The post holder will play a key role in the nutritional management of this patient group, providing highly specialist advice, education, and support to patients, carers, and other health professionals. They will contribute to patient-centered service improvements, training, development of protocols, policies, resources, standards, and audits to support the dietetic team. The post is also expected to include student training and health promotion. With the creation of new services and expansion of the team, there will be opportunities to take an active role in service development initiatives. You will be supported with your personal development goals and have regular clinical supervision and peer support.
The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieving 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.
Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following the start in post. The amount of £23 (standard disclosure) or £43 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following the commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment. DBS applications submitted from 2nd December will be subject to the new DBS fee of £26.50 (standard) and £54.50 (Enhanced). From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependants will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years. Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.
This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people, and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults' policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures. Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation. All employees (and volunteers) are expected to maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action. As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence.
We are looking for a dietitian with excellent clinical and communication skills, experience of working in the NHS, and of working with patients with complex needs. As clinical lead for maternity services, the post holder must have a significant in-depth level of nutritional understanding across preconception pregnancy, acquired through experience within the specialism. Training and study will be supported as required. The post holder will be expected to work within the multidisciplinary team and demonstrate expertise to help prevent gestational diabetes, manage patients with complex pregnancies, undernutrition in pregnancy, and ensure good preconception practices and promote nutrition education among midwives, medical, and fertility teams. The post holder will need to be able to work both independently and as part of a team to provide a highly specialised service to patients with complex clinical needs, such as patients with hyperemesis and pregnancy post-bariatric surgery. The postholder will need to accurately assess holistic client needs using specialist knowledge and a broad range of nutritional assessment skills, measurements, and techniques. Although not essential, experience working in diabetes, antenatal, or fertility services is desirable.
* BSc in Nutrition and Dietetics/PhD Nutrition and Dietetics
* Current registration with HCPC
* Membership of BDA or equivalent professional indemnity insurance
* Post registration validated training in specialist area - (BDA validated or MSc equivalent)
* Supervisory Skills training, minimum introductory level
* Supervisory Skills training advanced level (Desirable)
* Member of specialist interest group (Desirable)
* Educated to masters level or equivalent (Desirable)
* Attended leadership/management training (Desirable)
* Broad clinical experience, including post registration experience in speciality (Desirable)
* Evidence of multidisciplinary team working (Desirable)
* Experience of supporting learning of other healthcare professionals (Desirable)
* Experience and evidence of continuing personal and professional development in practice (Desirable)
* Experience in the training of student dietitians (Desirable)
* Previous experience of conducting audits and or research (Desirable)
* Evidence of service review/development (Desirable)
* Experience of clinical supervision of others (Desirable)
* Experience of influencing others to improve patient care (Desirable)
* Establish effective communication methods to convey specialist knowledge to patients individually and in groups in a variety of settings (Desirable)
* Post registration credited learning in enhanced communication skills (Desirable)
* Demonstrates good presentation skills (Desirable)
* Accurate anthropometry skills (Desirable)
* Implements behavioural/counselling techniques to constructively overcome barriers to change (Desirable)
* Able to work autonomously within area of specialism using critical thinking and expert practitioner level judgement (Desirable)
* Ability to meet deadlines, prioritise tasks and support others to do the same (Desirable)
* Demonstrates confidence and motivation to work autonomously using clinical judgement in environments with little direct support (Desirable)
* I.T. skills - keyboard, email, Powerpoint (Desirable)
* Demonstrates holistic patient-centred approach (Desirable)
* Commitment to maintain dietetic profile within the multidisciplinary team (Desirable)
* Self-reliant and self-motivated but willing to seek advice and support of others (Desirable)
* Supportive approach to learners (Desirable)
* Ability to respond to unpredictable work patterns (Desirable)
* Enhanced CRB Disclosure (Desirable)
* Collaborative and constructive (Desirable)
* You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic, self-motivated maternity specialist dietitian to join our small, friendly team at Liverpool Women's Hospital. The hospital, which is a teaching hospital, is the largest specialist provider of health services for women and babies in Europe. We work under a service level agreement with Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Trust and benefit from the support and learning opportunities that larger teams can provide. Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients. UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond. For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West. Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women's Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single-site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
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