Job summary
Do you have a passion for Parenteral Nutrition (PN), Intestinal Failure (IF) and nutrition support? Due to new funding an exciting opportunity has arisen for a Specialist Dietitian to work within the Nutrition Support Team MDT. This consists of Gastroenterologists, Nutrition Nurses, Pharmacists, Psychologists and Dietetic Department colleagues.
The successful candidate will be an essential member of the IF team, playing a crucial role in the assessment of patients with highly complex nutritional requirements, metabolic instability and complex surgical and medical conditions. Assessment includes the use of biochemistry, anthropometry and up to date technology such as bioelectrical impedance to underpin clinical decision making. Translating the most up to date clinical research, the IF dietitian uses advanced decision-making skills to calculate nutritional, fluid and electrolyte requirements in patients with IF and recommend the optimal prescription. This involves using the safest and most effective method of delivery for patients, that may be enteral, parenteral or a hybrid regimen.
The successful candidate will work alongside an established Clinical Specialist Intestinal Failure Dietitian and training will be offered and provided, where necessary.
The trust strives to encourage research and innovation and is committed to providing opportunities to encourage professional and personal development. The successful candidate will be supported in having their personal development goals fulfilled.
Main duties of the job
You will be expected to attend daily Nutrition Support ward rounds where patients with Intestinal Failure are seen, as well as complex enteral patients. You will be expected to assess the nutritional status of patients based on anthropometric measurements, biochemical markers, diet history and other validated methods of nutritional assessment.
You will advise on appropriate artificial feeding routes for patients across all disciplines experiencing difficulties with feeding or meeting their nutritional requirements because of surgery or complex gastrointestinal disease. you will then be expected to formulate individualised evidence-based patient care plans and parenteral nutrition prescriptions, taking into consideration patient anatomy, prescribed drugs, biochemical derangements, metabolic complications, access issues etc.
You will also be expected to be familiar with more complex forms of enteral feeding including enteroclysis and fistuloclysis, as well as chyme recycling. Furthermore,
You will also be expected to attend weekly Home Parenteral Nutrition Clinics, weekly MDT's and liaise regularly with a range of disciplines across all specialities in addition to providing a specialist dietetic outpatient service.
The post is permanent and full time (37.5 hours) although applications are welcomed for any part time/job share opportunities. If you have any questions please contact Dan Griffith (dan.griffith@uhb.nhs.uk)
About us
We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.
Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.
UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.
University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Job description
Job responsibilities
*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- - Evidence of relevant GCSE, NVQ, GNVQ, AS and A levels
- - Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics or equivalent
- - Registration with HCPC
Desirable
- - MSc or equivalent experience e.g. advanced level of clinical practice / relevant postgraduate, professionally accredited courses
Experience
Essential
- - Significant post-graduate experience in relevant specialist area
- - Practical skill & in-depth experience in a multi-disciplinary setting in relevant specialist field evidenced by a learning portfolio and leading to advanced theoretical knowledge in area/s of clinical practice, which would be expected to be at a Masters level or equivalent
- - Advanced specialist post-graduate training in relevant specialist area
- - Significant to substantial postgraduate experience of working in a specialist capacity in multi-disciplinary teams in relevant specialties, leading to the acquisition of advanced theoretical knowledge and highly developed skills.
- - Experience of training Dietetic students
- - Evidence of relevant continued professional development in following areas
- - Clinical e.g.
- o accredited specialist training courses
- o attendance at specialist group meetings of BDA
- o Advanced Diploma in Dietetic Practice
- o attendance at relevant multi-disciplinary courses/conferences
- - Teaching e.g.
