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Job summary

Main area
Dietitian
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 30 hours per week
Job ref
409-6773476-A
Employer
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Southport
Town
Southport
Salary
£37,338 - £44,962 per annum, pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
29/12/2024 23:59

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Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust logo

Specialist Dietitian

NHS AfC: Band 6

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Job overview

We have a great opportunity for an enthusiastic individual interested in further developing their dietetic skills in an acute adult hospital setting. You will be working in a busy acute hospital providing a specialist service across several wards and undertake patient group education.

You will be joining our friendly and supportive team of Dietitians, dietetic assistants and administrative staff, working across the hospital in the areas of respiratory medicine, cardiology, general medicine and elderly care. The majority of treatment will be nutrition support, both oral and enteral with opportunities to be involved in parenteral nutrition.

We are committed to supporting the ongoing personal and professional development of our staff and offer excellent development opportunities. We are also involved in Student Training, offering Practice Placement opportunities from North West HEI's. We develop our workforce, here you can really grow with the knowledge & guidance shared by ourÌý dietetic working groups.Ìý

We are looking for someone who can work as a specialist, autonomous dietitian.Ìý You should have strong organisational, communication and leadership skills and embrace the challenge of service development.ÌýÌý

Acute care is provided at Southport and Formby and Ormskirk District General Hospital. This includes adults’ and children’s accident and emergency services, intensive care and a range of medical and surgical specialities.

Main duties of the job

  1. To provide a specialist Dietetic Therapy Service to patients of Southport & Ormskirk Hospitals NHS Trust.
  2. To provide specialist expert clinical support to junior staff and students.
  3. The post holder will demonstrate by example, and have advanced communication skills, using them to motivate, develop, guide and advance dietetic skills required by the team in order to provide a high-quality responsive dietetic service.
  4. To provide specialist assessment and management advice for patients whilst working closely with all members of the MDT.
  5. Accept clinical responsibility for and manage a caseload of complex cases using advanced knowledge, evidence based/client centred principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate interventions as required.
  6. To take part in the planning, development, delivery and evaluation of dietetic therapy services within the designated area, holding responsibility for defined projects, including the development of team outcome measures, risk assessment, documentation and operational policies in conjunction with the team leaders.
  7. To assist in the meeting of Trust Objectives in relation to patient care.

Working for our organisation

Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.

We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.

Our Services

Acute Care

Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.

Primary Care

Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.

Community Services

Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.

Specialist Regional Services

We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.

Achievements:

•ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018

•ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)

•ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description for Full Details .

Advertising date - 16-Dec-2024

Closing Date - 29- Dec-2024

Shortlisting Date 30-Dec-2024

Proposed Interview Date - TBC

Person specification

Other

Essential criteria
  • A combination of sitting, standing, and walking at times carrying files, scales or small items.
  • Ability to comply with travel requirements of post.
  • There is a frequent requirement for concentration (e.g. undertaking calculations) where the work pattern is predictable with few competing demands for attention.
  • Frequent exposure to distressing or emotional circumstances in working with elderly, terminally ill and patients with special needs.
  • Professional in appearance and conduct.

Skills and Abilities

Essential criteria
  • Excellent communication skills, ability to share information at MDT case conference experience, able to deal with conflict resolution.
  • Ability to work autonomously independently and with MDT
  • Time, prioritisation, and self-management skills
  • Awareness of up to date NHS issues, Clinical Governance, and its application within dietetics.
  • Ability to manage change in a flexible, diplomatic, and positive manner.
  • Maintain own clinical role and be aware of boundaries with other professionals.
  • Have a wide range of good clinical reasoning skills, assessment and treatment skills and be able to problem solve and make decisions.
  • Be able to be reflective and demonstrate good personal development of self and others.
  • Ability to demonstrate sensitivity and empathy in a variety of situations.
Desirable criteria
  • Effective teaching and presentation skills

Knowledge and experience

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of clinical experience as a Dietitian in an acute hospital NHS environment.
  • Experience in Nutrition Support in the hospital setting
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of managing complex nutrition support patients including parenteral nutrition
  • Membership / participant of BDA Special Interest Groups

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Degree or equivalent in Nutrition & Dietetics
  • Current HCPC registration as a Dietitian
Desirable criteria
  • Evidence of relevant post-graduate courses/CPD in Nutrition Support (E.G. BDA Enteral & Parenteral Courses, PEN Group Clinical Update Course) in Adults or Paediatrics
  • Clinical Educators Course.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Nursing TimesNavajo - Merseyside and CheshireNHS Rainbow Badge - BronzePeople Promise

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Liz Gemmell
Job title
Team Lead Dietitian
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01704 705115
Additional information

If you are interested in this post, we would love to hear from you.Ìý We welcome informal visits but are equally happy answering any questions that you may have via telephone call or video conference call.

Liz Gemmell -Ìý Clinical Therapy ManagerÌý on 01704 705115 or emailÌý [email protected]