Acute Dietitian
Job overview
Are you a dietitian ready to take the next career step, but still enjoy working across a number of specialties?
Following successful flexible working arrangements, we have an exciting post available for an enthusiastic dietitian to support the dietetic service, working mainly at the Royal Stoke University Hospital and a day per week at County Hospital
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be covering largely inpatient wards including Neurosurgery, Acute Trauma Rehab Unit as a shared role. You will cover adult acute medicine and respiratory wards.
As a specialist centre for non-invasive ventilation (NIV), we accept patients from across West Midlands for PEG placement under ventilation cover. You will work in collaboration with other dietitians to provide this service and liaise with dietitians in the patient’s own locality to facilitate safe and timely discharge.
You will develop and take part in staff teaching, patient education events, student training and support the team in audit and service developments. The post holder will support the Trust with meal observations as part of our Care Excellence framework.
Working for our organisation
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research.We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.
All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.
UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected.In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.
At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities- To work as part of the multi-disciplinary team providing dietetic input to patients and to liaise with other disciplines and agencies as required in the planning and implementation of patient care.
- Delivers specialised dietetic services to patients, using a wide range of appropriate and sensitive communication skills and counselling, and behaviour change techniques. Uses analytical and problem solving skills to interpret analyse and evaluate complex information from a variety of sources e.g. medical notes, diagnostic tests, clinical investigations and information from patients and carers.
- Frequently dealing with a wide spectrum of medical conditions and, therefore, nutritional diagnoses and dietary interventions. Working with patients in a variety of settings, frequently facing variable and unexpected situations, e.g. verbally abusive patients/carers, etc.
- To provide, individually tailored advice for patients
- To educate patients and their relatives / carers about their condition and its significance and ensure that care information and support is available.
- To use negotiating and persuasive skills to facilitate effective service delivery within the specialty team and Directorate.
- To support and liaise with the dietitians, dietetic assistants and student dietitians.
- To actively participate in ward meetings, ward rounds, case conferences as appropriate.
- To liaise with and work as an integral member of the multi-disciplinary team, building and maintaining effective working relationships within the Trust and the health economy.
See attached job description for full details.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- HCPC registered dietitian
Experience
Essential criteria- Experience of working in different clinical settings within the NHS
- Dietetic experience in a range of professional practice areas including acute inpatients and outpatients.
- Demonstrate relevant experence of working autonomously clinically including organisation and management of caseload, working to agrees objectives and deadlines without supervision
- Experience of pre-registration practice training for student Dietitians.
- Demonstrate good IT skills including competence in use of specialist dietary analysis computer programme, word processing, spread sheets, data inputing
- Experience of working within a Trauma rehab setting
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria- Can work across a wide range of organisations and settings
- Ability to travel between UHNM sites
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- We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from everyone regardless of ethnicity, disability, gender, age, faith or sexual orientation. Appointment will be based on merit alone.
- Flexible working will be considered in line with Trust policies
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