Senior Dietitian - Community and Inpatient Nutritional Support (Adult)
Job overview
We have an excellent opportunity for a motivated and proactive dietitian who would welcome a mixed caseload that provides both inpatient and community based care.
Our wider service covers The James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, The Friarage Hospital, Northallerton and the community localities of Hambleton and Richmond and Middlesbrough, Redcar and Cleveland locality.
You will work closely with colleagues working within the Friarage Hospital, Northallerton and across the Hambleton and Richmond community locality, providing expert advice to patients, carers, health care professionals and primary care and community staff.
The post will also involve education of students and other health care professional and support workers. We have been trainers for student dietitians for a number of years and are also now supporting our first Dietetic Support Worker apprenticeship.
Main duties of the job
Whilst the caseload will predominantly be with adults requiring oral and enteral nutritional support, there will also be opportunity to support within palliative care, gastroenterology and stroke rehab.
Our ideal candidate will have a wide range of post registration clinical experience and preferably some experience in the development and support of other dietetic and support staff members, and dietetic students.
You should have excellent communication skills, including the proven ability to motivate patients and colleagues using a wide variety of approaches. Above all you must be passionate about working within dietetics using drive and innovation to make positive changes.
It is vital that you have the ability to develop good working relationships with a wide range of stakeholders across the health and social care economy.
This post involves travel and the post holder will work in a variety of settings including clinics, clients’ own homes and other community healthcare settings. The main office base for this post is in the Friarage Hospital, Northallerton and Hambleton and Richmond locality.The community service uses Systmone, which facilitates mobile working. The clinical caseload will require a mix of face to face and virtual service provision.
Working for our organisation
Continual Professional Development is actively encouraged, as is participation in audit and quality improvement. We have access to excellent facilities within STRIVE, to support leadership, managerial and quality development opportunities.
Northallerton is a busy market town in the Hambleton and Richmond locality surrounded by beautiful countryside, market towns and villages and within easy reach of the coast. It is served by good travel networks; is within easy reach of the A1M motorway; cities such as Newcastle, Durham, York and Leeds are very accessible via the East Coast main line train service.We are also close to three international airports – Teesside, Leeds Bradford and Newcastle.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff. This training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the following training sessions
- Your Leadership Impact
- Leading your Team to Success
- Leading Into the Future
- Service Improvement for Beginners
- Developing your Service Improvement Skills
- Lean Practitioner
The leadership and improvement programme aims to:
- Explore leadership within the NHS
- Promote Trust values and behaviours
- Develop your leadership effectiveness and skills
- Equip staff with the necessary knowledge and skills to lead and complete service improvements within the scope of your role.
After you complete these six and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities. We also offer a range of additional in-house and externally provided courses and bitesize programmes through our Leadership and Improvement Team.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria- To hold a Degree in Dietetics or equivalent
- To be registered as a Dietitian and fit to practice by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
- Leadership training
- Clinical supervisory skills training
- To be committed to continuing professional development
- Completed preceptorship programme or alternative
- Behaviour change training
- To have achieved or willing to work towards relevant Post-graduate qualification
Experience
Essential criteria- Can demonstrate relevant/varied post graduate experience across a variety of clinical areas including nutritional support and home enteral feeding.
- Recent NHS experience in a clinical setting
- Recent experience of managing patients requiring tube feeding in the hospital and community setting.
- Experience with palliative care and general experience with non-complex diabetes and gastroenterology
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria- Evidence of audit and participation in service development
- Skills in the use of SystmOne or another electronic patient record system
- Membership of: British Dietetic Association (BDA), BDA specialist groups and other relevant groups
Disclosure and Barring Checks (DBS)
It is now the policy of South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who are new to the Trust who require DBS clearance for the post they have been offered, are required to pay the cost of their DBS. The method of payment for this is via salary deduction from your first month's pay.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve.All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. We welcome applications from the Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) Network; LGBT+ Network; Disability and Long-Term Health Conditions Network, Faith Network, Childless not by Choice Network and the Menopause Support Group.
As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you.
If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [email protected]
The Trust encourages and supports all applicants to be fully vaccinated against both COVID19 and influenza.
Please be aware, there are occasions where some vacancies may close prior to the closing date advertised. This will only happen where sufficient applications are received AND will be made evident on the job advert.
Please note if you are successfully shortlisted, we will contact you via the email address that you have applied from so please ensure you check your emails regularly.
Existing employees of South Tees NHS Foundation Trust currently on the Redeployment Register, who meet the essential criteria for this post, will be shortlisted and interviewed prior to all other applicants.
IMPORTANT - Please ensure you read the 'Guidance Notes for Applicants' document attached to this advert before you start to complete your application form.
This document provides detailed advice regarding the completion of your application form.
The guidance document also provides in detail what identification and certificates you must provide at interview should you be shortlisted.
As part of our pre-employment screening process, all applicants are required to provide references from their last continuous 3 year employment and/or training/education. The referees MUST be a Line Manager/Supervisor. Applicants are requested to ensure email addresses for all referees are included on their application form.Personal references and references from colleagues are not acceptable.
Unfortunately we are unable to respond to all applicants and those who are not contacted within six weeks of the closing date should assume that their application has been unsuccessful.