Team Leader Dietitian - Nottingham, United Kingdom - Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust
Description
Band 7Main area
- Team Leader Dietitian
Grade
- Band 7
Contract
- Permanent: part time considered
Hours
- Full time
- Part time
Job ref
Site
- City Hospital
Town
- Nottingham
Salary
- £43,742 - £50,056 per annum
Salary period
- Yearly
Closing
- Today at 23:59
Main duties of the job
Your clinical caseload will be providing dietary advice and nutritional support for infants, children and young adults across Nottinghamshire who require enteral feeding.
You will provide operational and clinical leadership to other dietitians assistants ,technicians, coordinators and administrative staff within the home enteral feeding service.
As a team leader you will provide operational leadership to the team and within speciality areas within dietetics to ensure effective and efficient service delivery, promote staff development and wellbeing, as well as providing expert knowledge and support for dietetic colleagues and for the management team.
This job will require working with inpatients therefore you will be required to wear the appropriate level of PPE.Working for our organisation
The NUH dietetic department comprises of around 140 staff including assistants and technicians providing dietetic and nutrition support across all areas of the Trust and beyond.
As a large acute teaching hospital over two main sites, NUH has a range of fantastic opportunities for staff to develop their careers within the NHS.
The Dietetic service is part of the Therapies and Rehabilitation Services pathway, which is one of the pathways that together make up the Clinical Support Division at NUH.
We are a diverse pathway of AHPs and support staff, employing over 600 staff who work together to deliver high quality care.
We are committed to continuing professional development for all our staff through a range of opportunities that include recognised training courses, involvement in service development and audit.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
In addition to the below summary you need to familiarize yourself with full Job Description and Person Specification documents attached to this advert.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, experienced dietitian with relevant clinical experience, leadership skills, excellent communication skills and a flexible approach to take forward this part of the dietetic service.
Main responsibilities:
To lead the team in the operational management of the therapy service and contribute to the strategic development of the service.
To take responsibility for highly developed clinical reasoning in the advanced assessment and treatment of patients who may have a complex presentation and to determine clinical diagnosis and therapy management.
To ensure high standards of clinical care within the team, through the training and development of staff.
We are looking for an enthusiastic, experienced dietitian with relevant clinical experience, leadership skills, excellent communication skills and a flexible approach to take forward this part of the dietetic service.
Main responsibilities:
To lead the team in the operational management of the therapy service and contribute to the strategic development of the service.
To take responsibility for highly developed clinical reasoning in the advanced assessment and treatment of patients who may have a complex presentation and to determine clinical diagnosis and therapy management.
To ensure high standards of clinical care within the team, through the training and development of staff.
To evaluate the effectiveness of the service provided and ensure improvements are implemented (in liaison with the Therapy Services Manager).
To ensure that staff are aware of the need to maintain ongoing competence of all staff undertaking out of hours work where applicable.
To provide training and support to cover out of hours work within your area.
In addition to the above summary you need to familiarise yourself with the full Job Description and Person Specification documents attached to this advert.
**Qualification
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