Job summary
- Main area
- Dietetics
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 5
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 190-7621-DIR
- Employer
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Northern General Hospital
- Town
- Sheffield
- Salary
- £28,407 - £34,581 pa/pro rata for part time staff
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 06/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Dietitian - Rotational
NHS AfC: Band 5
We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated so whilst you care for our patients and clients, we’ll take care of you. We offer many different ways of helping staff including career development opportunities, flexible working, good annual leave and pension schemes , health and wellbeing packages and financial support systems. Joining the Trust also allows you access to a number of saving options via our salary sacrifice schemes and a wide range of discount opportunities with retailers and service providers.
Job overview
Are you interested in joining an innovative, high profile and large dietetic team in an acute setting?
We currently have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic Dietitian to join our Band 5 Rotation at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals (STH). STH is one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country. The dietetic team consists of around 70 Dietitians, plus dietetic assistants and admin staff across 3 hospital sites and Sheffield community.
Applicants will possess BSc Nutrition and Dietetics (or equivalent) and must be HCPC registered. Excellent communication skills and effective team working skills are essential.
CPD is actively encouraged, with opportunities to attend accredited post registration courses and in-house training.
This rotational post offers a chance to gain experience in a variety of clinical areas and specialisms and the post may therefore be Community based. You will have the opportunity to work with both in and outpatients and be actively involved in dietetic student training.
We welcome applications from student Dietitians in the final year of their studies.
Main duties of the job
JOB PURPOSE
- To be responsible for the provision of high quality dietetic services to a clinical caseload in a designated area, using skills and knowledge as an independent practitioner.
- To contribute to the development and implementation of evidence based clinical and teaching practice.
- To work with their supervisor and Dietetic team leader in assisting in the operational management of the department.
- To assist the dietetic management team to ensure the overall service provides high quality patient care, and in the management of clinical governance, resources and equipment.
- To actively participate in development, education and delivery of training to dietetic students
Working for our organisation
You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes a firm commitment to professional development of it’s staff together with the provision of an excellent health and well-being support service.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification documents for full details regarding this post.
When completing your application please ensure that you clearly demonstrate how you meet the role criteria.
Please note this vacancy may close early once sufficient applications have been received.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- BSc Nutrition and Dietetics or relevant degree with Post Grad Diploma in Dietetics
- Current HCPC registration
Experience
Essential criteria
- Suitable for a newly qualified dietitian
- Evidence of independent working
- Good level of knowledge of nutritional needs and nutritional assessment of hospital in and out patients
- Competent in calculating nutritional requirements
- Competent to develop and monitor nutrition care plans in hospital including enteral feeding regimens
- Competent in formulating enteral feeding plans and dealing with minor complications
Skills and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Committed to engage in professional and personal development and department appraisal system and willing to undergo further training as necessary
- Able to demonstrate basic counselling and motivational skills
- Able to manage a caseload with frequently changing priorities, and deal with interruptions seeking guidance from supervisor as appropriate
- Good interpersonal, communication and team working skills
- Ability to work as an integral member of MDT and as an autonomous practitioner
- Able to state the case for nutritional intervention as part of the care plan
- Understand and accept the need to maintain confidentiality
- Able to document and record accurately in line with national standards
- Able to record activity and other data manually and electronically
- Familiar with and able to operate all necessary IT packages e.g. email, word, dietary analysis, power point
- Able to develop educational resources to meet the varying needs of clients and carers which are evidence based
- Awareness of clinical governance and its implications for dietetics including importance of audit projects
- Able to use literature review search methods and can critically appraise evidence
- Aware of regulatory bodies and professional bodies codes of practice and professional guidelines
Desirable criteria
- Able to use database e.g. excel
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Carolyn Taylor
- Job title
- Specialist Dietitian
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0114 2714162
- Additional information
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