University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (279)
Band 7 renal and diabetes dietitian, 1.00 WTE fixed term, 12 months
We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated dietitian to join our friendly team working at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton.
This role offers a unique opportunity to specialize in both renal and antenatal diabetes care, providing comprehensive nutritional support to our patients. Previous experience in renal dietetics is highly desirable for this post.
Your learning needs are very important to us and we are able to support with any additional training that you require.
Main duties of the job
As an integral member of the multidisciplinary team, you will take the lead and demonstrate an advanced level of expertise. You will play a key role in the nutritional management of these patient groups and will provide advice, education, and support to patients, carers, and other health professionals.
In addition, you will actively be involved in the trust's clinical governance programme and quality framework agenda by taking lead responsibility for ensuring continuing professional development, audit, and research activities within this specialist area.
Job responsibilities
Working as part of the dietetic team and as an integrated member of the renal and diabetes MDT, the postholder will:
1. Play a key role in the nutritional management of people living with chronic kidney disease by providing highly specialist advice, education, and support to patients, carers, and other health professionals. This will involve advanced kidney care clinics and the nutritional management of people receiving all forms of dialysis.
2. Work within the joint Diabetes-Obstetrics MDT to support people with Gestational Diabetes.
3. Provide training to student dietitians and supervise their clinical placements.
4. Undertake relevant audit to further best practice.
5. Provide cover for dietitians during periods of leave, including covering the renal ward and the gestational diabetes education session.
Person Specification
Qualification & Registration
* Registered Dietitian with HCPC
* Registered with the BDA
Experience
* Clinical dietetic experience in a range of specialities
* Experience working within the MDT
* Evidence of audit or service development
* Experience in supervision or training of students or junior staff
Clinical Experience
* Clinical dietetic experience including nutrition support (with management of enteral feeds and use of oral nutritional supplements)
* Experience in the nutritional management of people with chronic kidney disease
* Experience of the management of gestational diabetes
Teaching/training
* Experience of delivering education to staff
* Experience of delivering education to patients
* Experience of teaching/training at undergraduate level
Equality Diversity and Inclusion
* Evidence of having championed diversity in previous roles (as appropriate to role).
* Evidence of having undertaken own development to improve understanding of equalities issues.
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.
Salary: £46,148 to £52,809 per annum pro rata
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