Job summary
- Main area
- Dietitian
- Grade
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time
- Flexible working
- Job ref
- 151- RO134
- Employer
- Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Frimley Park Hospital
- Town
- Camberley
- Salary
- £39,205 - £54,931 pro rata pa inc HCAS (subject to NHS pay award)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 04/11/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Specialist Community Nutrition Support Dietitian & Team Lead
Band 7
Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen within Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust for a 0.6 WTE Specialist Community Dietitian and Team Lead. This is a Band 6 to 7 developmental role.
The post holder will primarily focus on managing malnutrition in the community setting, working closely with Frimley ICB Medicines Optimisation Team and other partners within the Frimley Health and Care ICS. This role will be the lead specialist for the community nutrition support team who will oversee:
- provision and development of the clinical community service currently provided by FHFT, managing housebound patients requiring nutrition support
- relevant medicines optimisation activities/projects around appropriate prescribing of nutrition-related products in primary care including guideline development and review, providing specialist advice and education to care homes and primary care professionals
This is an excellent opportunity to develop skills and knowledge within this specialism and you will also be encouraged and supported to work on audit and quality improvement projects relating to the service. There will be a framework of competencies to be complete as part of this developmental role in order to progress from Band 6 to Band 7.
Please note that we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this position. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK.
Main duties of the job
- Lead specialist for community nutrition support team
- To lead on community nutrition support service development
- To lead on relevant medicines optimisation activities/projects around appropriate prescribing of nutrition-related products in primary care
- To provide assessment, treatment and management of housebound patients requiring nutrition support who may have both complex and chronic social and medical presentations affecting their nutritional intake.
- To provide specialist advice, support training and practical resources for the management of malnutrition, including nutritional screening, food fortification and the appropriate use of prescribed nutritional supplements for care homes and primary care professionals e.g. GPs, District Nurses, Community Pharmacists and the Integrated Care Teams
Working for our organisation
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.
Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.
We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the generic Band 7 Specialist Dietitian job description and person specification, along with the addendum for this particular role attached to this job advert.
Our department is a well-established team with dietitians working across many specialities. Our department values each individual within the team by supporting wellbeing, personal development and regular supervision.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Recognised degree in nutrition and dietetics or equivalent
- HCPC registration
- Advanced communication course e.g. Advanced counselling skills, Motivational interviewing, Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
- Leadership/supervisory skills course
- Evidence of further postgraduate study up to MSc level or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Basic financial training
- Member of BDA
- Active member of special interest clinic group
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working within the speciality or other relevant experience
- Experience of MDT working
- Line management experience
- Leadership experience
- Experience of student supervision
Desirable criteria
- Prescribing support/medicines optimisation experience
Skills & Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Time management and workload prioritisation skills
- Effective written/oral communication skills
- Training/education/facilitation skills
- Negotiating/influencing/counselling skills
- Management/supervision skills
- Problem solving/innovation skills
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
- Sarah Wheeldon
- Job title
- Principal Dietitian - Outpatients/Community
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 613 4053
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