Are you an existing band 5 Dietitian looking to develop or broaden your skills, a newly qualified band 5 Dietitian seeking a permanent post to kickstart your career, or a return to practice Dietitian looking for a retraining opportunity?
Due to an internal promotion, an opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic Dietitian to join our innovative and dynamic Dietetic Department as a band 5 rotational Dietitian. We offer an excellent band 5 rotation programme that will enable you to gain a broad range of experience in a number of clinical areas within busy acute hospitals and community settings, working with a varied and diverse population group.
Main Duties of the Job
We appreciate that student placement training can have its limitations. Our rotation scheme allows you to develop further into a variety of specialist areas and gain skills you may not have had the opportunity to experience during your student placement.
Clinical specialties you will gain experience in include:
1. Acute wards
2. Gastroenterology
3. Surgery
4. Oncology
5. Diabetes
6. Renal
7. Weight management
8. Paediatrics
9. Community nutrition support
10. Home enteral tube feeding
The post holder will receive regular clinical supervision, extensive CPD opportunities, and excellent clerical support.
The acute rotation will involve working in various acute medical and surgical wards at Royal Blackburn Hospital and our rehabilitation hospitals at Burnley and Pendle.
The community rotation will include being part of our community nutrition support team, providing dietetic care to patients in their own homes and clinics.
The Paediatric Rotation will involve being part of our Paediatric team, providing dietetic care to children on the paediatric ward and in paediatric clinics.
The WRD (Weight management, Renal, and Diabetes) rotation will involve being part of the WRD team, covering your own clinics in weight management and diabetes, as well as working with and providing support to specialist Renal, Diabetes, and Weight Management Dietitians.
About Us
East Lancashire Hospitals Trust is a large integrated health care organisation providing acute secondary healthcare for the people of East Lancashire in the heart of the North West. We are a specialist centre for many services, including hepatobiliary, vascular, head and neck, and cancer services, specialist cardiology services, and a digestive diseases unit, and we are a network provider of Neonatal Intensive Care.
The department has over 40 Dietitians, as well as Assistants and Assistant Practitioners, and is well known for its innovation and development. It covers a wide geographical area, and the post holder will be expected to attend all our hospital sites, community clinics, and domiciliary visits; therefore, a car driver/owner is desirable. The department offers training to all placements of dietetic students, and the post holder will be expected to be involved in the clinical teaching and assessments of students on placement, with training provided.
Job Responsibilities
Please note that student Dietitians approaching the end of their training are welcome to apply. Tailored employment options are available that will allow new graduates to commence in post as a Band 4 Assistant Practitioner until HCPC registration is received. We also accept applications from return to practice Dietitians, and tailored employment options and training packages are available to regain HCPC registration.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* HCPC current registration.
* Clinical supervisory skills.
Experience
* Experience working or training in an NHS establishment.
* Demonstrable evidence of ongoing CPD in Dietetics.
* Experience of working as part of an MDT.
* Involvement in BDA specialist interest groups.
* Organisational and time management skills.
* IT skills (competent in the use of Microsoft Office applications).
* Ability to interpret clinical conditions, including biochemistry.
* Competence in calculating nutritional requirements and developing nutrition care plans.
* Up-to-date knowledge of artificial nutrition support.
Personal Qualities
* Ability to respond to unpredictable work patterns and frequent interruptions.
* Ability to prioritise own caseloads effectively.
* Effective working relationships with the Dietetic team and wider MDTs.
Special Requirements
* Commitment to work across all ELHT service delivery areas as required.
* Access to a car for work or ability to manage alternative transport arrangements.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975, and as such, it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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