Band 7 Specialist Respiratory and General Medicine - Birmingham, United Kingdom - University Hospitals Birmingham
Description
Job overview:
Main duties, tasks & skills required:
The successful individual will take a lead role in the advanced assessment and treatment of a variety of complex patients so the applicant must have significant dietetic experience within a range of specialities including enteral feeding, oral nutritional support and rehabilitation.
About us:
We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.
Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.
UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment.
This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work.
This is more than words. We are taking action.Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO.
We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.
Job description:
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person specification:
Qualifications:
Essential:
Evidence of relevant GCSE NVQ GNVQ AS and A levels
Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics or equivalent
Registration with HCPC
Desirable:
MSc or equivalent experience e.g. advanced level of clinical practice elevant postgraduate professionally accredited courses
Experience:
Essential:
- Significant postgraduate experience in relevant specialist area
- Practical skill & indepth experience in a multidisciplinary setting in relevant specialist field evidenced by a learning portfolio and leading to advanced theoretical knowledge in area/s of clinical practice, which would be expected to be at a Masters level or equivalent
- Advanced specialist postgraduate training in relevant specialist area
- Significant to substantial postgraduate experience of working in a specialist capacity in multidisciplinary teams in relevant specialties, leading to the acquisition of advanced theoretical knowledge and highly developed skills.
- Experience of training Dietetic students
- Evidence of relevant continued professional development in following areas
- Clinical e.g.
oattendance at specialist group meetings of BDA
oAdvanced Diploma in Dietetic Practice
oattendance at relevant multi-disciplinary courses/conferences
- Teaching e.g.
oclinical supervisory skills training for student training
ocommunication skill training / counselling skills training
ocognitive behaviour therapy training (CBT)
- High level of knowledge gained through attendance at postgraduate specialist courses which would be expected to be at Masters Level or equivalent
- Significant post registration experience at entry to post
- Specialist experience relevant to specialist area
- In depth knowledge of research and audit
- In depth knowledge of nutritional assessment / nutritional screening tools
- Knowledge and experience of all types of nutritional support
- Maintains excellent knowledge of clinical developments
- Requires working knowledge of IT computer programmes
- Experience of teaching professional and patient groups
- Knowledge of standards of record keeping and medicolegal issues
Desirable:
Evidence of ongoing regular attendance on post graduate training courses and clinical development at highly specialist level
Evidence of attendance at national conferences
Knowledge of the Strategic direction of the Trust
Disclosure and Barring Service Check:
Certificate of Sponsorship:
UK Professional Registration:
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
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