Senior Dietitian - Middlesbrough, United Kingdom - South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

    South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
    South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Middlesbrough, United Kingdom

    2 weeks ago

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    SOUTH TEES HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST

    NUTRITION & DIETETIC SERVICES

    SENIOR DIETITIAN - Neurosciences

    WTE ( per week)

    Fixed term 23 months

    Grade AFC Band 6

    Due to expansion and development within our dietetic service at South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, we are able to offer an exciting opportunity for a dynamic, motivated and proactive dietitian to work within the speciality of Neurosciences within our Acute and Rehab Team. This post includes both acute high dependency and rehabilitation caseload working within Neurosurgery, Neuro HDU, Neurology and Neuro-rehab.

    You should be a friendly and forward-thinking Dietitian with excellent communication skills and confident in organising and prioritising workload within a busy acute hospital. You will have experience of managing patients requiring enteral nutrition.

    Main duties of the job

    Main duties will include

  • Working closely within the multi-disciplinary team to provide a dietetic service to all wards within the Neurosciences.
  • Provide specialist dietetic support, particularly to those with complex nutritional needs (both oral and enteral) across a range of neurology conditions within the acute setting such as traumatic brain injury, neuro-oncology conditions, Gullian Barrie syndrome, Myasthenia Gravis, Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease and Motor Neurone Disease.
  • Managing a predominantly enteral fed patient caseload including the preparation and organisation for discharge. Making appropriate onwards referrals for ongoing dietetic management/follow up.
  • Liaise with other healthcare professions within and outside of the organisation to provide an holistic and patient centred approach to care such as specialist nurses, PEG MDT, enteral feeding company nurses, nutrition nurse specialists, respite care, district nurses, GPs, care home staff, care agency staff, community matrons/MacMillan nurses, palliative care team.
  • To use a range of verbal and non-verbal communication tools to communicate complex and sensitive information effectively to patients/ caregivers, who may have barriers to understanding or communicating, and health care professionals in a variety of situations on different level

    • About us

    The post holder will be actively encouraged to participate in service improvement, audit and continuous professional development activities.

    We have been trainers for student dietitians for many years, with the programmes shared across all of our localities.

    We are a tertiary centre for many clinical specialities including major trauma, cardiothoracic surgery, regional spinal injuries unit, upper GI surgery, head and neck/Oro maxillofacial surgery and spinal cord injuries.

    Job description

    Job responsibilities

    Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.

    South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust offers leadership and improvement training to all new staff to the Trust; this training programme has been designed to support our leaders in developing their understanding of leadership and management skills. You will be expected to attend the leadership development programme, and the Quality Improvement Programme that the Trust delivers. This programme aims to:

  • Explore leadership within the NHS
  • Promote Trust Values and Behaviours
  • Develop your Leadership effectiveness and skills
  • Practitioner level in quality improvement, equipping you with the skills to champion, lead and complete quality improvement within your role

    • After you complete this four and a half days of training you will be able to explore further leadership and improvement training opportunities, we offer further in-house courses dependent upon your role and bitesize programmes and leadership apprenticeships at level 3,5 and 7.

    Person Specification

    Knowledge and skills

    Essential

  • Evidence of audit and participation in service development
  • Basic IT skills

    • Desirable

  • Membership of: British Dietetic Association (BDA), BDA specialist groups and other relevant groups
  • Skills in the use of SystmOne or other electronic patient record

    • Qualifications and Training

    Essential

  • To hold a Degree in Dietetics or equivalent
  • To be registered as a Dietitian and fit to practice by the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
  • To be committed to continuing professional development
  • Clinical supervisory skills training

    • Desirable

  • Leadership training

    • Experience

    Essential

  • Can demonstrate relevant/varied post graduate experience across a variety of clinical areas including some relevant specialities. Competent with enteral nutrition in an inpatient setting.
  • Recent post-graduate NHS experience in a clinical setting

    • Desirable

  • Working with home enteral tube feeding