Specialist Dietitian | Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Dietitian – Nutrition Support Specialist
Department: Department of Nutrition & Dietetics
Band 6, £37,338 - £44,962 Per annum- 5 hours per week (part time hours will be considered) Fixed term contract or secondment opportunity until June 2025.
All MKUH roles will be considered for flexible working.
Candidates with less experience are welcome to apply, as we will support their development from B5 to meet B6 competencies.
We are looking for an enthusiastic dietitian with an interest in nutritional support, including enteral feeding, to join our acute team as a band 6 dietitian.This post is suitable for an experienced band 5 dietitian or a band 6 looking to widen their skills and experience, working with inpatients and covering a regular outpatient clinic for complex nutritional support patients.
Previous experience of managing malnutrition including enteral feeding is essential, and experience of parenteral nutrition would be beneficial but is not essential, provided appropriate transferable skills and expertise can be demonstrated.
For further information, please contact Zulaika van Aar, Helen Tozer or Ana Wermelinger, Lead Dietitians on 01908 996004
Interview date: 10 October 2024
You should have excellent clinical and communication skills, and can demonstrate an ability to be flexible, manage time effectively and have a strong commitment to teamwork. You must be a team player as the successful candidate will work closely with the multi-disciplinary team to provide a holistic and patient-centred service.
You will be joining our forward- thinking team of over 30 registered dietitians, dietetic support workers and admin staff, covering acute, community, paediatric and learning disability services. We have excellent support staff and take students for clinical placements from University of Surrey & Coventry University.
As a Department and Trust, we will provide support and opportunities for clinical and leadership CPD. We also committed to supporting external education and career development opportunities. We have a dedicated Therapy Practice Education team to support staff development.
- To provide, as part of the acute adult dietetic team, dietetic services for adult in and outpatients.
- The post holder will be an autonomous practitioner and act as a source of expertise in the area of nutritional support. In addition, to be required to support dietitians providing dietetic care for inpatients with a variety of medical conditions.
NHS Staff Survey - 68% of this staff group look forward to going to work.
You can expect a warm welcome at Milton Keynes University Hospital, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At MKUH we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:
- Free on-site parking
- Free tea and coffee
- Great flexible working opportunities
- Discounted gym membership
- Lease car scheme
- Generous annual leave and pension scheme
- On site nursery (chargeable)
- Extensive staff health and well-being programme
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Clinical- To develop and maintain a high standard of knowledge and practical experience in general dietetics, and to provide specialist expertise in the area of nutritional support.
- To manage a highly diverse caseload
- To maintain a culture of confidentiality.
- To identify problems where changes to practices and systems or additional resources are required to support caseload and to discuss these with line manager
- To be proactive in identifying and addressing the educational needs of patients and carers, including medical, nursing and catering staff and other health professionals.
- To ascertain the requirements for student training and to devise, deliver and supervise part of the student training programme.
- To ensure that your own practice meet the required professional standards of dietetic practice.
- To be responsible for your own caseload with dietetic support to meet service and patient priorities, readjusting plans as situations change/arise.
Please refer to attached Job description for further information.
We believe success lies in the diversity of our employees and are committed to promoting equality, encouraging diversity and embracing inclusion. We welcome applications from everyone interested in working for us.
MKUH is committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and as such we offer a range of flexible working practices.
We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.
MKUH uses identification scanning technology to confirm the authenticity of documents; all prospective employees of MKUH will have their original documents verified using this technology.
By applying for this role, you accept if successful, that information from your application will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) system. Your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS.This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which aims at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers.
Upon commencing employment with the Trust, all employees (except Medical & Dental Staff on national terms and conditions) are subject to a probationary period lasting a period of six months with an option to extend for a further six months to a total of 12 months.
This advert closes on Tuesday 1 Oct 2024