Community Dietetics Service Lead - Beckenham, United Kingdom - Bromley Healthcare

Bromley Healthcare

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Beckenham, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Community Dietetics Service Lead - Band 8a

£56,388 - £62,785 Inc HCAS PA pro rata

PT hours per week

An exciting opportunity has developed in the Community Dietetics team at Bromley Healthcare.

We are looking for an experienced, committed, and enthusiastic dietitian (either Adult or Paediatric) to join and manage our supportive and friendly team in a job share as Service Lead.

The service has recently been restructured, bringing together our 3 Adult Services covering Bromley, Bexley, and Lewisham and our two Paediatric services covering Bromley and Bexley.

Combining these teams has allowed us to strengthen the services we can provide.

This is a great time to join the Service and be pivotal in embedding this change.

The post-holder will be responsible for the operational mgmt of the service ensuring that local targets are met and reported on in a timely and accurate manner.

The team has a number of important relationships within the boroughs of Bromley, Bexley and Lewisham and it will be your responsibility to maintain and enhance these relationships with key partners and stakeholders.

You will carry a clinical caseload and be available to offer support/second opinions to junior colleagues in managing complex cases.

You will be involved in developing service delivery to patients to meet national standards across all care pathways. You will have access to clinical supervision and have regular 1.1 meetings with the Head of Planned Care.

Interview date is 2nd July

We are looking for HCPC Registered Dietitian with post graduate experience with a high degree of motivation and clinical skills, you will need a flexible approach to service provision with the ability to work as part of a team as well as individually.

You will be responsible for the delivery and organisational management of the Adult (Bromley, Bexley and Lewisham) and Paediatric (Bromley and Bexley) Dietetic teams ensuring the services provided are of high quality, effective, well-co-ordinated, value for money and responsive to the changing needs of the local population.

You will establish, maintain and monitor standards & competencies of clinical care across the Dietetic Services.

Due to the nature of the role it is essential that applicants are able to travel independently across the locality and have access to a suitable vehicle for business purposes.

The post holder will be up to date with current best practice and demonstrate Bromley Healthcare values in their day to day role working as part of a team.

We value health promotion through patient empowerment and education, therefore we require dietitians who have excellent communication and assessment skills.

We encourage team members to take part in various CPD activities including clinical supervision, in-house training during department meetings in addition to external training sessions and access to an enhanced training budget.

Bromley healthcare has recently redefined its values with a strong focus on the health and well-being of both colleagues and patients.

We have our own staff physio and access to an in-house counselling service, to name just a few of the initiatives set out to support our well-being.

Our 'belonging' value focuses on building a community where inclusivity and diversity are celebrated and colleagues feel psychologically safe to bring their authentic selves to work.

Our aim is for everyone to be listened to and have an equal opportunity to flourish.

In line with our 'continuous learning' value, we are proud to embrace learning, quality improvement, and innovation in aspiring to be the best we can be.

As a service, we are very supportive of innovation and change and you will be afforded the flexibility to be creative.

Bromley Healthcare is a community interest company providing a wide range of services including community nursing services such as district nursing, health visiting to specialist nurses, as well as therapy services for children, young people and adults.

The post holder is expected to be a positive role model and an effective leader for the team in terms of clinical and general management, patient care and communication and quality standards.

The post holder will also need to develop good working relationships with other services and departments both within and external to Bromley Healthcare and ensure that there is constructive, collaborative working with colleagues.

To be responsible for the delivery and organisational management of the Adult (Bromley, Bexley and Lewisham) and Paediatric (Bromley and Bexley) Dietetic Services ensuring the services provided are of high quality, effective, well-co-ordinated, value for money and responsive to the changing needs of the local population.

To directly manage staff within the Dietetic service and staff delivering additional contracts on behalf of Bromley Healthcare delegating line management duty when appropriate including responsibility for appraisal, training and development of staff as