Main area Dietetics Grade Band 6 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday-Friday) Job ref 287-DSS-532-24
Employer Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Aintree University Hospital, Town Liverpool Salary £37,338 - £44,962 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 18/12/2024 23:59
Band 6
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity to join the Dietetic team in providing specialist dietetic care to complex nutrition support inpatients at Aintree University Hospital.
You will be an integral member of the Dietetic team managing the nutritional care of medical and surgical patients who are requiring complex nutrition support. The post holder will provide timely specialist Dietetic assessment for these patients with the opportunity to develop knowledge and skills in complex nutrition support, supporting discharges on home enteral feeds, MDT working, supervision of junior staff and student training.
You will be supported by the Nutrition and Senior Dietetic Teams and have regular clinical supervision to support you in your role and any development needs you may have.
The Dietetic team is highly respected within the Trust and a high focus is placed upon nutritional care.
You will work within a friendly and highly skilled department as part of the Therapies Service and have opportunities for professional and personal development, including Therapies Grand Rounds and role specific education. You will be actively involved in audit and quality improvement projects.
Main duties of the job
We welcome applications from suitably experienced Band 5 Dietitians and those already working at a Band 6 level who are enthusiastic to learn and are ready for a new challenge at a Band 6 level.
The successful candidate will need to demonstrate excellent communication skills, a practical, forward thinking approach to service development and evaluation and the ability to work as part of a large team.
This post requires a proactive approach where you contribute to innovation, service development and audit. You will be supported with your personal development goals and have regular clinical supervision and peer support. You will work closely day to day with a range of Medical, Nursing and AHP staff to support the delivery of high quality care to patients.
You will also be involved with supervision of Student Dietitians and Graduate Dietitians as part of your role, so strong leadership and communication skills are essential. You will work closely with the wider team to identify any quality issues within the service, contribute to local governance meetings and provide education for patients, staff and colleagues.
Working for our organisation
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.
The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.
The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To work with other health care professionals as part of a multidisciplinary team providing a high quality dietetic service to patients within your clinical specialism. The role also involves education of staff and patients.
T o provide factually accurate, unbiased evidence-based nutritional advice appropriate to the needs of the individual. Advice will be provided using a patient centred approach in the context of multi-disciplinary/multi-agency delivery plans.
Please refer to the job description and person specification for details of main responsibilities.
Person specification
Qualifications
* BSc in Nutrition and Dietetics or postgraduate Diploma.
* Current registration with HCPC.
* Membership of BDA or equivalent professional indemnity.
* Introductory level Clinical Supervisory Skills Training.
Experience
* Broad clinical experience in at least 3 clinical areas, including medical and surgical patients.
* Experience of multi-disciplinary working.
* Experience and evidence of continuing professional development.
* Experience of training student dietitians.
* Experience of conducting audit
Knowledge
* While able to work independently, ability to recognise own limitations and access advice and information appropriately.
Skills
* Communication skills, both written and verbal, to effectively convey information.
* Time management – able to prioritise work, respond appropriately to demands and keep to time in out patient setting.
* I.T. Skills – power-point, keyboard and email.
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Posts advertised to ‘internal staff’ are open to employees of hospitals within University Hospitals of Liverpool Group and you should confirm your employment within your application form.
Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.
We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.
Candidatesapplying for the role of Healthcare Assistant on the staff bank should note that due to the nature of the role, workers must be aged 18 or above when commencing in post. Applicants are therefore welcome from those aged over 18 or within 3 months’ of their 18 th birthday.
The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working.
The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24.
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