Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
This is a fantastic opportunity for an enthusiastic, innovative and motivated Dietitian with an interest in surgery and acute nutrition support.
This post requires a person who is able to work with and influence the MDT in their specialist area, and provide a high quality service to patients.
We are a supportive department and organisation and will provide the successful candidate with all the training/support required. If you are looking for a new challenge, to lead and develop on the nutritional management of surgical patients, this is the post for you.
Please note, for Secondment roles before an application is submitted, ensure you have received the appropriate approval and completed documentation required beforehand, as this may delay the process if an offer was to be made.
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
Main duties of the job
Your varied and complex caseload will include managing the nutrition of peri-operative patients and those recovering from surgery. There will be an expectation to develop strong links with the MDT, which will require excellent communication skills.
The post holder will utilise their specialist knowledge of oral, enteral and parenteral feeding strategies. Although experience in each of these would be beneficial, there would be ample opportunity for training to upskill.
There will be opportunities to improve skills and knowledge in other specialist areas, such as gastroenterology and critical care. Our experienced and supportive team will be able to provide training and supervision to support your development in these areas.
Alongside the acute setting, there will be scope for working in the outpatient setting, with clinics that provide an interesting caseload to maintain a breadth of dietetic knowledge.
You will be joining the friendly and experienced team of Dietitians, Dietetic Assistant Practitioners, Dietetic Assistants and Nutrition Nurse Specialists (NNS) at an Outstanding Trust, playing a vital role in service delivery, quality improvement, education and resource development.
We take students from the North East, North Yorkshire Partnership for A, B and C placements and we are working closely with the HEIs. All staff take part in student training - support will be provided for the successful applicant.
Job responsibilities
To act as a specialist dietitian in your area of expertise and provide a comprehensive and effective dietetic service to the trust.
To provide a quality Nutrition and Dietetic Service in Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust to include diverse inpatient and outpatient specialties.
The post will cover a specific specialty working in one area eg Critical Care, Stroke, Gastroenterology, Surgery, General Medicine, Diabetes, Respiratory, COPD, ONS, Oncology, Bariatrics, Community Oral Nutrition Support, Home Enteral Feeding, Adult weight management and Orthopaedics etc across sites and/or to have a site specialty role.
To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams/departments and across organisational boundaries.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Degree in nutrition and dietetics or first level degree plus postgraduate diploma in nutrition and dietetics
* Current registration with Health Professions Council
* PEN Group / DAFNE / DESMOND or other accredited qualification
* Non-Medical Prescribing
Other Requirements
* It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving licence and is either a car owner and able to use the car for work purposes, or has a Trust personal lease vehicle which may be used for the role. However, the Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role.
Experience and Knowledge
* A range of in and outpatient experience and an extended knowledge of nutrition and dietetics
* Extended knowledge of nutrition and dietetics
* Have supervised students
* Experience in critical appraisal
* Involvement in research
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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