Job summary
Employer heading
Specialist Surgical Dietitian
Band 6
Job overview
Hull University Teaching Hospitals (HUTH) are seeking a Band 6 Specialist Surgical Dietitian to join our diverse team. The post holder will gain experience working in a large busy acute teaching trust.
The post holder will work alongside colleagues within the surgical dietetic team, and surgery service to support the timely delivery of nutritional interventions for those those admitted to the surgical wards.
We are seeking someone who can adapt to a changing environment and work well within a team. You will be expected to be an active member of the multi-disciplinary team and build social networks working in partnership with other agencies.
Main duties of the job
You must be a registered dietitian that has suitable previous experience working with complex patients and building links to community services.
The role will require the post holder to undertake nutritional assessment and treatment of patients who may have highly complex and/or chronic presentation and work closely with other members of the ward multidisciplinary teams (MDT). This will include attendance where required at best interest meetings, ward rounds, MDT meetings and service improvement meetings (such as clinical governance).
The dietetics department offers various development opportunities and can provide additional training.
If you are looking for a challenging yet rewarding position, we would welcome your application.
The post holder will be required to assist in delivering staff education programmes, on-going clinical advice and clinical supervision to other professionals and student dietitians.
Hull University Teaching Hospitals provide a comprehensive range of acute services from two hospital sites with an extended catchment population of 1.3 million people. The department has strong links with the Universities of Hull and York, Leeds Beckett University and with the British Dietetic Association.
Applicants should note that all new appointments to Hull University Teaching Hospitals are subject to the completion of a satisfactory 6 month probation period.
Working for our organisation
The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.
Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.
Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.
As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.
We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further details with regard to this vacancy opportunity, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled Worker Visa sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. You can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for the post by assessing your circumstances against criteria specified on the gov.uk website. |
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Bsc or post grad diploma in nutrition & dietetics
- HCPC registration
Desirable criteria
- Post registration training Clinical Supervisory Skills Course
Experience
Essential criteria
- Adequate post registration experience of service delivery in a variety of different clinical settings
- experience of working with patients with diverse healthcare needs
- Evidence of dietetic experience in a range of clinical specialities
- Evidence of teaching experience
- diverse healthcare needs
- Evidence of team working
- Motivational interviewing/behavioural change skills training
- Evidence of dietetic experience in a range of clinical specialities
- Evidence of teaching experience
Desirable criteria
- expereince of supervising junior staff, assistants or students
- PENG course accreditation
- Previously worked as a specialist dietitian
SKILLS KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITY
Essential criteria
- Evidence of a wide variety of clinical knowledge
- Theoretical knowledge of specialist clinical area
- Working knowledge and understanding of professional ethics and their application in practice
- Documented evidence of CPD
- Effective communication skills with people from diverse backgrounds
- Have developed organisational skills to be able to set priorities and meet daily deadlines
- Able to contribute to service improvement within specialist area
- Evaluation and audit skills
- Able to contribute to policy standards, policies and service changes within own specialist area
- Able to critically evaluate current research Proficient use of PC/keyboard skills and working knowledge of relevant programmes and nutritional analysis packages
Desirable criteria
- Presentation skills
- Clinical Supervision skills Anthropometric measurement skills
PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES
Essential criteria
- Ability to reflect and critically appraise own performance
- Confident and self motivated being able to work independently and communicate effectively at all levels
- Flexible, able to work under pressure Able to deal with distressed clients, relatives and staff
- Able to deal with occasional personnel problems and complaints
- Able to organise complex information Able to respond to unpredictable work patterns and frequent interruptions, prioritising workload in accordance with patient and service need.
- Able to deal with frequent periods of intense concentration
Desirable criteria
- Assertiveness skills
- Professional Appearance
- Adaptable, Creative
OTHER REQUIREMENTS
Essential criteria
- Good time keeper
- Ability to work from all hospital sites as required to meet the demands of the service
Desirable criteria
- Member of the British Dietetic Association
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
- Cheryl Baig
- Job title
- Deputy Head of Dietetics
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07825720832
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