Band 6 Rotational Post - Birmingham, United Kingdom - University Hospitals Birmingham

University Hospitals Birmingham

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Birmingham, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Job summary:

Are you are an experienced Band 5 or an established Band 6 looking to increase your clinical dietetic skills in a range of different specialities? If so, our Rotational Band 6 Dietitian post at Heartlands, Good Hope and Solihull Hospitals, as part of University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust is the job for you

This post allows you to enhance your dietetic skills widely rather than in one particular clinical area, broadening your options for future career progression.

The rotations available include:

Gastroenterology & Nutrition Support team who support a number of multidisciplinary teams including; critical care, parenteral nutrition rounds, gastroenterology, general and upper GI surgery.
Medical Surgical team which covers a wide range of specialities including: elective surgery, Noncancerous ENT diagnoses, trauma & orthopaedics
Renal team who provide dietetic care to renal inpatients and outpatients with Acute Kidney Injury and all forms of Chronic Kidney Disease including predialysis and those on haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis.

Across these areas you will receive multiple learning and development opportunities to strengthen your clinical, management, leadership and service development skills.

You would be joining a large, supportive department who work holistically with our medical, nursing and therapy colleagues.

Main duties, tasks & skills required:
Post qualification experience in an acute NHS hospital setting with a good knowledge of nutrition support is essential.

The day to day tasks will differ dependent on which rotation you are in, however all areas will require applicants to have experience of close multi-professional working and must demonstrate excellent communication skills and time management capabilities.

An integral part of the role will involve assisting with supervision of Band 5s, support workers and students and providing opportunity to lead on audits/QI projects to improve patient care.

For further information please contact:
Lauren Dight, Specialist Renal Dietitian & Team Leader

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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:

Degree in dietetics or equivalent. (E)
Current State Registration with HCPC. (E)

Experience:

Essential:

Demonstrates clinical experience enabling the (E)

post holder to manage a caseload of patients with

complex needs in this speciality. This would usually

be approximately 12 months.

Demonstration of clinical experience of working with (E) patients within speciality.
Ability to work as part of multidisciplinary team and (E)

Dietetic team.

Knowledge

Understanding of audit, clinical effectiveness and

its importance in the provision of a quality service. (E)

Awareness of local needs, eg; ethnic minority and

low income groups. (E)

Insight into own CPD and appropriate strategies for addressing them. (E)

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.