Clinical and Team Lead Home Enteral Feeding Dietitian
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and highly motivated individual to come and join us in the role of Clinical and Team Lead Home Enteral Feeding Dietitian.
We are ideally looking for an individual with experience of leading a home enteral feeding team; however, we would welcome applications from current home enteral feeding dietitians who want to enhance their skills in leadership and service development.
The Home Enteral Feeding Team provides dietetic care to tube-fed adults and children across Southern Derbyshire. The team comprises of 2.0 WTE band 6 dietitians, 1.6 WTE Band 4 Assistant Practitioners, and admin support staff.
The role is currently based at the Royal Derby Hospital; however, a move to Florence Nightingale Community Hospital is being considered in the near future.
The advertised post is for a full-time role; however, we welcome any interest from applicants considering part-time hours. Any inquiries, please see contact details below.
Main Duties of the Job
Our Home Enteral Feeding Team delivers high-quality care to tube-fed adults and children across Southern Derbyshire. We offer a variety of patient contact including face-to-face clinics, telephone clinics, home visits, nursing home, and school visits. We work closely with a wide multidisciplinary team including Nutrition Nurses, children's community nurses, consultants, GPs, Speech and Language Therapists, and carers.
You will lead the delivery of a comprehensive and effective evidence-based dietetic service and be responsible for service development. You will be fully supported by the Dietetic Operational Leads.
We have an established student training programme for A, B, and C placements, in which you will participate, and the department encourages innovation, CPD, and professional development.
Key Requirements of the Role
* Demonstrable experience working as a specialist home enteral feeding dietitian. Both adult and paediatric experience would be preferred but not essential.
* Previous experience of service development.
* Leadership experience, or a keen interest to develop leadership skills.
Closing date of applications: 23 January 2025
Interview date: 06 February 2025
About Us
As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people, and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together.
Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness, and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust, and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.
In return, we will offer:
* Development opportunities, both professional and leadership development.
* On-going support from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
* Staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes.
Key Facts
* We see on average 4810 OP appointments a day.
* We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England - an average of 2077 per week.
* An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day - 3rd largest in the country.
* Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
* Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
* We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
* We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.
* UHDB is a research-active University Hospital with a large and varied portfolio of clinical trials and research opportunities for all staff.
Job Responsibilities
Please see attached Job description and Person Specification. To apply please click APPLY FOR THIS JOB; this link will take you to the TRAC Recruitment Site. You will need to register if you do not already have an account.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* HCPC registration
* Post-registration specialist training
* Member of BDA
* Leadership/coaching qualifications
Experience
* Demonstrable clinical experience
* Significant involvement in student training
* Attendance on Facilitation of Learning training
* Experience of dietetic service development
* Experience of working in both adult and paediatric dietetics
Knowledge
* Good overall Dietetic knowledge
* Extensive knowledge and understanding of Home Enteral Feeding
* Knowledge and understanding of clinical governance
* Knowledge of paediatric dietetics
Skills
* Working in and leading a team
* Able to use a variety of IT packages.
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.
University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust
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