NHS AfC: Band 6
Main area: Dietetics
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 6
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time, 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 381-CT-6955662
Site: SWB NHS Trust
Town: Sandwell & West Birmingham
Salary: £37,338 - £44,962 Per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 18/02/2025 23:59
Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust is a friendly, integrated healthcare provider focused on improving the life chances and health outcomes of our diverse population.
We have three strategic objectives:
* People: To cultivate and sustain happy, productive and engaged staff.
* Patients: To be good or outstanding at everything we do.
* Population: To work seamlessly with partners to improve lives.
The Nutrition and Dietetics Service at Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust is excited to recruit a clinical Specialist Dietitian in Gastroenterology/Oncology to work within our growing acute Nutrition and Dietetic services.
The successful post-holder will work across the acute gastroenterology specialism within our nutrition and dietetics team; working with colleagues across the multi-disciplinary team to optimise the oral and enteral nutrition of people requiring complex nutrition support on the acute gastroenterology pathway.
Main duties of the job
This is an exciting role at an exciting time for Dietetics, Allied Health Professionals and Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS trust as we have recently moved to our brand new Midlands Metropolitan University Hospital bringing lots of opportunities for future development.
We are looking for an innovative individual who is motivated by MDT working and keen to work in a growing specialist service for our diverse population. Candidates will be joining a service at a time of considerable opportunity. You will need to use highly developed interpersonal skills to foster strong relationships with a range of key stakeholders working in a service that strongly aligns with our well-established Clinical Nurse Specialist service.
This post strongly aligns with the MDT and post registration dietetic experience in nutrition support and a genuine interest and enthusiasm to specialise in gastroenterology is essential. The department promotes a career long commitment to learning and development; supporting clinical supervision, training and development opportunities.
Working for our organisation
The Nutrition and Dietetics Department is a growing team of more than 40 members based across Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust. We have regular departmental meetings and education meetings. We are strongly integrated with the speech and language therapy team and continued professional development is promoted and supported.
The Department trains student dietitians from Coventry and Birmingham City Universities across the full range of placements.
There is excellent administrative support, IT facilities and access to modern Trust library facilities.
Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS trust is located near major road and rail networks with easy access to Birmingham. There are a wide range of leisure facilities locally.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details of what this role entails.
Person specification
Experience
* Post registration experience of working with patients who require nutritional support
* Experience of working as part of a dietetic team and the wider MDT.
* Experience of training student dietitians
* Experience of working within gastroenterology or Oncology remit.
* Involvement in audit and research.
* Experience of line managing qualified or clinical support staff
Qualifications
* HCPC Registration
* Evidence of post registration clinical update course or equivalent in relevant subject
* Membership of British Dietetic Association
* Membership of the Gastroenterology or Oncology Specialist Group of BDA
* Completion on PENG Course
* Attendance of student supervisory skills course
As a major employer in the Black Country and West Birmingham region we are committed to supporting all employees to achieve a healthy work life balance. We want the Black Country and West Birmingham region to be the best place to work and as such will consider all requests to work flexibly taking into account personal and individual circumstances alongside the needs of the service. We encourage all prospective applicants to discuss their individual circumstances with the Recruiting Manager as part of the on-boarding process.
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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