Job summary
- Main area
- Community
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 179-6328665-I-A
- Employer
- West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- West Suffolk Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Bury St Edmunds
- Salary
- £28,407 - £42,618 Per annum, pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 24/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Community Dietitian
NHS AfC: Band 6
Job overview
Are you looking for an opportunity to work with a passionate and committed team of Community Dietitians? We are looking for a permanent 1 WTE (37.5 hrs per week) band 5 or band 6 Dietitian to come and join our friendly community team supporting the provision of a dietetic service to West Suffolk.
The post is available as a developmental opportunity for a band 5 dietitian who may not have all the desirable skills or have experience of working in a community setting. It is also suitable for new graduates with experience of the community as a student. We offer the successful candidate the opportunity to build on existing clinical practice. You can apply whilst completing your final year of Dietetic study.
We are an innovative dietetic department working across both acute and community settings, covering a wide range of specialist areas. The Dietitian will be based in our Community Office in Moreton Hall on the outskirts of Bury St Edmunds.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be required to see patients in a variety of community settings, conduct telephone appointments and carry out domiciliary visits in the surrounding areas of West Suffolk to give nutritional management advice. They will also work as part of the Home Enteral Feeding (HEF) team consisting of a Lead HEF Dietitian, B6 Dietitian, a B7 Nutrition Nurse and Dietetic Support Workers to support patients requiring home enteral feeding. They will take on responsibility for a small caseload of HEF patients.
They will also take on a general dietetic caseload including community clinics and home visit patients to support community dietetic service. This will include a range of patients - predominantly nutrition support patients and gastro patients (Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Coeliac Disease etc). Experience of working in Enteral Feeding is advantageous, but training is available, and the successful candidate will be fully supported by the lead HEF Dietitian and Community Lead Dietitian.
Working for our organisation
#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community
We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.
The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children's ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.
Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.
We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.
With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.
We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.
Join us. What will you #BeKnown for?
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Job Summary
· To provide a high standard of evidence-based nutrition and dietetic care to people in community out-patient locations such as GP surgeries, community hospitals and in their own homes and via remote home-working when appropriate.
· To be responsible for the prioritisation of own caseload of outpatients comprising those with varied needs including general community dietetic patients, newly diagnosed and refractory Coeliac patients, patients with Irritable Bowel Syndrome requiring first line advice and more advanced interventions including education on a low FODMAP diet, patients requiring more complex gastroenterology input such as those with pancreatic enzyme insufficiency, dumping syndrome, bile acid malabsorption and intestinal dysmotility.
· As a senior team member, to undertake non-clinical roles such as supervision, elements of service management, development of department guidelines and policy and research/audit as appropriate. To deliver group education sessions to people requiring education with regarding to Irritable Bowel Syndrome in West Suffolk.
· To undertake triaging duties of the gastroenterological patient referrals.
· To act as a member of the bimonthly (every other month) gastroenterology governance meetings with colleagues from similar specialities within the department.
· To act as an expert nutritional resource within the Community Dietetic Service to educate and train other Dietitians, Dietetic Students, and other health professionals within the Trust.
· To contribute to the Trusts clinical governance programme by contributing to audit, development and implementation of evidence-based guidelines/protocols and continuing professional development.
· To communicate effectively in both clinical and non-clinical settings.
· To be responsible for ongoing development, promotion and review of a Dietetic Led IBS Service with support from Lead Dietitian and Gastroenterology Consultant.
Please see job description and personal specification for further details.
STAFF CAR PARKING
Staff Car Parking on the West Suffolk Hospital Site is eligible for individuals working outside of the core hours, 07:00 – 18:30.
For individuals working within the core hours, the Trust offers parking off site at the Bury St Edmunds Rugby Club, which is serviced by a regular shuttle bus to and from the Hospital. Details of the bus timetable can be found in the on-line starter pack on the West Suffolk Hospital website.
This parking restriction does not apply if an individual is required to work on a weekend or if they are required to complete “on call” duties within their role.
The closing date for this vacancy may change if we receive a strong response. Please ensure that you apply for any post you are interested in as soon as possible.
Person specification
Education and qualifications
Essential criteria
- • Degree or equivalent dietetic qualification
- • Health and Care Professions Council registration
Desirable criteria
- • Member of British Dietetic Association
- • Evidence of Continued Professional Development
- • FODMAP trained
- • Member of specialist BDA group (Gastroenterology Sub Group)
Experience and knowledge
Essential criteria
- • Experience of working with outpatients with a range of conditions including gastroenterological conditions
- • Good clinical knowledge of a wide range of nutritional conditions relevant to General Practice including Irritable Bowel Syndrome, Coeliac Disease and Nutrition Support
- • Experience of applying national policy/guidance to practice
- • Previous experience of working in an NHS organisation
- • Experience of using electronic patient records
Desirable criteria
- • Experience of working within a community/ outpatient setting
- • Advanced knowledge of Gastroenterology dietetics or membership of specialist BDA group (Gastroenterology Sub Group)
- • Experience of delivering education on a low FODMAP diet (reconsider if desirable or essential)
Skills and abilities
Essential criteria
- • Excellent time and workload management skills
- • Ability to prioritise, use own initiative and problem solve
- • Able to impart knowledge and skills at different levels, in different environments.
- • Competent IT skills using Microsoft Office
- • Ability to recognise and work within limits of the role.
- • Able to maintain quality and accuracy despite interruptions.
- • Able to work under pressure and multi-task.
Personal qualities
Essential criteria
- • Excellent team player
- • Able to cope with stressful and emotional circumstances
- • Able to deal with pressurised situations
Other Requirements
Essential criteria
- • Frequent Travel Essential - You will need to travel, so you must either hold a full, current driving licence and have access to personal transport or meet the mobility requirements of the role through other reasonable and suitable means.
- • Physically able to undertake work in community locations where sitting/standing for periods of time may be required or subject to the standards of patients’ own homes.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Nina O'Brien
- Job title
- Community Lead Dietitian
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01284 713668
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