Employer Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type NHS
Site St Peter's Hospital
Town Chertsey
Salary £48,270 - £54,931 pa inc. HCAS pro rata
Salary period Yearly
Closing 21/02/2025 23:59
NHS AfC: Band 7
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for a part-time (0.6 WTE) Band 7 Prehabilitation Dietitian at Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
In this newly funded position, you will work closely with Physiotherapy and Anaesthetic teams to deliver the Trust’s ‘Prepare to Recover’ programme. This is an exciting time to join the team, with the development of a new surgical elective centre at Ashford Hospital, which will provide increased capacity for elective procedures, including orthopaedics.
This post would suit a self-motivated and innovative dietitian who is keen to assist with developing a new prehabilitation service in a friendly, supportive environment.
This role offers a wide range of benefits including the opportunity for flexible working, hybrid working and a range of professional development opportunities. We are looking for an individual who is keen to explore new ways of working within an ever-changing NHS, whilst remaining committed to delivering high quality patient care and promoting the dietetic profession within the Trust.
Main duties of the job
You will be fully integrated into the Prehabilitation Multidisciplinary Team including Physiotherapists, Anaesthetists, Nurses and Therapy Assistants. You will join our Surgical Dietetics Team of 5 Surgical Dietitians, a Nutrition ACP and a Dietetic Support Worker.
You will be involved in delivering group education sessions and 1:1 dietetic consultations to patients as part of the ‘Prepare to Recover’ programme. This programme is delivered in community-based settings. Your caseload will include orthopaedic patients and other high risk surgical patients. The post will also include some inpatient work.
In addition to clinical work, an important part of this new role is leading on developing and evaluating the dietetic provision to the prehabilitation programme, resulting in new and innovative ways of working.
The post-holder will have the opportunity to develop supervision skills by supporting junior staff and students.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The postholder will:
* Act as a specialist Dietitian in the field of prehabilitation.
* Be responsible for the delivery of prehabilitation alongside anaesthetic and AHP colleagues.
* Undertake advanced nutritional assessments and deliver dietetic interventions to patients who are on the prehabilitation programme. These patients often have complex and / or chronic presentations.
* Deliver group education sessions to patients as part of the prehabilitation programme.
* Deliver 1:1 dietetic consultations as part of the prehabilitation programme, both in an outpatient and inpatient setting.
* Work as an autonomous practitioner to undertake a significant specialist clinical caseload, working without direct supervision.
* Act as an expert dietetic resource for the prehabilitation team.
* Take a role in supervision and teaching - providing day-to day support to junior dietetic staff within the team, participating in multi-disciplinary team teaching and student education.
* Be responsible for setting and monitoring of standards and policies of dietetic clinical practice for the prehabilitation service and evaluate outcomes.
* Demonstrate leadership skills in the areas of service development, quality improvement projects and monitoring of standards of practice to develop multidisciplinary management of patients.
Person specification
Attitude, Behaviour and Values
* Always puts patients first, willing and able to take personal responsibility, demonstrates passion for excellence, and takes pride in their work and their team
* Flexible in their attitudes and behaviours to support team working and delivery of objectives
* Respects, values and cares for others
* Supports and promotes equality and diversity
Qualifications and Further Training
* Current registration with HCPC
* Evidence of post-registration training relevant to clinical speciality
* Evidence of successful completion of specialist short courses up to Masters degree equivalent
* Membership of BDA and appropriate specialist group
* Student supervisory skills course
Experience
* Extensive post qualification experience and ability to work independently with complex patients in an NHS environment
* Experience in enteral and oral nutrition support practices
* Experience of working in a team and contributing to team decisions as well as experience of multidisciplinary team working
* Experience of mentoring / supporting junior colleagues
* Able to demonstrate previous experience of audit or service evaluation
* Experience of delivering outpatient clinics and group education sessions to a diverse range of audiences
* Experience of assessment and treatment of patients requiring prehabilitation
* Experience of service delivery in a range of clinical settings, including community
Knowledge
* Evidence of expert knowledge of the evidence base for the area of prehabilitation
* Able to demonstrate specialist knowledge of nutrition support
* Able to demonstrate an awareness and knowledge of national clinical and professional policies, guidelines and procedures relating to specialist area
Skills
* Ability to work independently and co-ordinate and prioritise workloads – able to multi-task as well as be self-disciplined and highly motivated
* Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication skills
* Advanced motivational interviewing and counselling skills
* Able to demonstrate problem-solving and analytical skills
* Ability to collect and review performance data, in order to analyse and develop services
Other requirements
* Driving licence and access to car for work
* Strong IT skills, including Microsoft Office applications
* Able to demonstrate that you are honest, reliable and trustworthy
* Ability to be flexible to meet the needs of the team, the service and the Trust
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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