Senior Specialist Dietitian for Stroke Rehabilitation
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Job overview
Senior Specialist Dietitian for Stroke Rehabilitation & Education Facilitator
Are you an experienced and highly motivated Dietitian ready to take the next steps in your dietetic career?
Are you keen to further develop specialist knowledge, leadership, service development and education facilitation knowledge and skills?
Become a Senior Specialist Dietitian at UHBW where you will play a crucial role in leading, developing and delivering high-quality nutritional care to patients within the Stroke rehabilitation and medicine pathways at Weston General Hospital (WGH) alongside taking a Trust wide lead on education facilitation within dietetics.
The Weston dietetic department are a friendly team of 18 dietitians and support workers, based at Weston General Hospital (WGH) in the beautiful coastal town of Weston-super-Mare. We are part of the wider UHBW Nutrition and Dietetic Service based at Bristol Royal Infirmary and sit within UHBW’s Adult Therapy Services.Find out more about UHBW Adult Therapies Department Careers by searching this link www.uhbwcareers.nhs.uk/therapies-careers
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Main duties of the job
We are looking for a self-motivated, enthusiastic and dynamic individual with excellent team-working, communication and organisational skills. The successful candidate will embrace challenges and be committed to delivering excellent patient care and leading on education to support the development of the future dietetic workforce.
This is an exciting opportunity to build on specialist clinical knowledge providing a range of nutritional interventions to a highly complex cohort of patients, alongside leadership and service development skills within stroke rehabilitation and general medicine pathways.
Additionally, this post provides a unique opportunity to lead on education facilitation for pre registration and apprenticeship placements, WEX, and the preceptorship programme. Education facilitation is envisaged to account for approximately 1 day per week of this post.
As a senior member of the dietetic team you shall have line management responsibilities and work in collaboration with the other band 7 post holders to provide day to day leadership of the team.
You will support junior staff to develop their knowledge and clinical skills in the management of patients within stroke rehabilitation and medicine pathways.
You will work across the 4 pillars of practice to achieve the shared objectives of the Nutrition and Dietetic Service and the wider Adult Therapy Service.
Working for our organisation
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England.UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward- thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact.
Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer.
UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them.
Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Our growing service at Weston has innovative food policy and front door teams and dietetic support workers underpinning the wider acute team in the management of our 270 bedded hospital. We work within a range of areas, including gastroenterology, surgery, trauma and orthopaedics, general medicine, stroke, respiratory, endocrinology and cardiology, care of the elderly, medically fit for discharge, and a 5 bedded Critical Care Unit.We also manage outpatient caseloads, within general, oncology, diabetes and gastroenterology specialities.
Our innovative service is formally recognised within the Trust and the team and individuals have received awards and nominations in the Trust “Recognising Success Awards”.
Please see the job description and person spec attachment for more details.
Team perks and benefits- Supernumerary period
- Flexi time working
- Time together for a monthly canteen breakfast
- Monthly protected non clinical time to support your agreed objectives
- Trust leadership programme
- Monthly supervision sessions
- Time for learning and development with senior specialist dietitians / peers within your speciality areas
- Funding for learning and development
Person specification
Qualifications and training
Essential criteria- • Q1 HCPC registration (E)
- • Q2 Degree/postgraduate qualification in nutrition and dietetics (E)
- • Q3 Evidence of extensive postgraduate training relevant to post (E)
- • Q4 Clinical supervisory skills course (E)
- • Q5 Postgraduate diploma/MSc or equivalent evidence of advanced dietetic practice (E)
- • Q7 Teaching qualification or significant equivalent experience (E)
- • Q8 PENG Group Clinical Update Course and/or Behaviour Change Course (E)
- • Q6 BDA membership (D)
Knowledge and Experience
Essential criteria- • E1 Significant clinical experience in:
- Nutritional Support/Therapy in the relevant pathways of care ie stroke, care of the elderly
- Chronic Disease Management
- Enteral Nutrition Support This should include a significant period of time working in a clinical speciality at a senior level (E)
- • E2 Working as part of a multi-professional team (E)
- • E3 Experience of management of teaching & learning and education of pre-registration students & apprentices(E)
- • E4 Experience of audit and/or quality assurance (E)
- • E5 Experience of/ or involvement of implementing guidance, policy producing protocols and procedures for use by others (D)
- • E6 Experience of managing/supervising junior staff (E)
- • E7 Experience of delivering preceptorship & WEX programs (E)
- • E8 Experience of service development and implementation of change (E)
- • E9 Experience of working in a multicultural setting & effectively engaging diverse groups, ensuring equality & inclusion recognising differing learning needs (E)
- • E10 Demonstrable knowledge of current professional issues, both in education and practice (E)
- • E5 Experience of/ or involvement of implementing guidance, policy producing protocols and procedures for use by others (D)
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria- • S1 Advanced communications skills at all levels (E)
- Oral - Written
- Interpersonal
- • S2 Good organisational skills and time management (E)
- • S3 Teaching/presentation skills in a variety of settings and to professional groups/grades at undergraduate, postgraduate and higher degree level (E)
- • S4 Computer skills i.e. Databases, Excel and use of dietary analysis programs (E)
- • S5 Advanced analytical and clinical reasoning skills (E)
- • S8 Behavioural and motivational interviewing skills (E)
- • S9 Ability to design, implement and evaluate education/teaching ie pre-reg, CPD, inclusive of multi-media platforms (E)
- • S6 Counselling skills (D)
- • S7 Evidence of published own work/articles etc. (D)
Aptitudes
Essential criteria- • A1 Ability to work under pressure (E)
- • A2 Ability to both work alone and as a team player (E)
- • A3 Able to maintain effective working relationships across different professions (E)
- • A4 Ability to work under own initiative (E)
- • A5 Flexibility (E)
- • A6 Reflective approach to practice (E)
- • A7 Ability to process highly complex information or situations (E)
- • A8 Ability to deal with challenging behaviours of patients, carers and learners (E)
- • A9 Promotes professional interests (E)
- Active/committee member of BDA Specialist Interest Group (D)
- As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.
- The Trust is committed to investing in and caring for all our staff. We will support you in maintaining and improving your health and wellbeing, as well as your career development through management and training support - developing exceptional people for exceptional careers.
- UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults.
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