Job summary
- Main area
- Senior Dietitian
- Grade
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent: weekend work may apply
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Job ref
- 275-2410SDAMF-1
- Employer
- Medway NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Medway NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Gillingham
- Salary
- £37,338 - £44,962 per annum/pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/11/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Senior Dietitian - Acute Medicine and Frailty
Band 6
Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People?
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved
Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust, we are able to give our employees flexibility on where, when and the hours they work.
Our culture and values are what drives Medway NHS Foundation Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when you are completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
Job overview
Senior Dietitian - Acute Medicine and Frailty
Division: Cancer and Core Clinical Services
Care Group: Diagnostics and Therapies
Band: 6
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 per annum/pro rata
Interview Date: Week Commencing 25th November 2024
We are recruiting for a Senior Dietitian who shares our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and has the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will undertake autonomous work across the acute medical, frailty and older person’s wards and have the opportunity to work in the emergency department.
The post holder’s team would also cover areas, such as a frailty same day emergency care unit, and support the work of an assistant practitioner. There would also be opportunity to learn skills about critical care and may be required to cover this specialist area, depending on service demands.
To take an active role in supervision of the team under the leadership of the Dietetic Team Lead, deputising in their absence. Other responsibilities may include attending and actively contributing at MDT meetings, board rounds to discuss patient cases, helping prevent inpatient admissions through intervention in the emergency department and discussing patient care, dietetic intervention, goals and discharge planning.
Our values are Bold, Every Person Counts, Sharing and Open and Together. It is important that you understand and to refer to our values when completing your application and always reflect our values throughout your employment with the Trust.
We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.
To contribute to our exciting future and become part of our team, apply today.
Working for our organisation
Do you have the ambition and vision to deliver our mission of the Best of Care by the Best of People providing excellent care, every time?
Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision is achieved for our patients.
As a key partner in the healthcare of our local population, we are keen to deliver this as an outcome of our Trust-wide strategy – Patient First. Using an Operational Excellence approach to align our priorities and operational management structures, we are just over a year and half into our Patient First deployment. We are looking for creative, skilled people to join our Transformation Team and further support us on this journey.
Our culture and values define us here at Medway NHS Foundation Trust and are the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.
Our BEST values underpin Patient First and are at the core of the care we give to our patients, the support we offer to our staff and our overall leadership approach:
B – Bold
E – Every person counts
S – Sharing and open
T - Together
Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious and dynamic environment; our employees are able to choose the coverage and supplemental benefits that best fit their needs and those of their families. This includes the promotion of flexible working opportunities across the Trust.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The dietetic team sits within a wider therapy team, including physiotherapy and occupational therapy staff. The dietetic team has 14 dietitians, 4 dietetic assistants and 1 dietetic apprentice. The dietetic team is divided into sub-team depending on speciality and paediatrics is also part of the acute service. Junior dietitians have the opportunity to rotate between teams and the post-holder will be part of their rotational training.
To work as part of an Acute Dietetic Team undertaking assessment of patients including those with diverse and complex presentations and conditions: using clinical reasoning skills and assessment techniques to formulate individualised treatment plans and programmes.
To deliver individualised dietetic treatment programmes using a broad range of skills in individual and group setting.
To continually reassess patient progress, adapting treatment plans accordingly, and developing discharge plans.
To refer patient appropriately to other health care services according to protocol, providing timely and detailed information to allow continuity of care.
To communicate effectively with patients, carers and other healthcare professionals using a wide range of verbal and non-verbal communication tools, share findings, agree treatment plans, progress nutrition, provide advice and teaching. This will include patients with communication and comprehension difficulties, and those who may be unable to accept their diagnosis / prognosis.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Diploma/degree in Nutrition and Dietetics
- Current Health Professions Council registration
- Member of British Dietetic Association, ideally including relevant specialist group
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Competency in nutritional assessment of patients in varied clinical specialities in a range of population groups
- Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of the issues involved with working in a busy acute setting, in particular respiratory medicine
- Understanding of national and professional issues
- Understanding of clinical governance and relevant national guidelines
Experience
Essential criteria
- Knowledge and application of artificial nutrition – eneteral nutrition is essential and some experience of parenteral nutrition preferred
- Experience of supervising Dietetic students
- Experience of responding to demand / prioritising work / managing a caseload in fast moving acute environment
- Involvement of developing department and service protocols
- Experience of managing patients within an MDT setting
Skills
Essential criteria
- Able to communicate clearly with other team members and patients/ carers in challenging situations
- Ability to develop and prepare dietetic resources
Values Based Question
Essential criteria
- Give an example of a time where you have demonstrated a ‘can do’ attitude (including the situation you were in) and the outcome
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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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
- Rose Ross
- Job title
- Lead Dietitian
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01634 833848
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