Dietitian
Job overview
Overview of Responsibilities
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Dietitian to join our friendly, forward thinking and supportive All Age Community Nutrition and Dietetic Service in Bury.
This is an excellent chance to develop your experience and skills working with both adults and children in a variety of settings including community clinics, care homes and patients own homes. You will be dealing with a variety of conditions including nutrition support, coeliac disease, allergies, gastroenterology conditions, weight management, diabetes, and more besides.
You will undertake the nutrition assessment of patients referred to the dietetic service using analytical skills and evidence based practice to calculate nutritional requirements and formulate an individual treatment plan, under the guidance of the specialist dietitian where required.
If you are ready for a new challenge, are organised, have excellent communication skills and use a patient centred approach to your practice then Bury community dietitians welcome your application.
Main duties of the job
Main duties of the job
This post involves providing dietetic care to a variety of conditions including nutrition support, coeliac disease, allergies, gastroenterology conditions, weight management, diabetes, and more besides. Other main duties include:
- Decide priorities for own work area, balancing other patient related and professional demands.
- To ensure the safe and timely transfer of patients on nutrition support between settings and liaise with appropriate internal and external agencies.
- Attend staff meetings and participate in discussions concerning the running of the nutrition and dietetic service.
- Participate in the achievement of dietetic department objectives
We are involved in the training of student dietitians and staff development is a high priority. You will be fully supported by lead specialists to enable you to establish yourself in the role. We are committed to work based education and training to improve clinical skills and we actively encourage CPD and audit.
You will be a key member of our small, friendly and innovative nutrition and dietetic team which consists of 6 dietitians, 2 dietetic assistants and admin support. The team covers a range of specialities including; oncology, neurology, enteral tube feeding, weight management, gastroenterology, allergies/intolerance and paediatrics.
Working for our organisation
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- HCPC registration
- BSc. or MSc. in Nutrition and Dietetics Or BSc. in relevant science followed by Post Graduate Diploma
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
Essential criteria- Knowledge of nutritional needs and nutritional assessment
- Basic competence in calculating nutritional requirements
- Competent to develop nutritional care plans in community settings
- Basic competence in assessment of Enteral feeding, use of Enteral feeding products, equipment and regimens
- Ability to communicate effectively at all levels and work in multi- disciplinary teams
- Basic IT Skills
- Reflective practice and portfolio development skills
- Good presentation skills
- Experience of team working
We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to supporting flexible working for our people wherever possible and all our colleagues are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) serves a diverse population, and each Care Organisation works hard to ensure all services are accessible and fair.
We respect the value of difference. So, our aim is to employ a workforce representative of the communities we serve. Regardless of age, disability, gender, marital status, trans status, pregnancy and maternity, race, sexual orientation, religion or belief, all are welcome.
We also warmly welcome interest from serving and ex-personnel, and their relatives. Please identify that you are a member of the armed forces community on your application form to be entitled to a guaranteed interview (subject to essential criteria being met).As a Disability Confident Employer, guaranteed interviews are also available to disabled applicants when essential role requirements have been met.
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For posts advertised on a fixed term contract basis, we will offer secondments only for NHS appointments. Fixed term contracts will be only be offered for external non-NHS appointments.
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Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should we receive sufficient applications or if it is filled via the internal redeployment process.
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