- o presentation skills
- o clinical supervisory skills training for student training
- o communication skill training / counselling skills training
- o cognitive behaviour therapy training (CBT)
- - High level of knowledge gained through attendance at postgraduate specialist courses which would be expected to be at Masters Level or equivalent
- - Significant post registration experience at entry to post
- - Specialist experience relevant to specialist area
- - In depth knowledge of research and audit
- - In depth knowledge of nutritional assessment / nutritional screening tools
- - Knowledge and experience of all types of nutritional support
- - Maintains excellent knowledge of clinical developments
- - Requires working knowledge of IT / computer programmes
- - Experience of teaching professional and patient groups
- - Knowledge of standards of record keeping and medico-legal issues
Desirable
- - Evidence of ongoing regular attendance on post-graduate training courses and clinical development at highly specialist level
- - Evidence of attendance at national conferences
- - Knowledge of the Strategic direction of the Trust
Additional Criteria
Essential
- - Excellent interpersonal and team working skills
- - Ability to absorb, interpret and summarise complex verbal information
- - Ability to cope with a variety of personal and professional approaches to patient care
- - Ability to discuss and influence with healthcare professionals across multidisciplinary teams and other agencies
- - Ability to communicate where there are barriers to understanding in addition to any communication impairment e.g. psychological resistance to change, hostility, extreme distress and grief
- - Ability to analyse, interpret and explain complex information on diagnosis, management plan and their implications in a clear and precise manner to patients, their relatives and members of the multi-professional team
- - Ability to use skills of persuasion, motivation, negotiation and problem solving with colleagues, members of the multi professional team and other professionals on a daily basis
- - Ability to absorb, interpret and summarize verbal information in a pressurised clinical environment
- - Skills in planning treatment for patients with complex and changing needs
- - Ability to manage a dietetic team
- - Organisational skills with the ability to organise own workload and work in a systematic way
- - Excellent time management
- - Excellent interpersonal and team working skills
- - Demonstrates interest and enthusiasm for nutrition
- - Motivated to develop the service
- - Flexibility in the approach to a day in the knowledge that pressure of demand and throughput of patients will impact on original aims of the day
- - Willingness to travel all sites as required by the job role
- - Work onsite due to the clinical caseload
Desirable
- - Active member of relevant professional groups
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- - Evidence of relevant GCSE, NVQ, GNVQ, AS and A levels
- - Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics or equivalent
- - Registration with HCPC
Desirable
- - MSc or equivalent experience e.g. advanced level of clinical practice / relevant postgraduate, professionally accredited courses
Experience
Essential
- - Significant post-graduate experience in relevant specialist area
- - Practical skill & in-depth experience in a multi-disciplinary setting in relevant specialist field evidenced by a learning portfolio and leading to advanced theoretical knowledge in area/s of clinical practice, which would be expected to be at a Masters level or equivalent
- - Advanced specialist post-graduate training in relevant specialist area
- - Significant to substantial postgraduate experience of working in a specialist capacity in multi-disciplinary teams in relevant specialties, leading to the acquisition of advanced theoretical knowledge and highly developed skills.
- - Experience of training Dietetic students
- - Evidence of relevant continued professional development in following areas
- - Clinical e.g.
- o accredited specialist training courses
- o attendance at specialist group meetings of BDA
- o Advanced Diploma in Dietetic Practice
- o attendance at relevant multi-disciplinary courses/conferences
- - Teaching e.g.
- o presentation skills
- o clinical supervisory skills training for student training
- o communication skill training / counselling skills training
- o cognitive behaviour therapy training (CBT)
- - High level of knowledge gained through attendance at postgraduate specialist courses which would be expected to be at Masters Level or equivalent
- - Significant post registration experience at entry to post
- - Specialist experience relevant to specialist area
- - In depth knowledge of research and audit
- - In depth knowledge of nutritional assessment / nutritional screening tools
- - Knowledge and experience of all types of nutritional support
- - Maintains excellent knowledge of clinical developments
- - Requires working knowledge of IT / computer programmes
- - Experience of teaching professional and patient groups
- - Knowledge of standards of record keeping and medico-legal issues
Desirable
- - Evidence of ongoing regular attendance on post-graduate training courses and clinical development at highly specialist level
- - Evidence of attendance at national conferences
- - Knowledge of the Strategic direction of the Trust
Additional Criteria
Essential
- - Excellent interpersonal and team working skills
- - Ability to absorb, interpret and summarise complex verbal information
- - Ability to cope with a variety of personal and professional approaches to patient care
- - Ability to discuss and influence with healthcare professionals across multidisciplinary teams and other agencies
- - Ability to communicate where there are barriers to understanding in addition to any communication impairment e.g. psychological resistance to change, hostility, extreme distress and grief
- - Ability to analyse, interpret and explain complex information on diagnosis, management plan and their implications in a clear and precise manner to patients, their relatives and members of the multi-professional team
- - Ability to use skills of persuasion, motivation, negotiation and problem solving with colleagues, members of the multi professional team and other professionals on a daily basis
- - Ability to absorb, interpret and summarize verbal information in a pressurised clinical environment
- - Skills in planning treatment for patients with complex and changing needs
- - Ability to manage a dietetic team
- - Organisational skills with the ability to organise own workload and work in a systematic way
- - Excellent time management
- - Excellent interpersonal and team working skills
- - Demonstrates interest and enthusiasm for nutrition
- - Motivated to develop the service
- - Flexibility in the approach to a day in the knowledge that pressure of demand and throughput of patients will impact on original aims of the day
- - Willingness to travel all sites as required by the job role
- - Work onsite due to the clinical caseload
Desirable
- - Active member of relevant professional groups
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.
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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
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. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
