Truro - Acute Dietitian
Job overview
Specialist Acute Dietitian Band 6 - Full time
Are you looking for an opportunity to develop your career in the field of Acute Dietetics?
This post provides a specialist dietetic service to the patients on the Acute medical and eldercare wards as part of the Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust (RCHT) Nutrition and Dietetic Team.
If you are interested in learning more, please see the contact details below.
Main duties of the job
To work as a senior autonomous practitioner providing dietetic support and advice for patients referred to the Gastroenterology Dietetic service, their carers and Health Professionals delivering a service to these people.
To contribute to policy development.
To develop appropriate resources as required.
To help to support and/or establish Research and Development and a robust Audit review of the Nutrition and Dietetic service
Working for our organisation
The Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust (RCHT) is the main provider of acute and specialist care services in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We serve a population of around 500,000 people - a figure that can increase significantly with
visitors during the busiest times of the year. We employ approximately 6,700 staff and have a budget of approximately £580 million.
We are a teaching hospital in partnership with the University of Exeter Medical School, University of Plymouth School of Nursing and Midwifery, and Peninsula Dental School.
The Knowledge Spa on the Royal Cornwall Hospital site is the base for medical and nursing as well as ongoing education for health professions in clinical and non-clinical roles.
Keeping at the forefront of medical advances, we are continually developing our clinical services as well as our facilities and are committed to maximising the range of specialist care that can be offered locally. Allied to this is a growing reputation for research and innovation.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
PLEASE NOTE: To view the full Job Description and Person Specification, please click the supporting document on the right-hand side
To be an employee of the NHS you need to successfully complete the following:
- Identity Checks
- Professional registration and qualification checks
- Employment history and reference checks
- Work health assessments
- Criminal record check standards
- Right to work checks
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Many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways. Please talk to us at interview about any flexible working arrangements you would prefer or require. While we may not be able to fully accommodate all requests, such requests will not be referenced during the interview scoring process, and we will fully consider and try to accommodate them for successful applicants.
We reserve the right to close this advert early, or when the allocated number of applications has been reached. Please submit your application at the earliest opportunity.
Person specification
Knowledge
Essential criteria- Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics or equivalent leading to Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) Registration as a Dietitian
- A teaching qualification or experience of teaching groups
Experience
Essential criteria- • Post registration dietetic experience including at least 2 years experience of delivering services in an acute hospital
- • Experience of working within a specialist area of nutrition and dietetics. Ideally this should include some evidence of working with gastroenterology patients, but could demonstrate an acute clinical back-ground.
- • Experience managing tube fed patients in the inpatient and outpatient setting
- • Ability to use time management, communication and/or team working skills effectively
- • Evidence of an accurate and up to date portfolio in order to demonstrate Continued Professional Development (CPD) and lifelong learning.
- • Demonstrate the use of evidence based practice
- • Competently demonstrate experience of “best dietetic practice” in a range of clinical conditions including gastroenterology conditions.
- • Varied and comprehensive clinical experience in order to demonstrate the ability to deliver best practice for a range of more complex conditions
- • Experience of working in a confidential manner
- • Evidence of active participation in audit activities in dietetic practice
Thank you for your application if you have not received a reply within 21 days of the closing date you have been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please be aware that your application and related documents will be retained confidentially for a period of 12 months.
It is vital that you provide full and accurate details of your current immigration status on the application form. To work in the UK all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require a visa - we may be able to provide sponsorship, but this is not guaranteed.
Benefits include optional pension and life assurance and a dedicated Childcare Co-ordination Team
We are committed to ensuring our staff are developed, engaged and supported to work in different ways to support the ever-changing environment in which we operate.
The Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust is a non-smoking organisation.
Should you require an alternative format of this application form (such as Braille, audio or large print), please telephone 01872 255755
In submitting an application form, you authorise Royal Cornwall Hospitals NHS Trust to confirm any previous NHS service details via the Electronic Staff Record Inter Authority
Royal Cornwall Hospital is an Equal Opportunities employer.