbal information.
Ability to cope with a variety of personal and professional approaches to patient care.
Ability to discuss and influence with healthcare professionals across multidisciplinary teams and other agencies.
Ability to communicate where there are barriers to understanding in addition to any communication impairment e.g. psychological resistance to change, hostility, extreme distress and grief.
Ability to analyse, interpret and explain complex information on diagnosis, management plan and their implications in a clear and precise manner to patients, their relatives and members of the multiprofessional team.
Ability to use skills of persuasion, motivation, negotiation and problem solving with colleagues, members of the multi professional team and other professionals on a daily basis.
Organisational skills with the ability to organise own workload and work in a systematic way
Excellent time management
Excellent interpersonal and team working skills
Demonstrates interest and enthusiasm for nutrition
Motivated to develop the service
Flexibility in the approach to a day in the knowledge that pressure of demand and throughput of patients will impact on original aims of the day
Work onsite due to the clinical caseload
Enthusiasm and commitment to train student dietitians and others
Commitment to CPD
Desirable
Active member of relevant professional groups
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.
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
Jennifer Towey
jennifer.towey@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
Part-Time, Flexible Working
Reference number
304-1103296
Job locations
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Mindelsohn Way
Birmingham
West Midlands
B15 2TH
Attachments
Job Description
Band 6 JD PS.pdf – 529KB Opens in a new window
Education
High SchoolBachelor DegreeProfessional CertificatePostgraduate Degree
Skills
Nutritional AssessmentHepatologyClinical AuditPatient-Centred CareMultidisciplinary TeamworkMalnutrition ManagementSarcopenia ManagementEnteral FeedingCase ManagementClinical ResearchPatient EducationCare Pathway Development
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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