Dietitian (XR06) - Leeds, United Kingdom - Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Description

Job summary

We are looking for an experienced and enthusiastic dietitian to join our Childrens Dietetic Team and the multidisciplinary Childrens Allergy Team working 28 hours. You will provide a dietetic service to children and families under the care of the Allergy Multidisciplinary team within MDT clinics, dietetic clinics and to support food challenges. You will provide a proactive and coordinated nutrition and dietetic service to both in- and out-patients. You will be expected to work alongside the Band 7 Dietitian, three Band 6 Dietitians and Allergy Dietetic Assistant.

Leeds Paediatric Allergy service is one of the largest in the country currently providing a secondary and tertiary allergy service to children of Leeds and Yorkshire. The large multidisciplinary team includes four paediatric allergy consultants, a specialty doctor, 5 allergy nurse specialists, 5 allergy dietitians and clinical psychologist. The service supports children with IgE and non-IgE mediated food allergy, allergic asthma, allergic rhinitis, atopic dermatitis, drug allergy, venom allergy, chronic spontaneous urticaria and complex multisystem allergic disease.

Expected Shortlisting Date: 15 May 2024

Planned Interview Date: 22 May 2024

Main duties of the job

Provide specialised dietetic care to children and their families and carers at a local and regional level. This will include our in-patient and out-patient services. Provide clinical training for dietetic learners and other staff. Support the Band 7 Allergy Dietitian in line with service needs. Participate in dietetic research and audit within Children's Allergy Team. You will be involved in service development within the Yorkshire & Humber Paediatric Allergy Group.

You will be expected to provide cover for colleagues within the multi-specialty Childrens dietetic team at times of annual leave or sickness. Appropriate training opportunities will be provided to facilitate this.

About us

We are currently 29 full and part time Childrens Dietitians, providing a wide range of secondary and tertiary care, and supra-regional services based at the Leeds Childrens Hospital. We are part of the wider Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Nutrition and Dietetic Service. You will be expected to provide cover for colleagues within the multi-specialty Childrens dietetic team at times of annual leave or sickness. We will support you with appropriate training opportunities to facilitate this. You will be fully involved in student training, contributing to the provision of training programmes for A, B and C placement learners. Our team has excellent support from four dietetic assistants and the admin team. You will have access to IT and library facilities.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.

Job responsibilities

JOB PURPOSE

To provide part of a professional Nutrition and Dietetic care service within a

specialist area. This includes advice to in-patients, out-patients, their parents and carers, all healthcare staff and participation in the training of student dietitians. Shows initiative in assisting and supporting the senior specialist dietitians and the clinical dietetic manager in the day to day management of the department.

3. JOB DIMENSIONS

The post holder will:

Manage own case load to a level agreed with supervisor/line manager.

Be involved in the provision of education and training to healthcare staff, patients, care providers and students.

Be a key member of the multidisciplinary care team to provide integrated dietetic care.

Shows initiative in assisting and supporting the senior specialist dietitians and the clinical dietetic manager in the day to day management of the department.

Deliver training to healthcare staff, dietitians and students.

5. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

BSc (Hons) Nutrition & Dietetics or equivalent.

HPC Registration as a dietitian.

Previous experience of working as a dietitian particularly in an MDT setting.

Willing to undergo any training as required to enable performance in the job.

Awareness of current issues in specialised areas of dietetics.

Able to work within a team, demonstrate initiative, confidence and excellent time management and organisational skills.

Good written, oral and interpersonal communication skills.

Good presentation skills in delivering training to large multidisciplinary groups of staff or members of the public (this may involve groups of more than 50 people).

6. THE LEEDS WAY VALUES

Our values are part of what make us different from other trusts, so we see this as a strength, as well as a responsibility. They have been developed by our staff and set out what they see as important to how we work. Our five values are:

Patient-centred

Collaborative

Fair

Accountable

Empowered

All our actions and endeavours will be guided and evaluated through these values

Additionally the following are core values which relate specifically to this post:

Comply with professional codes of practice, professional guidelines and departmental policies and procedures.

Maintain strict confidentiality in accordance with Trust policies and HPC standards.

Be compassionate and ethical in the provision of dietetic care.

Demonstrate a commitment to personal and professional development.

7. WEST YORKSHIRE ASSOCIATION OF ACUTE TRUSTS (WYAAT)

Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust is part of the West Yorkshire Association of Acute Trusts (WYAAT), a collaborative of the NHS hospital trusts from across West Yorkshire and Harrogate working together to provide the best possible care for our patients.

By bringing together the wide range of skills and expertise across West Yorkshire and Harrogate we are working differently, innovating and driving forward change to deliver the highest quality care. By working for Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust this is your opportunity to be a part of that change.

