Job Summary
This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and motivated Dietitian to join our friendly and expanding Dietetic Team at Sheffield Teaching Hospitals.
We are pleased to be able to offer a Band 7 Specialist Dietitian post within our Colorectal Surgery Service.
You will have joint team lead responsibilities working alongside other specialist Dietitians in the acute team at The Northern General Hospital.
The successful candidate must be able to demonstrate strong leadership, organisational, and communication skills at all levels of the MDT.
The post holder will lead the provision of dietetic service to STH inpatient Colorectal Surgery using a high level of skills and knowledge as an independent practitioner. You will assist the Dietetic management team to ensure the overall service provides a high quality of patient care and delivers evidence-based practice at all times.
The post holder will actively participate in the development, education and delivery of training to dietetic staff, health care professionals and dietetic students.
Main Duties of the Job
1. Perform dietetic assessment and calculate dietetic requirements of referred patients taking into account medical, biochemical, social, cultural, and psychological factors.
2. Diagnose nutritional and dietetic problems, determine appropriate dietetic treatment and develop effective management plans in respect of planned medical intervention and prognosis.
3. Provide nutrition and dietary advice suitable to the patient's medical, biochemical, social and cultural factors, which is based on current evidence, incorporating local and national professional guidelines and standards.
4. Work within the pharmacy-led nutrition support team to provide advice regarding PN and appropriate feeding route.
5. Negotiate with patients to enable them to achieve targets overcoming barriers to change including dietary, environmental and social factors.
6. Monitor and review dietetic care plans against outcomes, manage and adjust care plan to facilitate achievement of goals.
7. Ensure dietetic interventions can be implemented through continued collaborative interdisciplinary working in and outside Trust by attending and participating in multidisciplinary meetings, case conferences.
About Us
Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest hospital Trusts in the country. You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.
This vacancy is advertised on a fixed term contract basis for the maximum period of 12 months. Where there is potential, the secondment/fixed term contract may finish early, or in the first instance, the secondment/fixed term contract may be extended due to the internal/external secondment of the substantive post holder. The fixed term contract status of the post holder will be reviewed in accordance with the Trust's legal obligations regarding fixed term contracts and secondments in relation to the substantive post holder.
Please also note any secondment must first be agreed with your current line manager.
Date Posted: 12 February 2025
Pay Scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 7
Salary: £46,148 to £52,809 a year pa/ pro rata for part time staff
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 12 months
Working Pattern: Full-time
Reference Number: 190-8857-DIR
Job Locations:
Northern General Hospital
Herries Road
Sheffield
S5 7AU
Person Specification
Education and Qualifications Essential
* BSc Nutrition and Dietetics or relevant degree with Post Grad Diploma in Dietetics.
* Current HCPC registration
* Evidence of continuing development of teaching skills
* Evidence of continuing development in research/audit/clinical effectiveness
Experience Essential
* Substantial clinical dietetic experience
* Evidence of independent working
* Able to manage a complex caseload with frequently changing priorities, and deal with interruptions
* High level of knowledge of a range of clinical conditions and current best practice for dietetic management, in particular those relevant to colorectal surgery & TPN.
Skills and Knowledge Essential
* Excellent interpersonal, communication and team working skills
* Able to develop educational resources to meet the varying needs of clients and carers which are evidence based
* Well developed skills to train other health care professionals and student dietitians
* Evidence of active participation in clinical governance e.g. clinical risk assessments
* Evidence of undertaking and completing audit and/or research projects appropriate to work area
* Able to use literature review search methods, can critically appraise evidence and disseminate to colleagues in order to change practice
* Aware of regulatory bodies and professional bodies codes of practice and professional guidelines
Personal Qualities Essential
* Able to document and record accurately in line with national standards
* Familiar with and able to operate all necessary IT packages e.g. email, word, dietary analysis, power point
* Positive and proactive
* Flexible
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
Employer Details
Employer Name: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address:
Northern General Hospital
Herries Road
Sheffield
S5 7AU
Employer's Website: https://www.sth.nhs.uk
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