Practice Placement Lead Dietitian - Nottingham, United Kingdom - Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

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Nottingham, United Kingdom

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Description

Band 6

Main area

Dietetics

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Grade

Band 6

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Contract

Permanent

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Hours

Part time hours per week

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Job ref
A
Site

Crosscampus

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Town

Nottingham

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Salary
- £33,706 - £40,588 per annum pro rata
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Salary period

Yearly

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Closing

14/05/2023 23:59Job overview

_Are you passionate about the education of student dietitians? Do you enjoy supporting the future dietetic workforce whilst they are on placements? Are you interested in opportunities to develop your own leadership skills? If so - this post could be for you_
The post holder has the responsibility for the co-ordination of placements for students from a variety of universities. They will work alongside the dietetic staff at NUH, to ensure the provision of high-quality clinical placements.

The post holder supports clinical educators by providing advice and support to both the students and clinical educators, in order to help students to meet learning objectives.

They contribute to quality assurance by participation in audit and seeking feedback from all stakeholders.

You will work alongside other practice placement leads in providing multi-professional education opportunities for Allied Health Professional students at NUH.

Applications are invited from HCPC registered dietitians who have excellent communication and interpersonal skills. The post holder will have post-graduate experience, and ideally experience as a clinical educator.

Main duties of the job

In addition to the below summary you need to familiarize yourself with full Job Description and Person Specification documents attached to this advert.

Student placement planning

Student support whilst on placement in the trust

Supporting clinical educators in their delivery of student education

Liaison with HEIs

Evaluation and development of placements

Working for our organisation

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.

There are approximately 100 dietetic staff providing dietetic services on both of our main campuses, and students are based within the majority of our dietetic teams.

These teams provide placements for dietetic students from Nottingham University during their degree programme (projected 7500 hours in 2023/24 academic year).

We are a diverse pathway of AHPs and support staff, employing over 600 staff who work together to deliver the high-quality care we aspire to.

Our HCPC registered AHP professionals comprise of physiotherapists, dietitians, occupational therapists, orthotists, prosthetists and speech and language therapists.

We have a Chief AHP to lead us on our strategic direction, and many of the pathway leadership team have pathway AHP backgrounds to support our staff.

There are also Practice Development Therapists to support career development for all.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

KEY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Formal liaison with universities
Arrange placements and agree capacity plans in liaison with universities and their requirements

Student direct contact
Provide and / or supervise local student induction programmes

Acting as a highly visible professional as a source of reference for student concerns, assessment and feedback.

To monitor effectiveness of tutorial development and delivery of feedback to and from universities

Quality measurement of student placement programme
Audit of student feedback from resources whilst maintaining student anonymity

Address any issues as they arise from those resources with support from the Practice Development Leads and management

To ensure all equipment training is completed and signed off, and saved for future reference

Assist and support learning experiences for students while on their placement at NUH.

Facilitate the development of knowledge, clinical skills and professional attitudes within therapies, and throughout areas that utilise our expertise

Supervise, guide and act as a role model

Help to orient students to the work environment and assist with any concerns they have.

Provide 'hands-on' skills and experience as necessary and appropriate

To provide an individual induction rota for each student that includes the areas agreed with their respective university for each specific student cohort.

PRINCIPLE DUTIES

CLINICAL

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To undertake the measurement and evaluation of own and others current practices through the use of evidence based practice projects, audit, outcome measures and benchmarking.

1.2. To be professionally responsible, legally responsible and accountable for all aspects of own work.

1.3. To ensure and consistently promote a high standard of safe clinical care for all patients.