WYAAT is the acute sector arm of the West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care Partnership, one of the largest integrated care systems in the country. The Partnerships ambition is for everyone to have the best possible health and wellbeing, and the work of WYAAT, and each individual trust, supports that ambition

8. CORE BEHAVIOURS AND SKILLS

Demonstrate good office practice in accordance with departmental policies and procedures.

Be a pro-active team member of the dietetic department by participating in departmental development projects, attending and participating in departmental meetings and clinical updates.

Demonstrate the ability to communicate highly complex, specialised and sensitive information with empathy and understanding.

Demonstrate the ability to provide highly complex nutrition counselling to patients requiring cognitive behavioural therapy skills and use of advanced reassurance, motivational and negotiation skills to overcome barriers to change.

Demonstrate the ability to analyse clinical and non-clinical information to form accurate nutrition care plans in specialised areas.

Demonstrate analytical skills in prioritising the best course of dietetic treatment in patients with highly complex clinical conditions, where nutritional goals may conflict with other ongoing physical, emotional, psychological and medical problems.

9. CORE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING

Ability to perform specialised nutritional assessments, interpret and plan relevant dietetic care programmes for patients with highly complex nutritional needs and multiple medical conditions.

Advanced knowledge of biochemistry, physiology and pharmacology.

Understanding of the calculations required in dietetic assessment.

Ability to correctly interpret complex nutritional impairments, biochemical parameters and fluid balance. This will involve nutritional diagnosis including interpretation of biochemistry, anthropometrics, clinical condition, social factors and diet histories in patients with specialised and complex nutritional needs.

Demonstrate advanced knowledge in interpretation of complex clinical information to develop, monitor and complete nutritional care plans in a specialised dietetic areas. This may include the prescription of dietary treatment, prescribable nutritional products and enteral nutrition.

Responsible for safe discharge planning including the discharges of patients receiving home enteral nutrition.

Demonstrate the ability to evaluate practice using evidence based practice and critical appraisal.

Ability to advise and suggest nutrition related medications.

Knowledge of clinical governance, quality of care and evidence based practice in specialist areas.

Awareness of national guidance and driving factors in specialist areas.

10. PRINCIPAL DUTIES & AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

Clinical and professional

Be an autonomous practitioner, clinically, legally and professionally responsible for own caseload.

Responsible as a clinical practitioner in a specialist dietetic field, for delivering high quality specialist dietetic care. This will involve being guided by departmental standards, professional guidelines, broad occupational policies and procedures.

Collect, analyse and record relevant patient information from clinical and patient sources to develop effective nutritional plans.

Communicate the nutrition and dietary treatment of patients to healthcare staff, other professionals and patient carers eg schools and nurseries. This may involve co-ordinating nutritional care with other trusts and centres outside the Trust.

Undertake comprehensive assessments of patients with diverse and complex nutritional issues where investigative and analytical skills are required to formulate accurate treatment plans.

Responsible for providing relevant dietary advice within an in-patient an out-patient setting in verbal and written forms in a format which is understood by patients and carers.

Responsible for developing and maintaining an agreed level of expertise by updating own specialised clinical knowledge and skills.

Participate in the appraisal process as an appraisee and develop a strategy for personal and continuous professional development, encompassing a portfolio-based assessment in line with national legislation.

Participate in audit within specialist areas, involving evaluation of research and audit projects to measure clinical effectiveness and promote evidence based practice.

any other duties appropriate to the grade as requested/ agreed with the line manager.

Education and training

Devise and implement specialised nutritional care plans for inpatients and outpatients according to current national guidelines and standards, including NSFs and NICE. This will involve advising patients, relatives or carers, individually or in a group setting.

Contribute to developing and maintaining agreed levels of expertise of dietetic team members.

Provide effective oral and written specialised dietetic advice and information to patients and their carers to enable achievement of dietary aims.

Develop resources used in the education and training of patients, health professionals and the public.

Deliver formal and informal talks on nutrition and dietetics to health care staff as required.

Plan and deliver student training as assigned after an appropriate induction period/ supervisory training course.

Train ward staff to use dietetic resources appropriately.

Participate in providing specialised advice, teaching and training to other members of the multidisciplinary team regarding the nutritional managements of a specialist group of patients.

Be an active member of the in-service training programme through delivery of training sessions and tutorials at staff meetings and by attending external courses and demonstrating reflective practice.

Managerial

Disseminate clinical information to other members of the multidisciplinary team by attendance and participation in ward rounds and case conferences as required.

Responsible for ordering and cancelling additional snacks and nutritional supplements from catering and pharmacy according to patients clinical condition and requirements.

Involved in the planning, setting and monitoring of departmental objectives and standards as assigned.

Skills & Behaviours

Essential

Desirable

Experience

Essential

Desirable

Qualifications

Essential

Desirable

Other Criteria

Essential